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Richly Rewarded
On Friday I joined the virtual service for our former Assemblies of God General Superintendent, George O. Wood. Dr. Wood led a full life, a distinguished leader known around the world. He led well and left many recognized accomplishments here in this world. Rick Warren put him in the same class as the late Billy […]
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Out of sight, critical importance
The church I was serving as pastor was constructing a new parsonage and there was a choice to be made about the foundation. One of the committee’s members wanted us to use a new kind of prefabricated wall. I favored using the tried and true, a poured concrete wall. My reason was that no matter […]
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Just Wow!
Knowing my love of biography a friend handed me a slim paperback titled Evidence Not Seen (Harper One, © 1988). Darlene Deibler Rose wrote of the 4 years during which she was a POW in a Japanese internment camp in Indonesia during WW2. She was just 23 years of age, a girl from Iowa, when […]
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Perfectly Imperfect!
I slipped into sleep last night thanking God for loving me not because I am good enough but because He is gracious. I know my short-comings too well. Occasionally pride creeps up with its ugly thoughts of others. Yes, sometimes I lose sight of what is of true worth and I begin to think that […]
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Living NOW
A few days ago, on what would have been our 47th wedding anniversary, I put a picture of Bev on my cell phone screen. It draws me into memories of days past. Yes, it can be bittersweet to remember, bringing both smiles and tears. Remembering, I choose to life now because I know this – […]
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Songs in the Night
There are seasons in life when circumstances overwhelm us, exhaust us, and leave us grasping for hope. In those times temptation stalks us– perhaps to work harder using activity to numb the inner pain; perhaps with the choice to engage in destructive behavior. Christians might choose to become hyper-religious, hiding their true emotions in churchy […]
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Mystery and Wonder
My Christian heritage is Pentecostal, meaning that I was trained to understand the world as a place where God, the Holy Spirit, is actively involved, where miracles can happen, where God is not just the Mystery behind the altar, but the Person in my heart! And, I am glad for that. To be sure, in […]
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Check out the mirror!
When I watch the political drama that passes for ‘government’ in this era, one of the great tragedies is the rewriting of the ‘facts’ by our politicians that keeps our nation from finding real solutions to our real problems. Each side points to the ‘failures’ of the other while seeming to be oblivious to their […]
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Am I part of a plan?
I like to be ‘included,’ to be useful, contributing to the world in which I live. Knowing that I am helping someone gives me a sense of meaning and fulfillment. Since I retired from pastoral work in the local church I have wrestled with the issue of finding where and how I continue to ‘fit’ […]
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Endure!
So, here we are at the beginning of 2022. Most of us thought that the pandemic mess would be behind us after nearly two years. Surprise! We are in the middle of an outbreak of a new variant, coping with yet more uncertainty. This tiny virus keeps on reminding me of our tenuous grasp on […]
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