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Charlotte's Chocolate

Sarah wrote this out to have years down the road. Once I read it I begged her to let me put it on GuineaField. She acquiesced. I feel this is how the Lord finds me much of the time in life and ministry - "tim's working his plan again . . . time to clean up." ------ "So this is what happened today. . .Around 5am I hear a quiet 'dwink! Dwink!' next to my bed. I rise and sleepily stumble into the kitchen after our 2 year old Charlotte. 'Chocolate!?', she whispers, hopefully. I pour her a cup of white milk. She settles for it and her little face is quickly buried behind the glass. 'You are going to bed!' I whisper sternly. All is well, I think, after she and I are both tucked back into bed. A short time later I hear a faint clinking and thumping outside our room. Wincing, I hope it’s just Buddy, the guinea pig, exercising in the middle of the night. However, since I’ve never seen Buddy exercise, I get up, knowing there was another source to this n

A. Lincoln by Ronald C. White Jr. (Random House)

Book Overviews A. Lincoln This was my first book on Lincoln; I knew very little of him previously. It was good to make his acquaintance. I am also glad I had Ronald White introduce me to him (although I didn ’t like his writing style nearly as much as someone like McCullough). White is something of a Presbyterian minister somewhere in his past and although I have no idea if he has the new birth he does try to share more about Lincoln’s beliefs than others might. He also gives a bit of info on Lincoln’s pastor (while in IL), Gurley which is interesting . . . revealing things like Gurley studied under Charles Hodge at Princeton. He had influence on Lincoln. I am not going to attempt a painful survey the whole book but just give a few thoughts on what I liked, disliked or thought interesting about Lincoln: 1. Liked – His down to earth demeanor and humble leadership. Lincoln was not a bull-in-the-china-shop or a knock-you-dead-if-you-stand-in-my-way kind of leader (which is interesting s