Finishing Well

I plan to retire...right after lunch on the day I die! Until then I'm here to serve God, love people and talk about Jesus!

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Seasons, part 2- Waiting

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One of my friends I have never met commented on the first "Seasons" post with these words. The thoughts are so honest, the questio...
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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Time

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"Westerners are people with gods on their wrists." -Filipono saying
Friday, October 29, 2010

Quote of the day

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"Very few people are contemporaries of their own times." -Raymond Aron, French political theorist

Seasons

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Finally! Finally it's cool in Texas. People are smiling. There is a crispness in the air that is exhilarating, refreshing, renewing. Sea...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Amazing grace

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The women's study groups at our church are studying the tabernacle this fall. They have wonderfully recreated the tabernacle in one of ...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Quote of the day

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"I don't respect people who don't proselytize me." -Penn Gillette (Of Penn and Teller) In his video blog he went on to say...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Happy Birthday!

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Today is my sweet wife's birthday! The bible says if you can find a good wife you are blessed. . I must tell you that I am most bles...
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Monday, October 25, 2010

You're gonna have to serve somebody

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You're gonna have to serve somebody. These lyrics from Bob Dylan's song resonate with the words of Paul in Romans 6. Paul's focu...
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Monday's cartoon

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Friday, October 22, 2010

He is able

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He is able.... . What a great introduction to so much more. He is able. When we know that the God who made the universe is able to AND willi...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Just thinking...

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It's been a couple days since I had time to write. I've been preparing for a sermon this Sunday. I'm teaching from an amazing pa...
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Monday, October 18, 2010

Don't push that button!

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(This is a story some dear friends told us last night. It's a true story, but I'm sure I won't retell it nearly as well as they ...
Saturday, October 16, 2010

Saturday's cartoon

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May we never be that guy. I pray we would always be men and women who look for opportunites to extend mercy and kindness to others....even ...
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Friday, October 15, 2010

Secrets

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She had to be in her mid 80's as I met her, riding on her electric scooter in the hall of her nursing home. She had asked me to come by ...
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

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Several pastor friends, over a great breakfast this morning, recommended this new biography about the life of Bonhoeffer. It's titled ...
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An old pastor trying to finish well. "I want to live in, walk in, soak in the love of God to such an extent that others are drawn to God because of their encounter with me." 1 Corinthians16:14
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