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It was a scary feeling: This wasn’t just any ordinary pair of pants. This was a new pair, indeed a new size. Twelve pounds–down, would it stay down? These new pants are a size smaller. Would they end up in the closet like so many others? It was a strange feeling when the old pants […]
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Project 1225, the Christmas that keeps on giving: Yes, I would like to be a part of Project 1225, the Christmas that keeps on giving. During this advent season I will reclaim Christmas. I will take 25 minutes on one day each week to express Christmas in one of the following ways: I will do […]
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Pastor’s Chair If you owned a store and someone stood outside the door and said I think I should go in and check this store out; Then they walked away. Later perhaps they said to them self, “I should have stopped.” Church visiting is like that. Visiting a church can do wonders for a person. […]
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Pastor’s Chair On Sunday September 26 a new series of sermons will begin. The purpose of these sermons will be to introduce a series of thoughts that will identify who we are as people in relationship to identifying thoughts about the Christian’s call. September 26, Created to create… Each of us reflect the person of […]
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Notes from the Diaconate (August 11, 2010 Meeting) …Pastor Carl DeLine will be with us for pulpit supply for the next two Sundays, and hopefully on a continuing basis as needed for the foreseeable future. Details of a covenantal relationship have yet to be finalized, but we are hopeful that he will be able to […]
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Imagine for a moment it’s bedtime. You lay down, put your head on the pillow, close your eyes, and nothing happens. You are in silence, there are no thoughts in your mind, but sleep does not come. It isn’t long before you start asking yourself questions. One question and then another comes to your mind […]
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Perhaps you have never felt like this: “God, look at us, aren’t you upset? Look at the way the world has become-doesn’t this bother you? Aren’t you offended by what you see? Why don’t you get involved and stop what is happening? I thought you cared! Please stop ignoring us! Please reach down and do […]
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This morning these words came to mind. My meditation was on the first few verses of Isaiah 61. A tune came to mind and it led me to this internet link: Name That Hymn. Lord, Make us instruments of your peace,Where there is hatred, let your love increaseLord, make us instruments of your peace,Walls of […]
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Chapter 5 Ruth and I were driving down the street in her Pontiac. She loved that car. She surprised me one day when she said, “Why can’t we get something that’s more sporty?” “You know something that looks like, you know, different!” “Let’s buy a sports car,” she said. In the back of my mind […]
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When we were younger my sister loved West Side Story. I got bored. She loved it so much she bought the record. I didn’t like it. Yet this morning as I went to write this entry, West Side Story came to mind. Friends have filled my emails with all the latest Arizona happenings, news clippings […]