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Scattershooting while shopping at Dollar Tree and wondering whatever happened to 99-cent stores… ON FUNERALS — This may sound a little strange at first read but please bear with me: I get a spiritual high from being at the memorial services of believers. Strange, eh? Here’s why — A funeral or memorial for a Christian…
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(for those not dumb enough to decipher my idiotic subject line, take the first letter of the last word and switch it with the first letter of the word that comes before it) Scattershooting while waiting for two tablets of Acetaminophen to kick in… Had my next Perspectives class tonight. Had to leave at the…
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I just watched this video on CNN.com, interviewing the director and one of the actors from the new movie “Red Tails.” For those that haven’t seen the commercials, “Red Tails” is about the Tuskegee Airmen, the heralded squadron of black Americans that served during World War II, putting their lives on the line for a…
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Perspectives class started tonight at my church. For those who have never heard of it, Perspectives is a 15-week course that explores a variety of different topics related to world missions. The class tonight started with a video that captured my attention. I jabbered all the way home about several things and then decided to…
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Christian Associates has recently made a video of a neat church community in Glasgow, Scotland. It’s called Mosaic Community. Take a look! — John
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“It’s the ‘desecration of the greens!’” I complained to my coworker Connie the other day. Proud of my feat of wordplay, I disappeared into our office break room before emerging again with more post-Christmas fodder: “It’s the ‘abomination of advent.’” Thud. Not so clever. So much for wordplay! I was describing the “undecorating” of our…
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Change can be a hard thing to accept. Right now my church is going through some changes, with three full-time staffers departing and two new ones coming in. This is just the latest series of many major staff changes. In the past five years we have had nearly 80-percent turnover on our staff. For those…
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On the ninth day of Christmas, that is. Which happens to be… today. Seen any ladies dancing? Me neither. But somewhere on this planet there must be nine ladies dancing.The song says so, that’s why! Speaking of which, why would someone’s true love give them nine ladies dancing for Christmas? Sounds a little strange to…
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Where did time go? With the stroke of midnight, it will be 12 years since Y2K. Remember that event? Oh yeah. Stockpiled guns and water and food. Bomb shelters and alternative communication tools. Many folks were preparing for civilization to end 12 years ago. Some still are. Only now it’s not Y2K — it’s December…
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Read Luke 1:26-38 “In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is…
J.C. Newton 