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Four emails

The following four emails came at various times throughout my ministry. What each writer expresses is a need ...

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The Church: Judge or encourage?

Our family moved to a new area just as I entered the seventh grade. During the first week ...

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‘Hang in there’ and Colin Powell

When people came to me for spiritual guidance and counseling, I listened carefully and tried to offer sound, ...

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More $10 challenge stories

Recently, each family received a $10 bill with a challenge to multiply and use it in a way ...

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Leadership and the cockroach letter

On a dinner flight, the man opened his meal. Right on top of the salad he saw an ...

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Column – What’s going down

The song on the radio was an old sixties hit, “For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield. Stephen ...

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What’s going down

The song on the radio was an old sixties hit, “For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield. Stephen ...

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One tornado, two churches – Part 2

Early one Saturday morning, Cordelia Alexander awoke to the sounds of a concrete truck and men talking. The ...

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One tornado, two churches

I read an ad that said, “95% of our daily decisions could be made by most anyone. It ...

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Heaven and hell

Ship of fools or lifeboat to heaven? Did you hear about the man traveling from New York to ...

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The $10 challenge

A church giving away $10 bills? Whoever heard of such a thing? Especially in September when most churches ...

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Riding a dead horse

Bill Dettmer wrote: “The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from one generation to the next, ...

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How do we prepare for the return of Christ?

A church member emailed asking about end times. One sentence stuck with me: “Most Christians do not have ...

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God comforts us so we can comfort others

We all occasionally suffer. Some hurt more than others, but all of us experience pain in different ways ...

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Persistent prayer is a part of our relationship with God

We pray about something important or painful. We desperately need an answer. We hope for a response of ...

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Angry man at Costco provides a lesson

A recent news article covered the violence and anger increasingly prevalent on airplanes. There were more than 3,400 ...

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Prayer is a crucial tool in battle of good vs. evil

The novel “This Present Darkness” by Frank Peretti is about a struggling church deciding whether to keep their ...

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Why should I go to church?

As we would say in the south, I was raised right. My family attended church off and on. ...

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Teachers exhibit duty, honor and grace

Anyone in the military, looking at this title, “Duty, honor, grace,” would be tempted to correct me. The ...

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How do we react when we stumble?

For a children’s message I wanted to illustrate Job from the Bible losing his family and his possessions. ...

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Why I am so passionate about serving

Our church along with others support a group of aid organizations and churches in New Mexico and in ...

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The impossible dream is alive in each of us

Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Even during tragedy and disappointment, God is in control. If ...

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In search of the impossible dream

My favorite song within my favorite play, “Man of La Mancha.” is “Impossible Dream.” The story is loosely ...

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Reconciliation and healing puts old hurts behind us

Years ago, I visited someone who after a few moments began to weep. “I’m so sorry.” For the ...

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Believers reach out to suicidal person

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part two of a series on a person contemplating suicide. Years ago, someone sent ...

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How can we help those contemplating suicide?

Years ago, I received an email. “Please pray. I know God is my Savior. I know nothing is ...

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Offering seeds of encouragement and hope

The stranger who entered the church was young and new to the community, struggling with her faith and ...

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