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What Shall I Write Upon It?
A blank page, no distraction, no direction, just a sea of white. Each time I sit to write, I am faced with the same thing, a void to fill with something that might have a purpose. It isn’t just the … Continue reading
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Sit Back, Be Amazed by God
Some of you know that I’ve been preaching for over 40 years now. That means I’ve had some measure of awareness about God for a long time. I know the Bible proclaims that God is good, always good, and I … Continue reading
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The Challenge of Staying Connected
I spoke with a friend today about the importance of mentoring in the lives of young adults and how our newer discoveries in neuroscience indicate that this is an especially crucial time. Before I go into the things that I … Continue reading
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Differences
When we were little, the boys played football or kickball at recess and the girls jumped rope. Later the girls would begin to chase the boys. But for the most part, we stayed in different areas of the playground because, … Continue reading
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The Sexual Abuser You Know, and Yes You Know One
In our world this week, all eyes have been on Penn State University. It has been difficult, with horrific revelations evolving over time. I have always held in high esteem the head football coach, Joe Paterno, who has been a … Continue reading
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Setting the World on its Ear
How do you set the world on its ear? What will turn it upside down, inside out and make it never the same? In my lifetime there have been a few events that seemed to do that. The day that … Continue reading
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Lessons From An Unusual Source
I was reading about oak trees last week. A mature oak tree can have up to 500 million root tips with its root base reaching four to seven times the width of the tree’s crown. I thought that number was … Continue reading
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How to Do This….
Sorrow shared is far easier to bear than sorrow in isolation. Continue reading
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Where Do We Put The Townies?
Where would we put Samson, Gideon, Jephthah in church today? While the synagogue appears to have come into being during the Babylonian Captivity and, consequently, long after these Bible heroes, I really can’t imagine them fitting into the local synagogue … Continue reading
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