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"A Musing Pastor"
- Apr 11, 2017
- 3 min
Are we deserving?
I am a "Debbie Downer" when TV commercials come on. Immediately, I begin to analyze the message, the content, the intended audience (race...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Apr 10, 2017
- 2 min
What will I offer?
A little over 100 days ago we celebrated Christmas and sang songs about three kings commonly called wisemen. We sang the verse that speak...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Apr 9, 2017
- 2 min
Gentle and riding on a donkey.
"What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?" We're about to find out. Today is Palm and Passion Sunday. It is the ...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Apr 7, 2017
- 3 min
Bitterness, the eternal prison.
Have you ever pulled the stove out of its place and looked at the floor underneath? What did you see? What treasures were discovered in t...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Apr 6, 2017
- 3 min
Detours!
Happened to notice of a major bridge replacement coming soon to our area. This particular bridge is one of the main arteries to many popu...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Apr 5, 2017
- 2 min
Using the mundane.
Please read the first two sentences here and do what the second one tells you to do. Go look into a mirror and write down what you see......
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Apr 4, 2017
- 3 min
Multi-tasking is overrated and dangerous.
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easi...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Apr 3, 2017
- 3 min
Giving Back.
"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For wit...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Apr 2, 2017
- 2 min
Fools no more.
"The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." (Psalm 14:1, NIV) I suppose you have heard the not so endearing joke about atheists and t...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Apr 1, 2017
- 3 min
Hero in a halfshell.
I sure do like to hear people speak highly of me. I think everyone likes to hear accolades. For me, those accolades are tiny pebbles roll...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Mar 31, 2017
- 3 min
Beneath the surface.
That moment when you see something occurring that just looks out of place...... I went to a local downtown store a few weeks ago and saw ...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Mar 30, 2017
- 2 min
When God says, "Watch this."
With each new day comes a certain amount of toil and trouble. With each new day there also comes joy and celebration. It depends on the d...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Mar 29, 2017
- 3 min
Old on the outside; new on the inside.
I will never forget Pete. Pete, a former parishioner, was a spitfire. He also suffered a heart attack in my third or fourth week of minis...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Mar 28, 2017
- 2 min
What things?
"I have told you "these things" so that......." WHAT THINGS???? A long time ago, I used to rattle the lawn mower over a protruding rock ...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Mar 27, 2017
- 3 min
When Light Pushes Back the Dark.
"The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it." (John 1:5, NIV) There is a moment when one is in the woods ju...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Mar 26, 2017
- 3 min
Worry, the great faith killer.
Yesterday was a carefree beautiful early spring day. Breezy, warm, and partially sunny mixed with intermittent rain sprinkles made the da...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Mar 25, 2017
- 2 min
When Peace Like a River.
Do you have a place you retreat to in order to seek and find peace? If not, you need one. Last night, we bought some food and drink, wen...
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"A Musing Pastor"
- Mar 24, 2017
- 3 min
Roll with the changes.
Life can be fun and frustrating all within the blink of an eye. Yesterday was one to consider these polar opposites. Leaving the church, ...
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