Category: Rambling
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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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Marriage blog: “Too busy: The art of abusing with neglect.”
Sobering moments. There’s no other words for those times or events that send us back to earth to the real world we are living in. This is what I read in an article that my youth pastor sent me. Long story short (you can read it in its entirety here), a CEO was known for working…
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Marriage Blog: Is it easy being married to me?
It’s a simple question to ask…But perhaps, it’s the most ignored question in marriage. “Is it easy being married to me?” Have you asked yourself that? I try to avoid the question. Why? Because of two reasons: 1. I’d rather shift the focus to my wife so, therefore, she has to be the one to…
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Marriage Blog: Faking Your Death
I read quite a few blogs and articles on marriage. I’m always intrigued by titles. Then one came across my screen… “Groom Poorly Fakes Death to Get Out of Wedding” Clicking on the link will introduce a small story about a poorly approached attempt to circumvent getting out of a wedding. When I think I’ve heard…
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You’ll never be the perfect spouse…so stop trying.
Maybe you provided the perfect date. Perhaps you found the perfect gift. Possibly, you cleaned up the house for your spouse to come home perplexed in surprise over what was done without asking. You spoke the love language of your spouse flawlessly. You stand there in your cape taking in the glory of your title.…
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