Monthly Archives: March 2004

If it weren’t for walking …

Some days you would rather walk. Today the horse laid down. Tommie and I arrived for a lunch date at the Senior Citizens Center. Her invitation to eat there may have implied her true feelings about my age. We got in the car to head back to the school for FCA and there wasn't even ...

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Sometimes we assume too much …

I received the following in an e-mail this morning. It certainly reflects on how quickly we assume/presume when it comes to others. Helen, the church gossip and self-appointed arbiter of the church's morals, kept sticking her nose into other people's business. Several residents were unappreciative of her activities, but feared her enough to maintain their silence. ...

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Living beyond abstractions …

We make following Jesus too private a matter. We do not want anyone "advising" us as we "do what God wants us to do." So, we fly under the radar only knowing in our own hearts if we are submitting to follow Jesus or not. Real problems occur when we try to communicate to others ...

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Blessed …

Our Sunday evening sermon was outstanding! Certainly a brash statement from the pastor. I did not preach Sunday night. Those who gathered literally shared the gospel - the victory of God in King Jesus. Story after story carried with it the theme of redemption or the hope of redemption. I was moved to consider how ...

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Slaves and a King …

From my weekly e-mail ... Wind. Chicago may be the ?Windy City?, Oklahoma should be the ?Windy State.? My neighbor has a wind generator (read, large propeller spun by the wind to produce electricity). In this wind, it sounds as though a plane is in constant ?take off.? We began a study through the book of Romans ...

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