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Nehemiah, Brother Lawrence & Conversing with God all day long
Yesterday we studied the OT Hero, Nehemiah. We saw that he was a man of prayer. In fact, it seems like most of the book of Nehemiah is a prayer journal. As we read the story of his passion to … Continue reading
Does prayer matter?
I received a piece of communication this week that told the story of a friend’s urgent prayer request to God. Interestingly the very thing that my friend asked God to stop from happening…ended up happening. As a result the last … Continue reading
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How to deal with bitterness in our families
This is a story that starts with tragedy. Lots of tragedy. A lady named Naomi lost her husband. Then her two sons also died, leaving three women as widows. A lady and her two daughters-in-law. You can read the story … Continue reading
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We are all witnesses…of Lebron James?
Remember this commercial? As the NBA season heads toward playoffs, Lebron James, now in his third season with the Miami Heat, has just lead his team on an amazing regular season run including a recent stretch during which the Heat … Continue reading
I am preaching the same sermon four times in a row…thank you Lectionary very much.
I don’t know a whole lot about the history of the Lectionary. I guess I could at least do a basic search on Wikipedia, but not right now. Clearly, someone put a lot of time and thought into the selection … Continue reading
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Returning Prodigals…Discussion
A few days ago we had our second Silent Sunday, and the passage we studied at Faith Church was Luke 15:11-32, traditionally called The Parable of the Prodigal Son. Because it wouldn’t work to well to have a sermon on … Continue reading
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Returning from prodigal fundamentalism
In the fall 2001, with the disaster of 9/11 still very much turning our national future into a huge question mark, my wife, Michelle, and I felt our personal lives were in a fog as well. We had just moved … Continue reading
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Current events and dead fruit trees
On Sunday we looked at Luke 13:1-9 where Jesus talks with a crowd about some current events, and then he tells them a parable. Perhaps you might read the verses again to remind yourself of the story. Or you can … Continue reading
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The hope of the world….fertilizer!
I once listened to a very thought-provoking audio book called An Edible History of the World by Tom Standage. I learned a lot about seeds, food development, and especially fertilizer. Standage does an excellent job digging through the history and … Continue reading
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Knowing Bono…follow-up
As I mentioned in my previous post, though I feel like I know the lead singer of Bono, if I knocked on his house, and he answered the door, he would say “I don’t know you.” Those are hard words … Continue reading
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