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Yo’ Mama
There are some amazing mom stories in the Bible. A number of preachers I’ve talked with feel stuck every Mothers Day because they don’t know what to preach about. Some of them say that there’s not a lot about mothers in the Scripture. But as I’ve done the biblical research for my first Mothers Day,… Continue reading
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A Real Sabbath
During my three years at SonRise, I took off on Fridays. At my new post, I’m considering two changes: taking more of a Sabbath than just a day off, and switching from Fridays to Thursdays. In the past, Friday simply meant sleeping in, taking my time, not having to hurry my Bible time in order… Continue reading
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Love is in the Air
Yesterday I went to Crisfield with Daryl to visit his second-grade daughter’s class on a field trip. We were in a park on the water and one of the park employees was talking with the kids about crabs, since they were about to go crabbing. One of the kids asked what they should do if… Continue reading
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Goodbye to a Good Friend
There’s a lot of truth in the old adage that a dog is a man’s best friend. Yesterday the Hyde family bid a sad farewell to a good friend indeed. Knight was a mix between a Black Lab and something else, probably a Dalmatian. We got him in the summer of 1993 when he was… Continue reading
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Day 3: Shakespeare Town
Below is the third journal entry recording the events of the trip Carolyn and I took to England and France in July of 2006: Thursday, July 20, 2006 London, England Today we took the train out to Stratford-upon-Avon, the hometown of William Shakespeare. We took a tour bus which dropped us off at several places.… Continue reading
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The Disturbing Smell of Burning Bone
Man, I sure am grateful that God made novocaine. I just got back from the dentist. He had to fill in this place that had cavity potential, and he started by spraying some air on the place. When he asked if it hurt, I nodded. So he shot me up with novocaine and went to… Continue reading
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An Early Happy Mother’s Day
One of the moms from the Training Station just crashed into my car. (The Training Station is the preschool here at the church.) I was sitting here in my office writing that last post when the director came in and told me what had happened. She said the mom was real upset and that I… Continue reading
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End of Self, Beginning of God
It seems like every preacher has a story about the time God changed up the sermon at the last minute. I always hoped it would never happen to me. It did–my first Sunday at my new post. All week long I’d had a stinky attitude. All sorts of little things were going wrong, and the… Continue reading
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All You Need is Love
Tomorrow is my first Sunday as the lead pastor of a church. We’re talking about love. In preparing for my first sermon at this church, I was all ready to talk about planting the Gospel, keeping pure motives, and all that kind of charge-the-hill stuff. But then God really pressed on my heart that the… Continue reading
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Podcasting & Stuff
By the way, it might take a couple weeks, but I’m hoping to start podcasting our services as soon as possible. We’re also in the process of searching for a new name for the church. Any ideas? Once we get that settled, we’re going for a new sign and can get going on a new… Continue reading
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