Monthly Archives: February 2016

Celebrated Presidents

    It’s Presidents Day. Woo hoo! Or is it boohoo?   Honor past Presidents? You bet! How does that tie in with auto and appliance sales? So we honor long-suffering public servants by granting ourselves a vacation day [sigh] Pictures … Continue reading

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Unarguable Prayer

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Prayer à la Patrick Henry

  “No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue.”  Patrick Henry (1736-1799)   Lord God, may our presidential candidates be steeped in … Continue reading

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My Campaign to Pray

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Many Christians give up something for Lent. Today is the day after the NH Primary. Maybe I should give up campaign news for Lent.   Some years I give up something. Some … Continue reading

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What Say You?

    Imagine this scene played out in heaven:   Satan shouts out his accusations. Revelation 12:10 (CEV) Satan accused our people in the presence of God day and night. Jesus intercedes. Romans 8:33-34 If God says his chosen ones … Continue reading

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Accused!

    What’s your reaction when you are accused of misbehavior?   Quick! Blame the other guy Am I guilty? Then apologize Pray! You’ve been accused, and you may not even know it. Revelation 12:10 (CEV) Satan accused our people … Continue reading

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Christ’s Comfort Zone

  If Christ had stayed in his comfort zone, he would have never left heaven to become the helpless babe in the manger and the suffering Savior on the cross.   Philippians 2:6-8 (NIV) Who, being in very nature God,     did … Continue reading

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Make a Change

  “Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.” Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969)     Which describes you–endure, profit or cause?

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Outside My Comfort Zone

A meeting opened with prayer, and I had a problem: the person praying did so in his native language. I impatiently crossed my arms and tapped my toe (spiritually, not literally), waiting for the real action to begin.    I … Continue reading

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Eternal Change

Worship isn’t about our level of comfort. Worship is about God. We tend to think that “our way” is the way God likes best. But whenever the focus of my worship drifts to me instead of God, it ceases to … Continue reading

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