It is a special time of the year! How often does the collective American culture pause to say “thank you” or send cards en masse? Our stores are filled with lights and our homes overflow with the warmth of family. This is a time to celebrate and cherish what we love! We are blessed...
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Tags: holidays, house to house, thanksgiving
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Matthew's Wednesday night class took a field trip to Woodlawn Cemetery to view the Christ Tomb in their facilities.
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Time is a difficult thing to manage. We all have so many irons in the fire-that every once in a while, we just run out of fire! In our hectic world, instead of prioritizing our schedules, we really need to schedule our priorities. That’s why we have services twice on Sunday and once on...
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Tags: spiritual disciplines, thanksgiving, time alone with God
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Arnold Garcon gave a great presentation about the work of the Church in Haiti.
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Do you have trouble paying attention? Our culture trains us to have short attention spans. The average television show doesn’t last more than five seconds without changing the camera angle, the scene, or the graphics. You’ll never go more than twelve minutes without a commercial. This is definitely a cultural shift of the last...
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Tags: distractions, meditation
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This has been a historic week for America-and I’m glad it’s over! It’s hard for me to believe that the campaigns are finished. It almost seems like something is missing from the television, the newspaper, and the internet now that there is not an ad or poll results everywhere I turn. Most Americans woke...
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Tags: america, election, leadership
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This year’s Costume Party at the Olivers was another great success! We had no spilt chili – despite all the spooks there! And try as they might, Matthew, Leslie, Brad, and John weren’t able to scare anyone to death on the hay ride! Here’s a little slideshow of the night:
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You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth? Galatians 5:7 Did you ever know anybody who was running a race and just sat down on the side of the track and never got back in the race? Did you ever see a football player...
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Tags: perseverance
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