I remember when I thought I had it down…all figured out. I was charting my own course. Poor grades and even flunking out of college after 3 years didn’t phase me. From age 18 – 37, I lived in my apex of brilliance. Failure was just part of the process. My theme song was “I …
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God School: It’s Personal…
I remember mail calls when I was in the Air Force. When my name was called, I jumped up to grab the letter. The first thing I looked for was the return address. Nothing was more important at the moment, Nothing! Love letters are personal. If you don’t know the person writing, then it doesn’t …
Today’s God School Christmas Key Word Is, “Ponder”
Google tells us, “To ponder means to think about something very carefully and deeply, often for a significant amount of time, weighing it in your mind as if it had weight, like considering options for a decision or reflecting on life's big questions. It's a more intense form of thinking than just "thinking about it," …
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Pick Your “P”
This week’s Bible Study Fellowship lesson takes us face-to-face with who do we bow down to? In Daniel 3 we find three young Jewish boys ordered to bow to a 90-foot idol King Nebuchadnezzar made. If they refused, they would be thrown into the fiery furnace. The three young men teach us how to trust …
Christmas…The Gift?
I remember as a boy watching my parents, aunts & uncles stress all summer over, “What do we get mother (my grandma)?” I remember one Christmas at her house. Her tree was simple. I remember the Christmas candy in the crystal candy dish… same ribbon candy, each piece stuck in the same place, year after …
The More Things Change…The More They Stay The Same.
I am Blessed to have my mother’s tattered Bible (small Bible in the middle), mother & dad’s family Bible (large black Bible on right) and what I believe to be my grandparents very old family Bible (brown Bible on the left). As I turned the crumbly pages, I thought to myself, “Oh if they pages …
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If You Have Never Gone Hunting Or Fishing…
It begins with being "invited". It's personal. The invitation comes from the heart to share a special experience. The experience found in the quiet, still moments of sitting on a stand or in the boat. Many times the experience begins before daylight...getting into position. It is in those special moments you hear sounds you have …
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