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Nov 2019
As I’m praying this morning, I’m reading the names of the 32 people from our church who have died this past year. For all their loved ones, the seasons of life changed this year as family and friends are learning to live in new ways. On Sunday, November 3, we’ll read the names, and light a candle and toll a bell for each person as we celebrate All Saints’ Day. Their names will also be read as part of worship at our new Dove Mountain site. Many more names of loved ones......
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How Big is God’s Love?
Think of big things. The Grand Canyon. Blue sky in Arizona. Ocean off San Diego. Mountains. Think of other big things like a seven foot basketball player, a field of sunflowers, a huge dog...
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Increase in love
“May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you.” I Thessalonians 3:12 We all know there are many kinds...
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Giants
Giants! If you had to choose someone right now, who would you say is a “giant” in our world today? If we were to take a poll I imagine we would have many different...
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Communion
Thoughts on two subjects this Friday morning: I’ve had the privilege of receiving Holy Communion in many places around our globe. Over the last 35 years, this has happened as I’ve traveled for vacation,...
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Home
Friday, September 27, 2019 – Later today I travel home from Leadership Institute in Kansas City. I’ve been here since Wednesday afternoon at Church of the Resurrection (COR) with 2500 United Methodists from all...
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Close to God
Our three-year-old grandson loves to find and look at the moon. He tells us when it is a crescent, an oval and a big round circle. When he’s at our house in the evening,...
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Fear
Oh, dear. I just realized that it’s Friday the 13th. Oh, my. If I was superstitious I would suddenly be afraid. That knot that means fear would rise in my stomach and I would...
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Grace
When I met Grace she was well into her nineties. Her hair was steely gray and she was small and spry, although she was confined to a wheelchair by then. On my visits with...
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Prayer
Today there is a prayer upon my heart. Gracious God, we bring to you your people who are threatened by storms that could harm them, the land and property. Keep people and animals safe...
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