This past Sunday morning seemed a bit more draining than usual and I felt empty as I stood before a grieving family at 3:30 p.m. and shared with them the reality and beauty of heaven. As I drove home I wondered how people can attend a funeral, touch death and leave untouched, unchanged. Within 24 [...]
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Recently I have been checking Craig’s List for a good used elliptical machine. I thought that if only I had this piece of equipment I would be in tip-top shape. It did not take long for the obvious to hit me – adding an exercise machine to our basement will not guarantee that I lose [...]
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Between services this past Sunday a woman stopped me to tell me that we had such a wonderful church family. She went on to explain the story of two weeks earlier when she was helped out of the worship service due to complications from salt deficiency. She fought back the tears as she explained how [...]
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Oklahoma is playing Florida for the national championship in college football. This is my last chance to pick a winner. I am enjoying the game when my wife walks through the room. I explain to her that this is for the national championship – this is a really big deal! Without breaking stride she responds [...]
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Oklahoma is playing Florida for the national championship in college football. This is my last chance to pick a winner. I am enjoying the game when my wife walks through the room. I explain to her that this is for the national championship – this is a really big deal! Without breaking stride she responds [...]
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This is my last entry in 2008, a year filled with excitement, victories, defeats, goals accomplished and goals unfinished. As we turn the calendar to January 2009 we forget the things of the past. Forgetting cannot mean deleting from memory – that’s impossible. “Forgetting” simply means I will not be enslaved by past successes or [...]
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I woke up today (Friday) to snow. Lots of snow! Where I live you take the range of expected snow fall (i.e., 6-10 inches) and you add the two numbers together. Do you remember the anticipation of a school snow day? Mom would come in the bedroom and announce that school was canceled or you [...]
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Today is the day after the auto loan proposal failed in the U.S. Senate. This morning thousands of people in the Metro area drove to their jobs with a higher sense of uncertainty and insecurity. These decisions and consequences are out of our control and yet we all want to do something to right the [...]