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Seasons – 09/2017

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1 niv)

One can see God’s created order in the seasons and cycles of nature. After three summers in the hot climate in the California interior, I am figuring out the change of seasons, and that the times for planting and watering the rose bushes are very different from the North. Genesis 8:22 speaks of a natural order in God’s creation: “As long as the earth endures, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”

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Jim Mancuso – 08/2017

Jim is the Vice President of Library Services at Northeastern Baptist College (FTE: 50) in Bennington, VT. He has been a member of ACL since 2012.

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Tiffany Hudson – 07/2017

Tiffany is an ILL & Technology Librarian at Southwestern Assemblies of God University (FTE: 1775) in Waxahachie, TX. She has been a member of ACL for 3 years.

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Erin McCoy – 06/2017

Erin is a Reference/Instruction Librarian at Massasoit Community College (FTE: 5000) in Brockton, MA. She has been a member of ACL since 2007. You can follow her at on Twitter @ErinLibrarian09.

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God’s Plan May Not Be What We Think It Is – 06/2017

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV)

A recent Christian movie set in the 1950s showed a young couple lying on the hood of their 1956 Chevy, looking up at the stars. One of them quoted Jeremiah 29:11 from the New International Version (which ironically wasn’t published until the 1980s) and talked about their upcoming marriage. Based on this verse, they thought everything they ever dreamed about was about to come true.

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Steve Brown – 05/2017

Steve is a Technical Services Librarian at Indiana Wesleyan University (FTE: 1494) in Marion, IN. He has been a member of ACL since 1968.

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Don’t Quarrel on the Way – 05/2017

“Then he [Joseph] sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, “Don’t quarrel on the way!” (Genesis 45:24 NIV)

It speaks to my weird sense of humor, I guess, but I find this verse very amusing. Joseph, who had been sold into slavery by his brothers, has been placed in a position of authority in Egypt. When the brothers come from Canaan to Egypt to purchase food, Joseph recognizes them and through a series of back and forth moves, convinces them to return home and to return to Egypt again. He tells them their younger brother had better accompany them on the next visit. Finally, he tells them to go home and return with their aged father and their families and settle in Egypt.

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Cynorra Jackson – 04/2017

Cynorra is the Circulation Manager at Friends University (FTE: 1000-2000) in Wichita, KS. She has been a member of ACL since 2014. Follow Cynorra on Twitter @Cy1909.

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Mowing in the Rain – 04/2017

“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” (Matthew 6:26 NIV)

Usually during the months of July and August, Kentucky lawns get brown and crispy, with great gapping cracks appearing in the clay soil. Not last year. Last year there was so much precipitation that the grass and weeds needed cutting every four days to avoid Long Rows of Clumped Grass (LRoCG), and Grandma Patti does not like LRoCG.

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Pradeep Das – 03/2017

Pradeep is the Director of Library Services at Beulah Height University (FTE: 500+) in Atlanta, GA. He has been a member of ACL since 2007.

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