Lifestyles

21 Empty Chairs

Garfield the cartoon cat is sitting in a comfortable chair and sees the dog, Odie at the window ...

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Sowing Seeds — Trinity

Recently, I received a letter from Trinity MacDonald, a student at Virginia Tech who attends one of our ...

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Sowing Seeds — Rounding the bases

Have you ever battled for control over your own life? Many of us fight that battle every day. ...

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Sowing Seeds —We earn it?

There is an old commercial about an investment firm featuring British actor John Houseman in his immaculate 3-piece ...

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Sowing Seeds — Something cut me to the soul

Inspired by a mission trip; Sara Groves wrote the following song: I saw what I saw, and I ...

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Sowing Seeds — A church fire and Easter

One Friday morning, I received an emergency phone call about a fire at Tabernacle United Methodist Church in ...

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Holy Week and ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’

Every year about this time I look through my oldies music and listen to a Rock Opera popular ...

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Sowing Seeds — It’s your church, It’s God’s church

Mike Abrashoff is the author of “It’s Your Ship” — Before Mike took command of the USS Benfold, ...

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Day by day, more aware

Author and Consultant, Patrick Lencioni asks six questions to guide any organization seeking purpose. I would think any ...

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Sowing Seeds — ‘20/20’ and God’s Love

“20/20” featured a story about Mary who confessed to murdering Matthew, a pastor in Tennessee. According to the ...

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Sowing Seeds — The narrow door and humility

Flannery O’Connor wrote about Mrs. Turpin, a lady sure of her heavenly destination who does not hesitate to ...

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Dream big! Act small

As a pastor, I encourage churches to dream big dreams toward making a difference in people’s lives. I ...

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Love the Lord

Recent statistics regarding the spiritual state of our country are alarming: 96% of Americans polled say they believe ...

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Sowing Seeds: No pain? No gain!

Zig Ziglar used to say: “There is no elevator to the top. You’re going to have to take ...

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Stairway to Heaven

Some dormitories at Virginia Tech are grouped in quads: four buildings in a square with a grassy area ...

Columns

Are you the Messiah?

Events this week seemed especially conflicted and depressing: Ukraine – Threat of invasion with potentially dire consequences. Pandemic ...

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Greatness as a No. 2: Dan Abrams and Robb Almy

Sometimes the hardest number to be in life is two: second string, second clarinet, vice president or assistant ...

Columns

Religion, fasting and wine

One day some people said to Jesus, “John the Baptist’s disciples fast and pray regularly, and so do ...

Lifestyles

Who Is Jesus?

2022 is off to a rough start. Sunday was warm and beautiful, but Monday brought a massive winter ...

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Sowing Seeds — Resolutions

Every year, many of us make new year’s resolutions that are forgotten by Super Bowl Sunday. According to ...

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Real Christmas giving conclusion

Recently, I shared a plea from a family asking for help. Christmas can be a visible reminder of ...

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Christmas giving: Letter from Canada

Recently, I shared a plea from families asking for help. Christmas can be a visible reminder of who ...

Lifestyles

Christmas giving: Letters

I wrote about a plea for help from a family with no way to provide Christmas for their ...

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Christmas giving

A recent email: “Pray for my children. I know they will have nothing for Christmas, and it’s tearing ...

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Nativity and culture

If you visit Fredericksburg UMC near Christmas, you will see a large and intricate Nativity scene. It’s not ...

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Monopoly, change and children

I deal with changes nearly every day, but this one is too much. Monopoly replaced three of their ...

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10 church action words

If we want to be a healthy church, we must heed the warnings of the Bible. Don’t stop ...

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