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Just for fun. Courtesy of the late great “The Far Side” comic by creator Gary Larson.
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We are trav’ling in the footsteps Of those who’ve gone before, And we’ll all be reunited, On a new and sunlit shore, Oh, when the saints go marching in Oh, when the saints go marching in Lord, how I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in The old spiritual paints…
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Imagine this: Jesus the Messiah does a miracle in your life, say, a healing, and out of gratitude you tell Him you want to follow Him. After all, he’s just saved your life, right? Makes sense, doesn’t it? But what if the Master said “No”? No? No. But does No really mean Yes? Yes and…
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I was going to write on this subject Monday, the day of Halloween, but a blog entry on CNN.com today caught my attention. I have a lot more to write but here’s the gist of the article: Christians are all over the map in how they view Halloween. Some see it as the devil’s holiday…
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Tonight I was searching through my photos from the past 18 months in search of one particular shot and I came across this snapshot from my recent Colorado trip. I took it at Eleven Mile State Park, about 11:00pm. I had forgotten I took this picture. It’s a near miss. That simply means I was…
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“That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it…
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As I sit at my computer tonight (make that, tomorrow), I’m feeling a bit buzzy. You know, that feeling you get when you sit down for the first time after a long and busy trip? Physical fatigue meets with mental processing meets with emotional strain? Yeah. THAT buzziness. I got home an hour ago from…
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Today (Saturday) was a long and tiring day for the CA Six. This morning started at the Vineyard Church in Mission Del Rey, with a teaching session taught by Hud McWilliams and featured personal interviews with CA staff. After the interviews, the CA Six retired to the house and went out for a burger and…
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Well the third day of Engage is behind me now. Still the same wonderful crew. Still the same joy. We did personality and behavioral assessment stuff this morning and had a most fascinating afternoon exercise. I won’t go into many details now but it involved a sort of scavenger hunt in the city of Venice…
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In our first teaching session today, Christian Associates president Rob Fairbanks quickly led us through the brief teaching moment of Jesus in Luke 7. Here it is: 31 “To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling…
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