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Jun 2020
Right now I stop for a moment to give thanks for the men I know who serve, lead and love with kind and generous spirits and offer them a “Happy Father’s Day.” Those include the men in my family – Art, Christian, David, my brothers and brothers-in-law, as well as you men in our church who show your love for Christ by serving so faithfully. I thank God for you! Smoke covers Tucson and fires roar over the mountains, bringing “ready-set-go” orders, along with anxiety and uncertainty. I hear that fires are......
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Fire and Hope
My puppet, Flynn the firefighter, joined me twice this week for “Who’s With Me Tonight?”* at 7 p.m. on St. Mark’s Facebook. On Monday, Flynn and I talked about how some things like fire...
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Working the Puzzle
One of the satisfying things about working a jigsaw puzzle is that you can put in the last piece, smile and take joy in knowing you’ve completed it. My daughter, Julie, and I are...
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Breathe
I can feel myself beginning to get impatient. Some people are naturally patient but I’m not. I work to cultivate patience through thoughts and prayers. But my mind is constantly twirling with next things,...
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Our Pause
Back in March we paused all in-person gatherings on our church campus for the health and safety of all those who attend worship, classes, committees and groups at our church and for our church...
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Info, Thoughts, and Prayer
For this week’s message I’d like to share a couple of updates, a few thoughts about our current sermon series, and a short prayer. First, on Wednesday, May 13, our Bishop, Robert Hoshibata reiterated...
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A Generous Life
Do you remember the stories in Scripture about people wandering or praying or waiting for 40 or more years or days before coming through to a new place? After the Hebrew people are delivered...
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Updates and a Prayer
In each Friday’s weekly email I will give you a brief update about COVID-19 and our church. Here is today’s update: As he did the week before, our Desert Southwest Conference Bishop, Bob Hoshibata,...
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Rocket Fuel
In my Wednesday, April 22, devotion I read “Giving thanks to God for sustaining us is like adding rocket fuel to our spiritual journey.” I started thinking about the power in rocket fuel, propelling...
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Walk
When we hit the “pause” button on most things at St. Mark’s back in mid-March, we didn’t know how long it would be before we hit the “play” button again. Well, most things are...
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