Speak the Truth in Love

Good afternoon all.  This past week I took a very long weekend away camping with family and friends.  I was able to relax and reflect. I did some reading, and a lot of talking with those around me.  I came back completely refreshed.  Being outside in nature restores me in every way.  Now I am…

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Rest and Reflect

Good afternoon all.  Another whirlwind weekend has come and gone.  I am sorry I did not get this out yesterday as I was recovering from apparent food poisoning on Saturday.  Now I must figure out when to mow my tall grass lawn before I leave for camping in a few days. I am sitting here…

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Belonging

Find Strength in Belonging How do we maintain peace and oneness in our relationships?  We have a family relationship.  We have relationships with friends.  We have a relationship at work.  We have relationships at church.  We have relationships in the community.  Wow that’s a lot of relationships!  We can have peace or strife in each…

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Abundance

Good afternoon all.  I was praying about a topic for this week.  Today’s sermon at church hit a part of me that resonated.  The concept was that of abundance.  What do you think of when you hear the term abundance? Is it an overflowing amount of physical things?  Food, money, number of Facebook friends, worldly…

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Be Third

“Seek first his Kingdom” I attended a conference yesterday and the topic of God’s Kingdom came up. The word Kingdom appears 162 times in the New Testament and twice in the Old Testament. The coming of Christ changes the emphasis from a chosen nation to the coming of God’s Kingdom and our place in it.…

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