“The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;
may the name of the LORD be praised.”
That’s what Job said as he began his famous story, one of the Lord giving graciously, and then much being taken away.
This weekend has forced me to think about joy and sorrows closely paired together, tragedy and comedy if [...]
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So what did you do with your snow day? Or ice day? Or whatever kind of day you had when almost the whole country was gripped by strong winter weather?
I managed to drive/skate to work this morning. Thankfully, the roads were quiet so I could leave quite a bit of distance between myself and neighboring [...]
This is a funny comedy sketch by George Carlin comparing baseball to football (and yes, it’s clean!).
It got me to thinking about our world- baseball is still what we think of as America’s past time, but football is clearly more popular- it’s ratings are way higher, brings in more revenue, garners almost complete attention [...]
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As I was listening and reading some of the commentary on Martin Luther King Jr yesterday, I was stirred like so many. I was stirred by the power of this man’s commentary. I was stirred by his speaking and crafting of words. I was stirred by his vision. I listened to the famous “I have [...]
One year ago yesterday it happened. You saw the images. You prayed. Maybe you donated to the cause. There have been many continued trials for Haiti alongside signs of hope. As you think back on it I would encourage you to continue to care for those in Haiti. Jesus ministry began with many acts [...]
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Ok, so yesterday was a little deeper which is good, but today I thought I’d go the other direction and give you something kind of fun. A member forwarded this link on to me and I found it entertaining.
Underneath the humor though, there’s kind of an interesting thing to consider- the music of the church [...]
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Ok, so this isn’t my analysis of a Christmas/Advent hymn, but it’s pretty amusing. I’ll post another favorite Advent song thought tomorrow.
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Last Sunday night our youth did a Thanksgiving worship that began with this video. There are a number of things I liked about this, but one of the keys that it brought out was the idea that in giving thanks we often need to be able to move from circumstance to the presence of God [...]
This is one of those videos that makes you take a step back. It’s the story of a young girl who paints beautiful images representing her faith. She started very young and the images draw a person in. That alone would be incredible. But there’s more. . .
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The Church today is just an institution.
Have you heard that accusation before? Probably something like it. One of the common objections people have to church attendance today is that they don’t want to be part of an institutional church. They’re interested in spiritual stuff, but not the organization.
Oftentimes this is associated with the belief that [...]
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