We’ve all heard these words uttered (usually with a grin) across the lips of our parents, our grandparents, and even our great-grandparents. They sat across the table watching us lower the nutritional value of our baked potato by the second, as we heaped on sour cream and butter. So, as I sat and thought about this old saying, it quickly dawned on me that I have no IDEA what I ...

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I was really amazed the other day when I read a recent article in the Wall Street Journal stating that “The Distance From You to Almost Anyone Is 4.74 Facebook Friends.”  This was referencing research  that Facebook released based on it’s  721 million active users and their 69 Billion connections.  Thanks to the internet and mobile technology we are becoming an amazingly connected world.  I routinely will hear about another ...

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“Worship is at once about who we are, about who or what our god is and about how we choose to live. It is about something quite simple but wrapped in a mystery. It is about God himself, who has but one face and whose face has been clearly seen shown in the person and work of his only begotten Son. It is about a world in which worship takes ...

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  You are lost in the woods at night. Earlier in the day you decided that you needed some alone time and some fresh air, but as quickly as the darkness fell you realized that you were indeed lost. You know that your car is just a few miles east...at least, you think. It’s dark, you’re nervous, you’re alone. So you continue to do what you’ve been doing for the past ...

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As my children get older my thoughts about Halloween have become more evolved.  In all my years growing up it was a fun fall time to get free candy.  When my daughters were both very young it was fun to dress them up in costumes and still go out and get free candy.  Now that my oldest is nine our conversations have become far more thoughtful. For a little over an ...

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"And though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase."  (Job 8:7) Have you ever just started out wrong?  Maybe today.  Or this week.  Or this month.  Maybe you gave someone the wrong first impression.  Or put your foot in your mouth.  or arrived late to an important first meeting.  (Or like me, you may have experieneced each of these things.  Thankfully not all at the same time...) This ...

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