Mon Nov 3-Unseen But Known
How often do you feel unseen? You give your best at home, at work, or in serving the community, yet it seems no one notices. You may begin to wonder whether what you do even matters.
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Fri Oct 31-Stay in the Promise
The idea that “life must be lived forward, but can only be understood backward,” is attributed to the 19th-century Danish philosopher and theologian Søren Kierkegaard. I’ve often preached it this way: “We typically only see God in the rearview mirror.”
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Thu Oct 30-Looking Toward the Future
I can only imagine how Moses must have felt as he gazed out over the land God had promised his ancestors generations earlier, the Promised Land flowing with milk and honey, and then being told that he would not cross over into it.
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Wed Oct 29-Work In Progress
Several years ago, six mature maple trees in front of our neighbor’s home were being destroyed by a fungal disease that was killing the crown of the tree. In order to save them, the arborist cut all of the branches off the tops of the trees, leaving just some bare, main branches. It was painful to look at,
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Tue Oct 28-The Prayer Sandwich
The first message I shared very early in my ministry was for the Chatham United Methodist Women. I still remember it vividly. At that point in the earliest days of my career I often felt lost and overwhelmed. I was just starting my Masters degree program at Drew Theological School,
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Mon Oct 27- Spaghetti Arms
I joke that I have spaghetti arms because they are long and spindly and would probably snap right off if I tried to pick up something too heavy.
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Fri Oct 24-Principles of Christian Living
Paul never tired of explaining in detail, if necessary, the principles of Christian living. Both belief and behavior were non-negotiable aspects of living a godly life until Jesus returns.
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Wed Oct 22-When Forgiveness is Hard
I always thought forgiveness came easily to me, until it didn’t.
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Tue Oct 21-VIP
This is one of those passages that’s liable to be misinterpreted – not because it’s message isn’t clear, noble or good, but because many of us in the church struggle with our own self-perception.
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Mon Oct 19-Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should (Or Have To!)
How many times when we are searching for volunteers at church or in other organizations do we say so and so is a teacher, so they “should” help with VBS because they have those skills?
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Fri Oct 17-It All Belongs
“Now, now, this is no time for _____.” How many times have you heard that? How many times have you said it?
