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White Dress, Yellowjackets
Recently I officiated an outdoor wedding. It was a very nice October day, the bride was beautiful, everyone was where they needed to be, the order went great. It was a very smooth ceremony. Until it came to communion. The bride and groom wanted to take communion for the first time as a couple, but…
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Depths
I took the above picture a couple of weeks ago as I was with my boy up in the office of our church. He is a sweet kid that genuinely loves being around and with people. He brings the party. I thought the scene above was poignant. But as we are in Down’s Syndrome Awareness…
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Do You Really Want My Opinion?
I honestly hesitate to write this today. Not because I think what I’ll write will be controversial, but because I wonder at the effectiveness of adding my voice to the chorus of expressions that I’ve seen online reacting to the murder of Charlie Kirk. To be fair, I didn’t know who he was before it…
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French Fries
I like to keep a clean office. There’s something about walking in to the place where you work knowing where things will be and not having to crawl over piles of paper to find what you need. One way a person can figure out my stress level is to look at the state of my…
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Dropping the Jalapeno Ranch
The other day I started a new class at my church and put together a Vision Dinner. I wanted it to be a good dinner and thus ordered Chuy’s Mexican Food along with their famous Jalapeno Ranch. I was in a hurry and was late, but realized on my way back to the church that…
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Anchors
Sometimes in ministry I get the question about the chaos that Christians face. In the examples I’m thinking about, the person wonders if sin that they’ve committed has caused God to bring judgment down upon them. They then wonder at the passage that says there’s now “no condemnation for those that are in Christ Jesus,”…
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Hotels and Swamps
Ever visit a swamp? There’s kind of a creepy quality to it. While everything is green and vibrant, there can be a kind of stillness that unsettles. It’s not particularly the stillness or the quiet, but rather the fact that with all the green around we know there’s something living under that water, and that…
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Reflect
As we near the end of the summer, I wondered at a certain word: Reflect. In particular the context of this question came from me challenging my staff from Psalm 90:12: “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” It was a reminder to consider the great opportunities…
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