Easter Morning

March 23rd 2008:  Easter Sunday

I never get tired of it.  Ever.

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A Light Unto My Path

     
     
 
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The Lord of the Harvest

~ For Those With Eyes To Hear ~
Once upon a time, in a far off Land, a certain Father appointed His Son to gather workers to plant seeds for the coming Harvest.  And so for three years, the Son gathered workers, and He commanded them to plant the seeds on fertile soil, that the Harvest [...]

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The Most Glorious Storm

Of all the books read I’ve read, I understand Revelation the least.
It does help, however, to know that just about every generation in the past two thousand years has had their own interpretation of the end times.  And just about every one of them has thought that it would all happen in their lifetime.
So far, it [...]

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Shadows In The Rain

In certain cultures, blindness is considered a spiritual gift.  It is believed that when one cannot see the physical world, the attention shifts to the spiritual world, to the unseen.  So spiritual insight is gained at the cost of physical sight, but that gift is so great, so valuable, and so precious that it far [...]

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Easter Morning 2008

 
 23 March 2008

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A Dark & Stormy Night

 

~ Sunset ~
When I became a partner with my church, Pastor Lisa, at the conclusion of The Newcomers’ Dinner, had said, “At some point, someone at this church is going to offend you.  Whether they don’t like your tuna casserole or you disagree with some theological point.  Whatever it is, someone at this church at [...]

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Any Port In A Storm

Before I begin, let me just say that I know full well that the matter homosexuality has become a political and religious boiling point in recent years, with both sides fiercely defending their own small points of view.
And, Yes, I am sure that someone will point out, “God made Adam and Eve.  Not Adam and Steve.”
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The Flood of Alcoholism

It is not always easy to see the artistic masterpiece of God’s Image when it is covered in the graffiti of a fallen world.
For instance, if you saw a man walking down the street dressed in old blue jeans and a sleeveless T-shirt with his arms covered in tattoos, would you look away in [...]

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Why This Storm?

If God is so good…
…why was my friend brutally murdered?
…why was my fiancee’s best friend, who would have been the maid of honor, killed in that accident just five weeks after I had proposed? (The wedding was cancelled not too long after the funeral.)
…why did my cousin commit suicide last March?
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When Lightning Strikes

So what, precisely, do we do when tragedy strikes like a bolt of lightning out of a clear blue sky, leaving the landscape of our lives shattered in the shock and forever altered in the aftermath of such a great loss?
The answer, to be honest, is easier to explain than it is to accept. 
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Katrina & Me

[Author’s note:  This essay was originally written in November of 2006, fifteen months after Hurricane Katrina hit The Gulf Coast.  I read it at my church on December 3rd of that year.] 
Believe it or not, ten months ago today I got a phone call from my stepfather.  Just about eleven o’clock at night.  Turns [...]

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