[dropcap]F[/dropcap]erguson, Eric Garner, CIA torture reports, Bill Cosby: I can’t get away from terrible, heartbreaking news. But more than that, I’m dismayed by the fractured,…

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[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ur little town puts on a lighted Christmas parade every year. It’s basically tractors with Christmas lights, but my wife seems to love it. It’s…

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Because I am wrong sometimes, perhaps often. Just because I received a criticism does not mean he’s wrong and I am right. I need to consider prayerfully the nature of the criticism to see if I can learn something. Because I need an extra dose of humility. If I can move to a greater level […]

I recently read Top Ten Sources of Discouragement of Pastors and Church Staff by Thom Rainer.  While I can identify with many of the sources of discouragement on this list, I wanted to focus this morning on the “Top 10 Things That Make This Pastor Smile.” I love when someone honors my wife and kids.  There is […]

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There are a lot of myths around the first American Thanksgiving in 1621, but one thing is for sure. The Pilgrims were lucky to be alive, and they knew it. “Eleven months earlier the Pilgrims had arrived at the tip of Cape Cod, fearful and uninformed,” says Nathaniel Philbrick in his history Mayflower. “By all […]

[dropcap]I[/dropcap] posted a news story on Facebook the other day that had a Scientology angle to it. It wasn’t too long before we (yes, myself included)…

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