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Pentecost: The Wind that Spreads the Fire

May 23, 2021 ~ Peggy Haslar ~ 2 Comments

I discovered the power of wind and fire the hard way. I was a thirty-something mom of two toddlers and my husband and I had rented a little home in the country surrounded by open fields.  One breezy spring afternoon, having returned from grocery shopping, I put the kids down for a nap, gathered up … Continue reading Pentecost: The Wind that Spreads the Fire

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Pentecost: The Wind that Spreads the Fire

June 4, 2017May 21, 2021 ~ Peggy Haslar ~ 2 Comments

I discovered the power of fire and wind the hard way. I was a thirty-something mom of two toddlers and my husband and I had rented a little home in the country surrounded by open fields.  One breezy spring afternoon, having returned from grocery shopping, I put the kids down for a nap, gathered up … Continue reading Pentecost: The Wind that Spreads the Fire

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