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T.G.I.S.—Thank God it’s Sabbath. Rest right.
The Junior Sunday School Class teacher asked her eager 10-year-olds if they would give a million dollars to missionaries. “Yes!” they all...
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olinfregia
Sep 3, 20226 min read
How do you play the Name Game?You've been texted: Don’t.
What does a stubbed toe; a double-fault in tennis and a burnt casserole have in common? They all represent opportunities for an...
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olinfregia
Aug 27, 20227 min read
God has a text for you—NGI. (Don’t settle for the sign when you can have the show)
Which of these is an emergency? A Florida subway sandwich shop leaves the mayo and mustard off a customer’s order. A Texas man can’t get...
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Aug 20, 20226 min read
You’ve got a text.
Are you doing it? I bet if you could, you’d be doing it. More than 4.1 billion people are doing it every day. (Shame on you.) I’m talking...
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Aug 6, 20227 min read
Grace: It is no gamble.
I take it by your presence here today, and not on a yacht somewhere on the Mediterranean, that you weren’t the one—the one holder of the...
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olinfregia
Jul 16, 20226 min read
Self-control: It’s more than what you don’t do. It’s what you must do to win.
We love our games. It’s controlled conflict. We train, we compete, we accept the consequences: to the winner, the spoils. They wear the...
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olinfregia
Jul 9, 20227 min read
Meek Don't Mean Weak
You never know who you might meet on any given days who will make an unforgettable impression on you. Even more surprising is, where you...
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olinfregia
Jun 25, 20228 min read
God is good all the time and all the time God is good. (Or is He?)
God is good all the time and all the time God is good. We say that all the time. But just because we say something all the time doesn’t...
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olinfregia
Jun 18, 20224 min read
Fatherhood: the real story of DNA
I had a conversation with a librarian. We were talking about systematic racism. “Does that really exist?”, she asked. I replied, “If you...
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olinfregia
Jun 11, 20227 min read
Kindness: Do Fries Come with That Shake?
Kids can be mean and unforgiving sometimes. “Johnny hit me.” “So, I hit him back.” A kindergarten teacher noticed this as she watched...
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olinfregia
Jun 4, 20228 min read
Kaboom or Kool like That
“Welcome to church. May I take your order, please: one prayer, one song, one sermon. How would you like that? Short, sweet, hold the...
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olinfregia
May 28, 20227 min read
Where’s the peace? In another moment of silence?
Every year the Nobel Peace Prize is given to the person who has done the most to promote world peace. Alfred Nobel—who amassed a fortune...
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olinfregia
May 20, 20228 min read
Eureka, “I found it!”
Have you ever lost something—like a ring, a phone or a watch? Depending on its value, you did what it took to find it, like the man who...
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olinfregia
May 14, 20227 min read
Fruit Does a Body Good (when it’s the Fruit of the Spirit) like neighborly love.
It’s beginning to look a lot like summer. It’s May, but already the temps are in the 90’s. Time to get fit for those dog days. You want...
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olinfregia
May 7, 20227 min read
Will the real mother, please stand up?(so, we can salute you)?
Today is Mother’s Day—the day we recognize mothers who come in all kinds of names, shapes, forms and faces: Madear, “Big Mama” (that’s my...
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olinfregia
Apr 30, 20221 min read
I Come to the Garden alone…(but not really)
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Congratulations on your new spring garden. I...
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olinfregia
Apr 23, 20223 min read
How Do You Travel a Road of Disappointment? Exit Emmaus.
“Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” This Robert Frost quote...
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olinfregia
Apr 15, 20228 min read
The Hunt for Easter Faith: Over easy or Hard Boiled
Happy Easter. I hope all your expectations have been met, so far. Easter— like most holidays—come with their own expectations. Some...
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olinfregia
Apr 9, 20227 min read
Neither hot nor cold…(It’s not exactly a compliment)
An 80-year-old woman wanted to marry her fourth husband. Understandably, the pastor doing the required marriage counseling was compelled...
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olinfregia
Apr 3, 20228 min read
Carpe Diem, Church
On a busy New York Street, a man hustled across a intersection only to be struck (really only grazed) by a bus. A crowd quickly gathered....
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