The North American common porcupine is a member of the rodent family and has around 30,000 quills attached to its body. Each quill can be driven into a would-be enemy. The wounds can fester; the more dangerous ones, affecting vital organs, can be fatal. As a general rule, porcupines have two methods for handling relationships:… Continue reading The Porcupine’s Dilemma
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What Makes You Come Alive?
By Rev. David Klingensmith, Vice-Chair for Ministry My husband Jeff and I moved to the Phoenix area two years ago. Before that I had lived in Fresno, CA, for thirty years, Jeff for almost twenty. And since we moved here, some of our friends back in Fresno have asked if we have made many friends… Continue reading What Makes You Come Alive?
Sun City isn’t the hometown for any of us
You would think that the largest trees in the world would need the deepest of roots; I have been taught that most tree roots go as deep as the tree grows tall (look how tall it is, that’s how deep the root goes). But, that’s not the case at all with the largest tree, the… Continue reading Sun City isn’t the hometown for any of us