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Aug 2018
We’re using the word “connecting” a lot this year. Maybe we’ll get tired of it, but I think it’s an important word, and the theme Connecting to God and One Another is important too. Staying close to God—being aware of God’s presence and love, praying, worshiping—gives us the strength and desire to connect in love to others. I met John McCain once. I’m only mentioning that here because I met him at our church. A few years ago, he held a Town Hall meeting in our Fellowship Hall. I thought he should......
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Relief from Desperation
Relief from Desperation Have you ever been in a truly desperate situation? Early this morning I woke from a dream, desperately frightened. In the dream, it was 11:10 a.m. on a Sunday morning, I...
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Risking New Things
Risking New Things In July, as the senior high youth and chaperones were getting ready to embark on their Sierra Service Project mission trip to San Diego, I stood in the Wesley House with...
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Coming…
Coming…. Tonight, August 10 – begins 5 p.m. – Food Truck Café and Family Water Fun Night! Great fun for all ages. Sunday, August 12 – Rally Day means new Sunday School classes...
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Welcome Home!
Welcome home! Our bags are packed and we’re ready to go. Two weeks ago our bags were packed and all set for our annual family vacation in Lake Tahoe. Lots of our family joined...
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Remember to Catch Your Breath!
We are at that time of year in Tucson, where unless you go out early in the morning or late at night, you are going to be met with incredible amounts of heat the...
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God’s Spirit Waters Our Souls
Dry desert. Heat. Clouds. What is that sound on the roof? Rain!! Some hard rains and displays of sound and lightning have shown up in our hot, dry desert this monsoon season. When that...
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With Us Always
Jesus said, “Remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:20b There are times when I wish Jesus wasn’t with me. When I’m impatient or crabby or irritable...
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
One of the most touching moments in the movie Won’t You Be My Neighbor? about Fred Rogers is the replay of a 1981 episode of Roger’s famous “Neighborhood” TV show in which ten-year old...
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The Bread of New Life
The Bread of New Life In Arizona, this is the season of “picking up the mesquite pods” that fall from the tree. Morning and evening, I pick up pods to try to keep up...
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