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Dec 2018
Just before midnight last night I wander outside to our patio. I make sure all the lights are off because I want to see the night sky. Stars in abundance light the night. I think for a moment of the shepherds keeping watch in their fields long ago. Then, there it is, first one and then a few minutes later a second one—a shooting light in the sky, a quick flash as part of the Geminid shower. Then no more. Just a quick glimpse of wonder. I wonder as I wander. I......
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Rain
In the middle of the night, I heard rain on our roof. That is a sweet desert sound. I imagined the smell of it, fresh, moisture-heavy, that hard-to-describe desert smell of plants, trees, animals...
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Which Way Is It?
If you try to get to our house via your GPS you will probably end up at the exit rather than entrance to our subdivision. In one of those GPS quirks it can’t find...
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Building
Our two-year-old foster grandson loves to build. He has some soft connecting blocks given to him by a child of our church who had outgrown them. He joyfully puts them together, making dinosaurs and...
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Those Who Serve
Because I live close to the church, if I have an evening meeting I sometimes come home for a bit in the afternoon to have a snack and read or watch a TV show....
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Tell the Next Generation
“We will tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.” Psalm 78:4 Who are those people in your life who have...
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Blessings
I have been thinking about blessings. For me, blessings are the undeserved outpouring of God’s grace on our lives. Around us today there is so much hateful language, destructive behavior and uncertainty, causing fear...
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Those Who Heal
What heals? Medication, surgery, ointment, massage, touch, words, hugs, conversation, prayer, music, exercise? The list can go on and on, of the many ways we experience healing from the physical, emotional, and spiritual aches...
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Teachers
“The word of Christ must live in you richly. Teach and warn each other with all wisdom by singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing to God with gratitude in your hearts.” Colossians 3:16...
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What Makes People Choose St. Mark’s
Every day I think about how it might be for people who have never been in church, or haven’t been there for a long time, to come to church or even to an activity...
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