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Janet Beagle

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The Haircut (a.k.a., Growing Pains)

As she was cutting fist-fulls of hair from my head, my hair stylist told me this story: “When I was younger, I always wanted to have short hair and my mom wouldn’t let me. Then when I was in beauty school, I asked one of the instructors to cut my hair and she wouldn’t either.…

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The Spice of Life

A few weeks ago, we welcomed a family onto our side of the church. They weren’t new to our congregation; they had simply stepped across the aisle and sat in a new location. During the guest introductions, we introduced them as having moved from the other side of the aisle to visit our side of…

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Canned Brown Bread (Reflections on Taste and See)

You will read this post in a couple weeks when I have returned from vacation. But as I sit down to write, I am still on the anticipatory side of a 10-day camping trip. We’ll tour some new stretches of my beloved New England, get lost in the woods (hopefully just figuratively), and enjoy some…

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If faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains, imagine what a whole patch can do!

Janet and Black Dog

About Janet and The Mustard Patch

Janet Beagle, PhD is the founder of The Mustard Patch. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications including The Word in Season, The Secret Place, and Focus on the Family’s Clubhouse and Clubhouse, Jr., among others. She divides her time between the Midwest and New England, and if she’s not writing, she’s probably out hiking with her 2-and 4-footed friends.