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Leaping in Lent?
Have you ever wished there were things in your life that happened only every four years or not at all? I don’t have feelings like that about tomorrow’s “leap day” but it does give me...
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In Love With God?
The smells of the first moments of spring in the desert are whiffs of musky animal scents and moist earth with greening grasses and shoots not quite ready to bloom. Late afternoon yesterday (Thursday) I...
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Do Good
Every table was filled at Soul Station this past Wednesday night. Young and school-age children ate alongside their parents, grandparents and many church family members. We had food prepared by our faithful second-Wednesday cooks that...
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Do No Harm
Do No Harm Galatians 5:13-15 “You were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only don’t let this freedom be an opportunity to indulge your selfish impulses, but serve each other through love. All the Law...
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Warm and Cold
Today’s weather report says that a warm, sunny weekend may be followed on Monday by the coldest weather this year, including rain and potentially freezing temperatures. When I stopped at a nursery on River and...
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New Testament
In Jesus’ day there was no “New Testament.” His Bible was what we call the “Old Testament” or “Hebrew Scriptures.” The words were written on scrolls, which were unrolled and read in the synagogue. One...
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Old Testament
The rain begins to spit on my windshield, as I drive. I hear a news report that Australia is finally getting rain that will help with the raging wildfires, but not extinguish all of them. ...
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Jesus: “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” John 10:10 Jesus did not mean that he came to bring us unending riches and material wealth. He did not mean that life...
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Unexpected Turns
As I looked back on this year, I noticed that there were several times when I needed to change the direction I was going. This is not always easy for me. I am a person...
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JOY
Joy. Our three-year-old grandson spent Wednesday night this week at our house. In the morning we turned on the lights to the Christmas tree and he said, “I like your Christmas tree.” I asked, “You have...