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Last night I finished a Star Wars novel (Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader). OK, I can hear the groans through my monitor. It is cheap pulp Sci-FI, but I can sometimes pull meaning out of a Huggies commercial, so go figure.
I am fascinated by the character of Darth Vader.
When I was a [...]
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I want noodle salad. Watch the clip and you will understand.
At my old church, I attended a Men’s retreat. We were in small groups and the leader asked everyone to share the greatest moment of their lives. Without exception, all of them said, the birth of their child. That my friend is noodle salad.
Now don’t [...]
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The Fam and I went out to dinner with some friends from our old church. They felt the need to tell Jenn and me how awful the new music director is.
It was my hope that I had “moved on” since leaving Floris. But their comments lanced a hidden boil in my soul. It just [...]
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Today was Mothers, confirmation, Pentecost Sunday. Too many themes for my tiny brain. They showed a 13 minute movie from Willow Creek about church history. I got a little teary. Then they started the confirmation service, and that was it. We have a high pollen count today, but that was not the source of my [...]
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I have always been a square peg in the round hole of faith. If I lived 1000 years ago I would be burned at the stake. That is OK, I like barbeque.
Yesterday I got an email from a customer who works at a Christian University in Lakeland Florida (yes, that one). She was asking for [...]
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Today the sermon at church was about Jesus saying, “I am the vine and you are the branches.” Of course mid-way through the service I was rewriting the sermon in my head. It is weird changing churches, same vine, same branch, different location. I still think it was the right decision to leave our old [...]
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Over the weekend, my wife had to visit our former church. Before we had left the church, she had committed to be a confirmation sponsor. That commitment was fulfilled but she had to show up for the actual confirmation service.
To her credit, she kept a poker face the whole time. But it was clear when [...]
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Today is Good Friday. I am heading out for church in minutes.
As I work through my own failings of faith, I am reminded that I am not the first person to be disappointed with God. Today we mark the date when Jesus was crucified. For the disciples, there could not be a more disappointing day. [...]
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Last night I was thinking about what I might want to write about today. Memory was the topic. Then one of my most powerful memories was triggered.
My sister left me a message. Larry Norman is dead. To the two or three people who read this posting, the name may not sound familiar. But this individual [...]
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