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!

Friday, December 30, 2016

He has set a day

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In Athens, many centuries ago, Paul spoke to a group of people with a simple message.  It's a  message we need to repeat often.  It...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Living a present tense life (dealing with fantasy and fear)

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Mat 6:33  Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Resolved

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Time for New Year resolutions, but let me suggest a different way of looking at them.  Let me suggest we resolve to live out what we know...
Monday, December 26, 2016

Searching for happy

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Searching for happy I don't think I've ever found it but I've tried I've looked I thought it might be in th...
Sunday, December 25, 2016

The light has come

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The world lived in darkness  for so many years  and didn't know it But then, on a still night light came It came as a b...
Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Three Questions

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There are three questions each one of us must answer.   The questions are quite simple, but their answers will be profound for our live...

Love and Kindness have met

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Love and Kindness have met and the meeting of the two has changed everything for us! Love is the very heart of God Kindness i...
Monday, December 19, 2016

He's coming!

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It's Christmas week.  Actually the week we celebrate the birth of Christ.  The time of year isn't as important as the event.  On a ...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Strained

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I am being strained. Constantly, daily, moment by moment. There is a purpose, there is a goal, there is a reason, bu...
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Monday, December 12, 2016

He cares

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Jesus, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God  something to be used to his own advantage;   rather, he made him...
Friday, December 09, 2016

It's the season....

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         It's the season to be grumpy.  At least it seems that way.  Last night I had to stop by Target for a few things and as I w...
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Wednesday, December 07, 2016

A kind word

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It’s Christmas season.  Those of us who are Grinch’s are busy complaining about the traffic, the commercialism and all the money “wasted” o...
Monday, December 05, 2016

Life in a box

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A friend of mine told me last week,  "When all is said and done everything important about us will fit in a small box."   It...
Thursday, December 01, 2016

100 years

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I read a lot.  I know some of you do as well.  As I read I look for differing thoughts and opinions.  Some of those thoughts irritate me, so...
Monday, November 28, 2016

The ink well

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We all write from the mind, heart and experiences of life.  That is the ink that feeds these blogs.  I'm discovering, for whatever reaso...
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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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