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Weekly Blog posts by our pastor and others.

Evil Within

Monday, May 14

Erik Larson’s 2003 New York Times best seller The Devil in the White City highlights the story of two men. The magical Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 involved architect Daniel Burnham who constructed what many called “The White City.” With the invention of electricity, he used floodlights to accentuate amazing...
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The Gift of Women

Monday, May 7

This coming Sunday is Mother’s Day. Celebrations for mothers date back to ancient civilizations and today vary among cultures and countries. In the United States, we designate the second Sunday in May to celebrate our moms. Restaurants appreciate the break we give our moms on this day. Kids sometimes do...
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Paradise

Monday, Apr 30

We were certainly given a break this winter in Indiana; the weather was much milder than usual. I don’t mind a bit of cold weather. The changing of the seasons is beautiful. My wife would disagree. She grew up in South Georgia where it rarely gets below freezing. She wouldn’t...
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Change

Tuesday, Apr 24

We have lived two Sundays in the new schedule. I know that it has been an adjustment for some of us. The praise band has to arrive early to sound check. Many who were accustomed to arriving for Sunday school at 10:15 now arrive at 9:15. Some Sunday school have...
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Rest

Monday, Apr 16

Have you ever attended a lock-in? If you were in a youth group, the answer is probably yes. A lock-in usually involves staying up all night. I used to dread these events as a youth minister. I knew that the event would take its toll on me for the next...
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Creation

Monday, Apr 9

John Lasseter of Pixar Studios was being interviewed by Michelle Norris on National Public Radio. He was discussing the work of computer animation. Norris expressed her impression of the work. The cars glisten . . . It looks like we’re seeing photography She then questioned Lasseter, With everything you can...
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Victory

Monday, Apr 2

I am going to do something this Easter that I don’t think I have ever done; I am going to be preaching from a psalm. I have preached from the Gospel accounts of the resurrection or even one of Paul’s epistles. It may seem strange to go to the Psalms...
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In Your Hands

Monday, Mar 26

This Sunday is the last Sunday of Lent; we begin Holy Week. As we engage the Psalms on Sunday, we come to another text Jesus quoted on the Cross. As you might remember, we discussed Psalm 22 a few weeks ago; Jesus quoted this psalm as he hung on the...
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Repenting

Monday, Mar 19

We live in a world of excuses. Certainly inappropriate behavior often begins with abuse or inadequacies in care. Yet we sometimes fail to claim responsibility for our conduct. We have nearly erased the word sin from our vocabularies. This week, we examine Psalm 51; David wrote this psalm following his...
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Giving Thanks

Tuesday, Mar 13

Have you ever been in a place where you needed rescued? When we consider the word rescue, we often think of a child stuck in a well or Chilean miners trapped beneath the earth’s surface. However, the word often applies to less newsworthy events in our lives. Perhaps an illness...
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