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!

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Serving others

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A few months ago we had the joy of serving Pastors in Kenya. On our last day together we washed their feet as a model of what we wanted the...
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And this thought from Ann...

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Ann Voskamp, author of One thousand gifts , wrote these words in a recent article, "If God really works in everything- then why don...

Quote of the day

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"Man has lost his unique identity. A Christian does not have this problem. He knows who he is. If anything is a gift from God, this is...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Stages of life

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I'm fascinated as I read the bible. I'm fascinated as I watch the narrative unfold in its stories. Often, as I read, as I watch th...
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Monday, June 27, 2011

Monday's cartoon

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(Technology has always been a problem, hasn't it? If they only had an ipad.)
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Prayer

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This morning, as the sun began to rise, I had a wonderful time of prayer with some of our people in the church. It was great to carve out a...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

Saturday's cartoon

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Friday, June 24, 2011

God's art work

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Really great artists like to show off their work. Here's some art from my favorite artist.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Extending grace

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Grace, true grace, is an amazing thing. It sets aside justice (what the other person deserves), it offers mercy and then it goes even furth...
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Quote of the day

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"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else....
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Amazing places

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Our teaching pastor, Steve, just returned from a wonderful vacation in Italy. Here is one of the photos he took. It's hard to believe ...

Rage against God

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I just finished reading Peter Hitchins' book, The Rage against God. This work wasn't at all what I expected. I thought, initially...

Then they will know....

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"Then they will know that I am the Lord." This one phrase, this one theme is the message of the book of Ezekiel. For Israel and t...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Truth is stranger than fiction

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“If coincidences are just coincidences, why do they feel so contrived?” – Fox Mulder, “The X-Files”

A thought for your day

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Christian actions, as described in the bible, are completely unnatural to the very nature and character of man and so must be lived out supe...
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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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