“To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven:” Ecclesiastes 3:1 NKJV No, I am not rushing for Christmas to come – although stores are already preparing for the holiday shopping; and no, I am not celebrating back to school like those parents in…
Read moreFor this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith. For now we live, if you are standing fast in the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 3:7-8 ESV) A few weeks ago, our pastor shared a sermon on the above Scripture that really…
Read moreThis summer I took our puppy for a two-mile walk around a lake along with hundreds of others to support a local fundraiser. At first Teddy was wild and energetic, but as the walk continued his pace slowed. He started panting and purposely sought out the shady areas. Who could…
Read moreI hate goodbyes. I really do. I rarely say them, even when face to face with someone I may not see for months, or even longer. Goodbyes mark endings, not beginnings. They come with sadness not joy. They lack hope. So I avoid them like the plague. I try to…
Read moreA few years ago, when our kids were in high school, their youth pastor shared a great lesson on sin. It was a warm day in late summer when he and some of the parents spent the morning moving rocks and dumping water in the large dirt field behind our…
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