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What do you do when suffering has been your past? (Hint: Praise is in your future)
Lenten Series on the Seven Churches of Revelation In the children’s fable, Chicken Little, a chicken, after being hit by an acorn,...
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What Do You Do When You’ve Lost Your First Love? (Hint: Don’t Settle for a Second Choice) Lenten Series
A pastor used a clever show and tell to make sure his congregation didn’t miss the meaning of an important message: “The Right...
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The Hypocritical Church: “And the winner is..."
Earlier this month the Academy casted its approval on all things Hollywood—that great story-telling kingdom. Who would win best actor,...
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Mar 288 min read
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Are You the True or False Lenten Church: it’s more than a coin flip
As a former college teacher, there were all kinds of tests I gave: essays, multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, true/false. Most of my...
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Mar 214 min read
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How Does Your Garden Grow? — Weeds in a Lenten Church, Part 2
I’m still working on my garden. I’ve prepared the seedlings to put in the ground after the last freeze. They are healthy with the...
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Mar 144 min read
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How Does Your Garden Grow? A Lenten Question
I’m working on my garden. It’s that time. It’s not much: a few herbs here, some tomatoes in planter boxes, there. All the more reason,...
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Mar 84 min read
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When God Tells You Who You Are…Believe Him
Maya Angelou said, “When people tell you who they are, believe them.” God said it better: I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully...
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Mar 15 min read
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What is unity…like?
West Bank Palestinians vs. Middle East Israel; “MAGA America” vs. “Blue America”; conservative church vs. liberal denominations—the...
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Feb 223 min read
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Love: Easier said than done, but doable.
Boxes of candy; dozens of roses; scores of homemade cards; and that one special dinner reservation—this February 14th, people all around...
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Feb 153 min read
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What is True Greatness?
No title captures our collective cultural consciousness more these days than greatest: the greatest church, the greatest era, the...
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Feb 73 min read
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Are you one of them?
“Following” is serious business in the social media business—a force multiplier. It increases visibility; creates influencers and invites...
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Feb 14 min read
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What have I become?
“These people were so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. They were embracing material things and expecting a sort of...
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Jan 253 min read
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One lesson that fire teaches: build right
The recent California wildfires have left us some powerful images—good and bad—in its ashes— like that of Pasadena firefighter Chien Yu,...
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Jan 173 min read
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Character still matters. This is God’s Work.
Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer from Plains, Georgia, was laid to rest after a moving funeral service that featured the presence of five...
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Jan 103 min read
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Last Chance for a Better Plan (Better Planner, Better Plan)2020 Vision for a 2025 Jeremiah 29:11 Resolution
You made it. 2024 is in the rearview mirror: elections, global climate upheaval, shootings, and wars on two fronts. Hello 2025. Time for...
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Jan 43 min read
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A New Year Warning: Do not ignore the warning labels
In 2024, Hurricane Helene sweep across six southeast states killing 215 people. There were warnings that the storm was coming, but the...
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Dec 28, 20243 min read
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We wish you a Mary Christmas!
“Merry Christmas!”—it’s the greeting of the season for the most anticipated day of the holiday—December 25th. We hear it at the checkout...
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Dec 21, 20243 min read
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You look like you need a drink…of joy
Here are some December headlines: Ghost guns — a type of untraceable, homemade firearm — has surfaced as the new weapon of choice of...
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Dec 13, 20245 min read
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Making a List? Make it Advent.
Are you ready for the big day—Christmas? I bet you’ve made your list and checked it twice—maybe more. Tree? (check). Black Friday, Cyber...
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Dec 7, 20246 min read
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Thanksgiving Leftovers: It’s not what, but how you come back to the table.
“Oh no! not leftovers again!” complained an older sister when she saw the leftover thanksgiving turkey from Thursday’s meal for a whole...
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Nov 30, 20243 min read
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