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Panic settled upon me after hearing how driven the state of Kansas has become in its effort to lure, entice, kidnap the KC Chiefs across state lines. Wouldn’t that be a federal offense? The same sense of panic sat in when Jackson County failed to renew the tax for the KC Royals in April. Why panic? I
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During the past few months, I have had the honor of officiating at two funerals, and yesterday I attended a third funeral. There is one resounding principle that keeps ringing in my ears: the greatest gift ever is love. Yesterday’s funeral was for a member of my church family of 28 years. I came to this community to
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given on Sunday, May 15, 2011 Time for Confession: Heaven and/or Hell There comes a time when a conflict occurs within one’s own thinking. That human doubt or questioning that is part of God’s gift to us can sometimes cause a great deal of consternation. My personal belief has always been that there
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given on Sunday, May 8, 2011–Mother’s Day Let me introduce you to Sonja. Married to a pastor, she holds an educational degree and works part time as a school librarian. The community in which she lives is rural, small, and somewhat remote—Denver is three hours away but in a different state. She has children—a young
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given on Sunday, May 1, 2011 Special note: A few weeks ago, in the middle of Lent, I watched a piece on Colton Burpo on NBC’s Today show. It captured me, spell bound. Circumstance made it possible to pick up a copy that evening and I began to read. The title for this sermon/reflection came
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given on Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011 This concluded the study series “Walk a Mile in His Shoes” that reviewed the 3.5 year ministry of Jesus. Almost Home Our Lenten journey is over. We have traveled many miles, figuratively, from our homes here in the center of our country, state, and counties. Maybe we are
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Enough is enough! When will developers, contractors and builders learn? The earth does have limitations. Trees are valuable and replacement takes years Enough is enough . . . Once again promises are broken. Iron Horse builder promised not to remove all the trees He did. Enough is enough . . . The Spring Ridge Lake
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given on Palm Sunday, April 17, 2011 The journey is almost over. We are almost ready to head home but we are going to end our journey in Jerusalem during Passover. Today is Palm Sunday that signals the beginning of Christians’ Holy Week. With winter becoming just a memory and our spring break is
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given on the fifth Sunday (sorry last blog was the fourth Sunday) of Lent, April 10, 2011 Today we are returning to Capernaum, which is the town that Jesus chose as his home after struggling for acceptance in Nazareth. Our spring break began along the Jordan River near Nazareth and has continued to follow Jesus’
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given on the fifth Sunday of Lent, April 3, 2011 Scripture #1: Matthew 15:21-22, 20-31, 39-31, 38-39 the Message 21-22From there Jesus took a trip to Tyre and Sidon. They had hardly arrived when a Canaanite woman came down from the hills and pleaded, “Mercy, Master, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly afflicted by
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given on Sunday, March 27, 2011–the third Sunday of Lent I have not taken many group tours, but I remember that the first one was with a group of juniors in high school. One of the first rules that were given us was to make sure and never go anywhere alone. We were to go
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given the 2nd Sunday of Lent, March 20, 2011 Rejected at Home; Ministry Moves On Last week we began our Lenten journey in the Holy Land, called Judea in Christ Jesus’ time. The look we had at the land really did not hold many surprises, but the sense of time travel came from the
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Love God, love life, love one another.
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