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Pastor’s Note
Every now and then, a story will speak to me on multiple levels. Here is such a story, shared by inspirational writer and speaker, John O’Leary (www.johnolearyinspires.com): A small drip coffee and a blueberry muffin. This was the order placed at a Starbucks by a gentleman named Jim. Jim didn’t seem like he had many…
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Pastor’s Note
Recently, I read a statement that said this: What many church leaders are about to face is this truth: Unchurched people aren’t looking for Christendom. They’re looking for Christ. Some may ask, “What’s the difference?” To that, I would advise you to ask someone—a friend, family member, or even a stranger—who does not go to…
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Pastor’s Note
Sunday morning, September 20, 2020; a day of rejoicing…a time of reflecting. It seems that one of my most-treasured reference books had come up missing. Gone. If I had made one trip through my bookshelves, computer bags, and back seats of my cars, I had made twenty. How could I have been so careless with…
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Pastor’s Note
When was the last time you needed wise counsel, a warm hug, or even a swift kick in your good intentions? No doubt, there have been times these past several months where any one – or all three – of the actions would have been just what the doctor ordered (or needed to order). Of…
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From the Pastor
What happens when all our assumptions about the present and the future turn out to be little more than a myth? What is it that causes us to continue pressing on in the face of such stark differences between what we thought and what truly is? Author and speaker, Tod Bolsinger, says it will be…
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From the Pastor
Does faith simplify or reduce uncertainty? A book I’ve been reading had an interesting perspective of life, God, and faith. In the chapter entitled, Guaranteed Uncertainty, the author pushes the reader to explore faith’s relationship to an infinitely uncertain life and an infinitely complex God. He quotes Oswald Chambers in saying, “To be certain of…