The Other Matthew 18

March 28, 2012

Probably the most referenced passage in the whole of Scripture is “Matthew 18″.  Oh, we can also cite John 3:16 and I Corinthians 13 as well.  Romans 8:28 has become popular, particularly in these difficult days.  Others like Philippians 4:7, Ephesians 6:12, and II Corinthians 5:17 have all been quoted as some of the Apostle [...]

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Retreat . . . to Advance

January 13, 2010

Our board of trustees recently returned from our second annual retreat.  To get right to the point, I would highly recommend that your Christian ministry board plan to retreat . . . in order to advance.  There’s just no getting away from it, you need to “get away” from it and get together for refreshment [...]

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Pears In Poplar Trees

December 17, 2009

You can’t stop Christmas!  It happened as an historical event and it continues to happen in our lives each Advent season.  We prepare . . . prepare our homes for visiting, prepare our meals for consuming, prepare our gifts for sharing, prepare our churches for worshiping, and (hopefully) prepare our hearts for reflecting upon “Emmanuel”, [...]

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“Preparing a Highway For Our God”

December 14, 2009

My wife and I recently had a nostalgic moment while driving to upstate New York to visit our daughter and new granddaughter.  We are from that area and were traveling along the “highways & byways” we had known for over twenty years.  It fostered much discussion about all the memories we had made, traveling these [...]

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“Advent Perspective”

December 8, 2009

OK, last weekend I had my annual bout with converting to atheism.  This consideration is brought on while putting up our Christmas decorations!  Between the tree in the house and the lights outside, I wondered what I really believed in and why?!?!?!  First the tree.  We have a family tradition of joining our oldest daughter [...]

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