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  • Oops!

    I just posted a blog I wrote early Monday morning–and today is Wednesday.  I could have sworn that I had hit “publish”, but maybe I didn’t.  Oh well.  Sorry for the confusion just in case you have already seen it. These late summer mornings are a great time to sit…

  • Social media are today’s glass houses

    The familiar saying, “He who lives in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones” keeps bubbling up in my head.  This morning I suddenly realized that today’s social media is the equivalent of the glass house in this saying. According to the website, https://www.phrases.org.uk/, which I accessed this morning,  “PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES…

  • Dare to Dream

  • Mission Rebounds: The Old Testament scorebook

    given on Sunday, February 28, 2016 Scripture connection: Isaiah 55, NLT Invitation to the Lord’s Salvation 55 “Is anyone thirsty?     Come and drink—     even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk—     it’s all free! 2 Why spend your money on food that does not give you…

  • Mission Failed: The Fall of Man & Woman

    to be given on Sunday, February 21, 2016–2nd Sunday of Lent   Scriptural connection: Genesis 3:1-11, NLT The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any…

  • Mission begins with creation

    given on Sunday, February 14, 2016–first Sunday of Lent and Valentine’s Day From Lent’s lectionary: Romans 10:8b-13 8 In fact, it says, “The message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart.”[a] And that message is the very message about faith that we preach: 9 If…

  • Veil or Mirror

    given on Sunday, February 7, 2016      Veil or Mirror?   Scripture Foundation: 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 NLT 12 Since this new way gives us such confidence, we can be very bold. 13 We are not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so the people of Israel would not…

  • The Word is Power: The Word was, is, and will be power

      given on Sunday, January 24, 2016 In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He existed in the beginning with God. –John 1:1-2, NLT Scripture reference: Luke 44:14-21, NLT 14 Then Jesus returned to Galilee, filled with the Holy Spirit’s power.…