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Wear the Truth

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I often talk about One Word and having a theme for your year. I think there is power in asking God what His word is for me. Asking Him to guide and direct me as I pursue Him in a new year. I'll often do it through reading books and studying my Bible. I also do it be wearing reminders. Yesterday I wore bracelets with a single word: Hope and Release. My necklaces said Brave and Kind. I wear them … [Read more...]

2019—New Year, New Plan

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I want to make my life count for eternity, don't you? Since we are between pastors at church, we have been enjoying a series of guest speakers. Recently, Dr. Ed Glenny has delivered a few sermons that have impacted me, especially  a new year's sermon about making our lives count for eternity. His text was the oldest Psalm in the Bible, Psalm 90: Since then, I've spent some time praying … [Read more...]

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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I was seven or eight years old, growing up in a village in rural New York State, when I learned my first lesson about racism. My mom, my two sisters, and I had traveled to a nearby city on a shopping trip. For a treat, we went to the lunch counter at the dime store for grilled cheese sandwiches and French fries. That’s where I saw the two signs, one labeled ‘Whites Only,’ the other ‘Coloreds.’ I … [Read more...]

Odds & Ins

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Have you ever been excited to meet a friend for coffee and then when you got together, you couldn't decide what to share first? Well, that's me today. I've got lots of quick things to share, but these things don't really have a lot to do with each other. But they're fun! So here we go... Last week I headed to Dallas to help kick off the year for a dear friend's Bible Study group (hello … [Read more...]

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