Category: Rambling
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Permission Granted: 4 Reasons Why Unity in Your Marriage is Better than Permission
Permission is a funny thing. Permission, defined, is authorization or consent. Sadly enough, this is how a lot of marriages work. The reason why marriages work that way, is there is a misunderstanding of unity and Lordship. One of my favorite scriptures comes out of Acts 17:28., “in him (Jesus) we live and move and…
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Generosity goes beyond the bucket. Recap from yesterday at Kfirst.
We came off a great Sunday at Kfirst and had some requests to post some of the thoughts from yesterday morning as well as the list of opportunities for people to serve with generosity. Like we said yesterday, our generosity most go beyond putting money in the bucket. We can’t just write a check…
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Broken Trust: 8 Ways to rebuild trust back into your marriage.
He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds Psalm 147:3 Trust is a necessary element and is the foundation of every healthy relationship. In fact, trust is the security that makes intimacy possible in marriage. Like an organism, it must be nurtured and not ignored. My dad taught me years ago. “Trust is like…
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The Kingdom of Peeps. 4 ways to engage in Easter.
If feel very privileged with the position I have. Weddings, baby dedications, funerals, and the like are all phenomenal opportunities to be a part in precious family moments. I refuse to take them for granted. They are not inconveniences to me. These moments are privileges and every pastor must see them that way. My senior adults are…
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A “Yesterday Marriage”: 5 ways to help your marriage to not live off of re-runs.
Of all of our differences, Anne and I don’t really walk in agreement with the concept of re-runs. We both love shows and enjoy watching them together. But re-runs are a different story. I can only think of one show series in the past 17 years of marriage in which she’ll entertain the re-runs. But other than that,…
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Gold and White: 6 things the “Tumblr Dress” taught me about marriage.
I’m sitting watching a show with my daughter and during a commercial, I happened to look down at my twitter feed. Big mistake. The world was crazy with over the color of a dress. This phenom started Thursday with a Tumblr post. A lady posted a picture of a two-toned dress with the caption, “Guys please help…
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What to not forget about on Valentine’s Day! 1 Thing I want you to remember about February 14!
A week ago, I preached a message about rest. In that message, I had made a statement about the issues of vacations and sabbaticals. Would the urgency of vacations and sabbaticals, as well as the length of them, be necessary if we knew how to rest on a consistent, healthy basis? It doesn’t mean I don’t…
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“What do you really do?” 10 things you shouldn’t say to a stay-at-home mom.
I’ve made the mistake. So have other husbands. Even friends, parents, in-laws, and random relatives have dropped these verbal bombs. For me, it’s as if as the words are leaving my tongue and I began to reach out to try to retrieve them. For others, the phrases roll off the tongue with little regard for what they…
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Brownie Points: 4 Reasons why they may not be good for your marriage.
Cards. Candy, Socks (one of my favorite gifts). Flowers. They’re all those things that we purchase and hear someone say, “Somebody’s gonna get some brownie points for that.” In the completely accurate source of all knowledge, Wikipedia, Brownie Points are given a phenomenal definition. They’re a hypothetical social currency, which can be acquired by doing good…
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Series Preaching: 5 Reasons I choose to preach in series.
I recognize that this blog won’t apply to a lot of people. But I have a tremendous heart for pastors. Also, I know that everyone has their preference in preaching styles whether you are the one delivering the message or you are the listener. I’m not writing to proclaim that my style and/or approach is the…
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