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  • The Silver Anniversary Sylvania…

    The Silver Anniversary Sylvania…

    I can’t believe it!   Diane and I are 4 months away from celebrating our 25th Wedding Anniversary and today I trashed the first appliance we ever bought together.  Seeing that we have been through half…

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  • Bigger Boxes & More Expensive Toys (Wed Word)

    Bigger Boxes & More Expensive Toys (Wed Word)

           So, how many toys under your tree were broken on Christmas morning?  Not just the ones for the kids but the grownups as well?   Please pardon the intrusion, but once again it allowed me a…

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  • …there rings a melody?

    …there rings a melody?

    Sometimes my mind wanders to strange places at the most inopportune times.  During worship, this requires a “spirit check” to determine if this is a divine thought or the subject of my own imagination. Blessed…

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  • Around the world to right back here?

    Around the world to right back here?

    Over the course of the past 3 years, I have had the distinct privilege of fellowshipping with believers on 3 different continents.  While each instance looked extremely different, these experiences also bore remarkable similarities.  I…

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    “Missed It By That Much…” Music fills our minds and mouths on a regular basis, but sometimes there is a line or a lyric that reaches the heart. A line in a new song heard…

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    MIDDLE EAST MUSINGS:  THE PENTATEUCH “It’s more than I expected” One thing I have come to learn through a series of trips abroad is to always expect the unexpected. Flexibility is the key to any…

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    MID EAST MUSINGS:  TAKE FOUR “Thank You!” Really? Why Me? Okay, so I purchased the goods, packed the box and processed as a volunteer. But – not this box! This one is from Claire in…

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    MID EAST MUSINGS:  TAKE THREE You would think it was a good thing, but… When religion becomes culture, the task of separating from such becomes virtually impossible. The trappings of tradition offer considerably greater entanglement…

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    MID EAST MUSINGS: TAKE TWO There it was – the red pen in the dirt. It caught my eye as we were preparing to leave. It lay there as a reminder of the fleeting escape…

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    Middle East Musings: Take One The journey of a shoebox begins and ends in the heart of God. When the people of God are moved by compassion to touch the lives of others, God is…

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