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From Rook to Mahjong; Why We Still Gather Around the Table
ByMarla October 5, 2025October 5, 2025

I do not know how to play Poker. I think as a child, I had the impression that Poker was a game for immoral gamblers. (No offense if you are a Poker player.) In my family, our card game was Rook. If you’ve never heard of it, I wouldn’t be surprised. Rook apparently began as…

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When Your Place Was Your People
ByMarla September 8, 2025September 8, 2025

I flipped on talk radio in my van recently and caught the last part of a conversation a guy was having about his church’s upcoming fall festival. He said that churches often try to manufacture community by hosting those types of events. Large group activities such as a fall festival or summer bbq attempt to…

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