Keeping the Fire Burning

I conducted the chapel service at Mackenzie Place Retirement Center today. This is a sharp group. I am amazed at people like the 94-year old who talks about research on the internet and the man who still follows the news in the Wall Street Journal. This afternoon we attended a memorial reception for Bob Hannawalt,(…)

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Sympathize Not Analyze

BIBLE VERSE FOR TODAY… “Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize(…)

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Sympathy for Job’s Wife

The highlight of the day was the completion of our basement refinish project to the point of just needing carpeting. Our thanks to Brian Maseberg and his son Drew and friend August for many days and hours of attention to details to get us to this point. BIBLE VERSE FOR TODAY… “His wife said to him,(…)

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Real Life

This morning I did make it back to the fitness center for a workout. It was good to see John and Ben two of my friends who are always such a great encouragement.  Sometimes we need the perspective of others to help us see and appreciate the progress we are making. BIBLE VERSE FOR TODAY… (…)

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Leading the Way, Showing the Way

BIBLE VERSE FOR TODAY…  “Command and teach these things.… Practice these things; be committed to them, so that your progress may be evident to all. Pay close attention to your life and your teaching; persevere in these things, for by doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.” 1 Timothy 4:11,15-16 HCSB Paul’s letters to(…)

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The Influence of Prayer

BIBLE VERSE FOR TODAY… “First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good, and it pleases God our Savior, who wants everyone to(…)

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