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Thoughts for the Journey: December 2006
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Thoughts for the Journey. Sharing God's Grace and Love. Friday, December 01, 2006. Why Go to Church? Ihave been thinking lately about why people should go to church. A friend of mine and I were discussing evangelism as well as getting folks to come back once they have dropped out and he asked the simple question, why should people go to church? Of course, I thought of lots of reasons only to realize that those were superficial reasons. We can donate money to any charitable organization to help the poor.
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Thoughts for the Journey: April 2007
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Thoughts for the Journey. Sharing God's Grace and Love. Friday, April 27, 2007. Hats Off To Rescue Workers. Why do they do it? So today, I call on each of my friends, to pray today for an emergency responder by name. I thank God for them and I pray God's blessings on them and their families. Grace and peace, Allen. Friday, April 20, 2007. Wow, what a week! Why wasn't the school more attentive? Why did it take an hour to notify the rest of the school? How could he have gotten those guns so easily? For alo...
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Thoughts for the Journey: November 2006
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Thoughts for the Journey. Sharing God's Grace and Love. Monday, November 27, 2006. Thoughts on Getting Going. If I am to lose more weight, I need to do something different, yet it is so hard to get going on more exercise or eating less. 1 Go to your family doctor for a complete physical. Some bouts of depression have phsyical causes and can be corrected. 2 Take charge of your life and go take a walk, drink more water and eat better today. Friday, November 03, 2006. I suppose that the problem has to do wi...
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Thoughts for the Journey: May 2006
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Thoughts for the Journey. Sharing God's Grace and Love. Wednesday, May 31, 2006. Earlier this week someone asked me why a Christian would want to see a movie or read a book like "The Da Vinci Code" when it is so obviously anti-Christian. I thought about that question and why anyone might want to see or read something so contrary to what we believe. So why should I read it? Mr Brown may have an agenda against the church in general and the Catholic Church in particular, I don't know. What I do know is ...
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Thoughts for the Journey: What language is appropriate?
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Thoughts for the Journey. Sharing God's Grace and Love. Tuesday, April 10, 2007. What language is appropriate? For along time, we have worked hard to recognize that all persons are equals before God and should be recognized as such in our communities. However, Mr. Imus' remarks which were so quickly said reminds us all that there is still much work to do to overcome racism and other "isms" in our nation and our world. Should Mr. Imus be forgiven? Would you like to talk about it? View my complete profile.
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Thoughts for the Journey: Why should be we do about the war?
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Thoughts for the Journey. Sharing God's Grace and Love. Monday, March 26, 2007. Why should be we do about the war? I don't know why we are in the current situation. I know the answers that Washington gives and I know the answers that come across my desk every day. I suppose to find the answer, we really need to go back about 3,000 years. We are being drawn into an age old conflict and I think we will, unfortunately, remain in that situation for a long time. Politicians make no difference. Through a combi...
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Thoughts for the Journey: March 2007
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Thoughts for the Journey. Sharing God's Grace and Love. Monday, March 26, 2007. Why should be we do about the war? I don't know why we are in the current situation. I know the answers that Washington gives and I know the answers that come across my desk every day. I suppose to find the answer, we really need to go back about 3,000 years. We are being drawn into an age old conflict and I think we will, unfortunately, remain in that situation for a long time. Sunday, March 18, 2007. What image does that co...
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Thoughts for the Journey: September 2006
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Thoughts for the Journey. Sharing God's Grace and Love. Sunday, September 24, 2006. Some things I have learned. I was thinking the other day (I do occasionally think you know) about what I have learned over the past many years in the ministry. I have learned that:. A good cup of coffee revives the body in the afternoon. People will talk about almost anything if the conversation is boring. People are unpredictable (including me. It feels good to see those you have taught begin to lead. Well, to get back t...
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Thoughts for the Journey: January 2007
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Thoughts for the Journey. Sharing God's Grace and Love. Monday, January 29, 2007. Have you ever tried to recruit someone for a difficult job? For the past six years, we have been recruiting for Mission trips every spring. We begin in December by announcing when we are going to the first training event and then begin planning our fund-raising opportunities. Our congregation, has been incredible in their support for the youth and adults who go. It is found in Luke and it goes like this:. Well, what is it t...
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Thoughts for the Journey: February 2007
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Thoughts for the Journey. Sharing God's Grace and Love. Monday, February 26, 2007. What does it mean to be a leader? I suppose that first it means the leader is a person who leads others on some journey. That is true, but why would people want to follow a leader except that the leader has or knows something that they do not know. A leader has knowledge and a leader must know the way, or at least convince some folks that he knows the way. But what about the average Christian? Are we leaders in some way?
