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A Patience Story
I visited someone’s blog whom I met recently. Unfortunately, I met them because I was officiating their mother’s funeral. While it was a sad way to make someone’s acquaintance; nevertheless, I feel blessed to have met this person and their family. I feel blessed for a moment to have vicariously met her mother. Moments, like these, moments of remembering loved one’s with a family, give pastors an opportunity to regularly reflect on the fragile and fleeting nature of life. It is a mixed blessing, but undoubtably a blessing. This blessing that comes with watching life pass was punctuated this evening as I went with my wife to watch a stage version of the wonderful book, Tuesday’s with Morrie. For those of you who … Read entire article »
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Adopt a Shut-In
Ash Wednesday is just two weeks away now. Tonight, our church launched a new discipline for people to adopt during Lent that I am very excited about. We have 17 members who are homebound or in nursing homes. Our Evangelism Committee asked people to consider adopting one or more of these members during the six weeks of Lent. We have a very distinct mission for our adopters. At the beginning of Lent we are giving each … Read entire article »
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Being Prodigal
Most of us know the story of the prodigal son. A young man, probably full of late adolescent angst or early twenty know-it-all syndrome, tells his daddy. ”I can’t wait until your dead to get my money. Give it to me now.” Forgive me for the tremendous paraphrasing but you get the idea. Dad gives him the money. The young man then heads out on his own. He squanders his money and finds himself yearning … Read entire article »
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Oh brother, WHO art thou?
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, to Timothy my loyal child in the faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.” So begins the first letter of Paul to Timothy. The words “my loyal child in the faith” leap out at me. Paul had adopted Timothy spiritually. He had taken upon himself a commitment to Timothy as … Read entire article »
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Amazing Example of ‘Love Your Enemy’
Truth be told, I am not sure I have any real enemies. I am sure there are some people out there that don’t like me. I have had people say ugly things behind my back and then glad hand me on Sunday morning. I also have had a few people that suck the life out of me. I not so affectionately call them my “crazy makers”. Truth be told though I am not sure I can say I have enemies who are out to get me. If that day ever comes I hope I have the courage, humor, and perseverance of a pastor persecuted by the Ku Klux Klan that is spoken about in this video. It’s only about 4 minutes long, but it is … Read entire article »
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