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December 2, 2012

The Blessing of Generosity

Today is the first day of the Advent season. This is the season leading up to Christmas when we look forward to the coming of the Christ child into the world. This year my church put together an Advent devotional and I was asked to...

Categories Christian Living Comments: 3
December 1, 2012

The Things People Will Believe

I am always amazed at the things people will believe and repost on Facebook. Here are just a few examples: Once again the “fact” that the coming month has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays, and that this won’t happen again for 823 years,...

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November 20, 2012

Can I Get a Witness?

My favorite of all the apostles is John. I love his enthusiasm and his love for Jesus and the fellow believers he encountered. Of the four Gospels, John is my favorite, but I also love his epistles. Most of all, I love his witness. He...

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November 11, 2012

That the Blind Might See

My church is putting together an Advent devotional for this coming Advent season. I was asked to write two of the devotions for the booklet. I am really looking forward to seeing what the other contributors wrote. I always like reading through a devotional for...

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November 8, 2012

The Power of Words – A Poem

As a general rule, I love words. I love arranging them to express a thought or idea. But strung together in the wrong way, words can hurt another person far worse than any physical harm. Words are powerful. Let’s use their power for good, and...

Categories Poetry Comments: 3
November 7, 2012

Election Rhetoric Is Ungodly

The election is finally over! My hope is now that the insulting posts on Facebook will cease just as the political ads will. I don’t think I posted a single political cartoon or joke on Facebook during this election season, and I was very disheartened...

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November 5, 2012

The Wonders of God’s Grace

As this contentious election season draws to a close and I have my ballot filled out and ready to drop off today, I thought I would share a song that I heard this morning while I was getting ready for work because it reminded me...

Categories Music Comment: 1
November 4, 2012

Why Is It So Hard?

This morning in church we had the founder of Global Eye Mission speak about his experiences as a medical missionary and how he has seen the provision of medical care to those in need open doors to share the gospel where it would never have...

Categories Christian Living Comments: 2
November 3, 2012

A Voice for the Voiceless

One of my favorite verses in the New Testament is James 1:27: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” In Biblical...

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