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It was a dark and stormy night, when suddenly…
My doctor warned that if I refused to give up one of my favorite activities, i.e., walking for exercise, when I got older I wouldn’t be able to walk at all.

Laurie Lemke Thompson
2 min read


If you need comfort, it is available
In their world, which is replete with dangers, the little mammals will not survive without help and support from their clan members.

Laurie Lemke Thompson
2 min read


Does your puzzle have missing pieces?
What’s missing for you may be a spouse, a baby, a dream job or a much-desired award. For some, what’s missing is a good relationship with a child, a friend, a sibling or a parent.

Laurie Lemke Thompson
3 min read


The shepherds in your manger scene – and our caring Shepherd
The baby the shepherds ran to see would become the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

Laurie Lemke Thompson
2 min read


Unrelenting love of God
Salespeople on TV sometimes say, “But wait! There's more!” Well, I need to say that here because there is more. What makes this story so...

Laurie Lemke Thompson
2 min read


What to do with our fears?
After I had finished my list and put it away, I remembered two more things that I worry about but had forgotten to record, so I rushed...

Laurie Lemke Thompson
2 min read


Local treasure changes her address
At her recent memorial service, Woodland Hills Family Church Pastor Rex Childress said, “She never lost that sparkle, did she?”

Laurie Lemke Thompson
4 min read


How very easy to use this 'software'
Now one program on my laptop even lets me delete stuff out of a photo. Power lines intruded on many of my landscapes. Erased!

Laurie Lemke Thompson
3 min read


I believe in silver linings
Here’s what one atmospheric scientist says about it: “When the sun shines behind some cumulous clouds, you see a bright outline along...

Laurie Lemke Thompson
3 min read


Nursing home room: 'I love it!'
I would not have that attitude. I would want to see it before I give my opinion. Is it too small? Too institutional looking?

Laurie Lemke Thompson
2 min read


Layers: Who thought of such a thing?
Such are the layers of God's love. One is not enough -- no, He gives more petals, creates more richness and beauty for us to relish in.

Laurie Lemke Thompson
1 min read


Local author Thompson publishes second book
In her first book, “Hitting Pause,” Thompson alluded to the pause button on our many devices. Sometimes the only way to find a silent moment

Submitted to Branson Globe
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The joke was on us
For over two weeks, those of us working in the building each day dutifully placed our outgoing mail into the U.S. Postal Service box...

Laurie Lemke Thompson
3 min read


Just a simple greeting card
The card came at the perfect time, and this was the last card and Scripture she received before losing consciousness.

Laurie Lemke Thompson
2 min read


A step back in time
This treasured book communicates to me how fast life has changed in only 80 years.

Laurie Lemke Thompson
2 min read


A step back in time
Does your favorite cookbook tell you how to remove feathers and down from a duck?

Laurie Lemke Thompson
2 min read


The day that turned me into a veteran-honoring patriot – at age 48
I had never sat and chatted with a person with one leg before. I had never even thought to thank God for my two legs.

Laurie Lemke Thompson
3 min read


The Ant Chronicles
I wipe fifteen to thirty of them away with a damp cloth, to their drowning demise – down the drain . . . at least a hundred times now.

Laurie Lemke Thompson
2 min read
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