Tag: faith
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The Mustard Seed
Introduction Every Sunday as Pastor Peter begins the sermon, he invites you to prepare by having your Bible and note taking materials with you. I had never considered suggesting this practice, especially right before delivering a sermon. But I like it and you may have noticed I have adopted the same reminder. …
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Christmas Day musings 2020:
An exercise in stream of conscious writing When I woke up at 4:30 this morning, I could not help but remember how many times as a kid that 4:30 did not seem so early for Christmas morning. This time I did not run to the living room to see what Santa…
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Blue Christmas thoughts
All the world seems excited to celebrate Christmas with family and friends, holiday traditions, and the excitement of Christmas, but for others the holiday season is a struggle. The reasons for feeling blue in the midst of all the holiday hype ranges from the loss of a spouse, family member,…
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Living in midst of pandemonium
Our pastor’s Lenten series is titled “Confronting Evil” and each week he covers a specific topic. First was bitterness, then betrayal, and third cynicism. As we experience the flood of information and the dramatic changes that the coronavirus has created, I am realizing how those individual topics can be translated into…
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No, I didn’t fly south for the winter . . .
I live in the Midwest, and I live through the four seasonal changes for better or worse. In fact, I think if I did not live those cycles, I might not fully appreciate those wonderful days of late Spring, Summer and early Fall. And what about those picturesque Winter snow days? There is…
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Thanksgiving Words of Wisdom
Stopping for a few moments to consider the blessings of the year, I cannot escape that no year is free of problems. Nor is there any individual who escapes some form of pain and is in need of some form of healing. For myself, I read a daily devotion as…
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Just one word makes all the difference
Continuing on my year-long Bible study, I find that my thoughts are so full of ideas that it is difficult to isolate a clear statement. Today, it took me all week to locate what I had read and find a way to state what I learned. I pray that it…
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Needing sunshine, true; but that is no comparison to needing SON-shine
N No doubt that when the meteorologists are warning us that life is “brutal out there” as NBC’s Today Show’s Al Roker just said; we look for any help we can. Today we are in the midst of the Polar Vortex that is slamming our country with bitter cold. Here in…
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Going home . . .
Over the weekend, we made a trip back to my hometown, Montgomery City, where the annual Old Threshers was the drawing card. Old Threshers is a trip back to the past. The old steam engines were on display working like they did when they first joined farmers in…
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Perseid Meteor Shower, Satellites and God
This morning, and it is only 5:30 yet, I am outside on the deck watching the sky—well sort of. Actually it began at 2:30 am when I had to accompany Possum, my dog, outside. I knew that Perseid’s Meteor Shower was in its best viewing, but our schedule means early…
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