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Month: April 2016

A Special Day

A Special Day

I will never forget the day my daughter Elaina called me from Italy to let me know that she and her fiancée had set April 28, 2007, as the date of their marriage. After the initial excitement, an elevated heart rate, the “gushing thing” all parents feel, and just simply wanting to jump up and down, the reality set in that her marriage would mean permanence to the thousands of miles between us. When the time finally came, we were…

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Person value

Person value

A number of years ago, I noticed myself feeling entitled to a gift and the amenities given me by the group to which I had been speaking. It was the same type of feeling or mindset I had begun to settle into as my focus turned more toward God and walking the Christian walk. As you make what seems like progress in “getting your spiritual act together,” you can easily be sucked into the delusion that you are achieving spiritual…

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Kingdom Vision

Kingdom Vision

While on a missions trip to Chile our group was spread out along the clay roads in the suburbs of Conception. Somehow I got detached from the others. As I walked along looking at the “homes” people lived in, an old man came up to me and did not say a word. His face was old, weathered and pitted from what I perceived had been a challenging life of survival. For some reason, I was moved to give him something,…

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Use it or lose it.

Use it or lose it.

Whenever I need help around the house, some work done in the yard or a partner to travel with, I have a true friend in my son Micah. He is normally willing to do the tough stuff and always willing to travel with his dad.  Every family member will tell you that he is fun to be around. Even though he has at times a sarcastic sense of humor, he is always willing to pitch in and help regardless of…

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Doctrine

Doctrine

Recently my son Matthew and I attended a conference held by one of America’s leading theologians. As with any such meeting, some of the information was revelatory, some good, and some challenging to sit through. While I was there, I purchased a CD with a semester’s worth of lessons on what I thought was church history. Over the next month or so, I listened to each lesson on my evening walks to the beach. There were many historical facts, but…

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Senior moment?

Senior moment?

I got to the airport an hour early today and things seemed to be running smoothly. After getting my boarding pass, I grabbed a bite of lunch and went to the gate. I sat down and began checking my e-mail and clearing up some business. As I focused on the computer they loaded my flight. As I watched the plane pull away, suddenly a light came on! The agent said they had paged me and two others, but evidently I…

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