Category: Rambling
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Affairs and fruit.
“I do not expect that we will ever have serious problems in our marriage.” It’s one of the statements in the premarital counseling questioner that I have couples respond to. Most of the time, one person will disagree and the partner will agree. I am ALWAYS fascinated to hear the reasonings of their answers. I…
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Rust of the Soul: Preparing for our new series @kalamazoofirst
Rust. I know it well. I’ve owned a few ’86 Ford Tempo’s (owning more than one is enough) and, therefore, know about it well. My present car has a few small spots developing. When you see it you know one fact about it: Rust is hungry. Rust has an insatiable hunger and will devour the…
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What do I wish I knew before I started in ministry?
I was asked to speak to a group of soon-to-be ministers at a local Bible College. I was given a ton of freedom of what to speak on. One of the topics I was given was “What do I wish I knew before I started in ministry?” So I found myself sitting in a coffee-house…
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What my parents didn’t teach me about marriage – Part 3
Two weeks ago, we started this new blog series that focused upon the things my parents didn’t teach me based upon some of the issues we see today. Again, please don’t take any of the following blogs as a guilt trip to those who have struggled or have made mistakes. I do not elevate anyone, including…
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Spectator Church
I do my normal Monday thing. Well before the office opens, I sit in a undisclosed coffeehouse location and pen out messages (my fancy way of saying “I type out sermons on my computer”). I find myself reflecting on yesterday’s message points by Ron Maddux: Out of context of the story of his life, these seem…
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What my parents didn’t teach me about marriage – Part 2
Last week, we started this new blog series that focused upon the things my parents didn’t teach me based upon some of the issues we see today. Again, please don’t take any of the following blogs as a guilt trip to those who have struggled or have made mistakes. I do not elevate anyone above Christ.…
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Political-Ad Parishioners
It’s the day after the election. My facebook feed is consumed in people celebrating, not the elections, but the calm after the storm of political-ads coming through phone calls, door-hangers, mail, commercials, and the like. I’ll be honest, it’ll be refreshing to get the mail today without half of it centered around one candidate ripping…
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My Marriage is Terribly Inconvenient!
I’ve been married 16 years. I love being married and I can’t imagine life without Anne. We have had some great times and moments. We laugh a lot together. We have two fantastic children and we are blessed to serve in an amazing church is their pastor. But I’ll say this is of my marriage: It…
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Marriage Blog: You’re my partner not my project.
I like to fix things. I can’t always say it fix things correct the first time. I wish I had the engineer mindset of my father or my grandfather possess They had the ability to take anything apart and put it right back together. But I do my best. Typically, I’ll google answers and watch…
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“Warning: Choking Hazard” New series starting @kalamazoofirst
As a kid, the idea of choking frightened me. If you’ve never choked on anything, you’ve never felt the sheer panic of fighting to regain the breath of life that we take so for granted. Just one act of “choking” will have you monitoring the size of food going into your mouth and the amount…
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