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May 04
Dealing with Failure: A lesson from Golf!
I love golf. I am not playing as much this year with the farm, but I still love the game. I follow the pro game weekly and watch it when I can. Austin loves golf. Brooke and Landon enjoy it too and are just getting started with the game. Austin and Brooke will start a …
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May 01
This Preacher’s Wife!
Amanda is going to the preacher’s wives’ retreat at the Chickasaw State Park this weekend, which prompted me to write about her as a preacher’s wife. I am admittedly biased, but I think she is an awesome preacher’s wife! Here are some of the reasons I think she makes a great preacher’s wife for Seven …
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Apr 29
Is Communion Gluten-Free?
Food allergies are unfortunately becoming more common. Many have adopted a gluten-free diet. Gluten is a protein found primarily in wheat. Many are not highly allergic, but have a food sensitivity to gluten that affects their health. Some have been diagnosed with celiac disease and exposure to gluten can bring a severe reaction. What is …
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Apr 25
True Love
The beauty of marriage is that someone knows all your faults and still loves you. We often disappoint ourselves. We often act in ways that later causes us shame. We don’t have the physical appearance we wish we had. Our mouth gets us into trouble. But marriage should be a place where love covers these …
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Apr 23
How Churches Can Use Easter Sunday
Easter is a celebrated holiday in the American culture. It has lots of traditions built around it that families enjoy like Easter Egg hunts, family meals, and eating candy! It is not a commanded holiday for Christians. Christians are to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, not only on Easter, but everyday (See my post on …
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Apr 22
An Inspiring Story of Sharing in the Pain of Others
Syria has been embroiled in a horrible civil war with over 100,000 killed in the conflict. 2 million have fled Syria as refugees to neighboring nations. 3/4 of these refugees are women and children. The city of Homs has been a place of unspeakable violence for the last two years. In Homs, Francis van der …
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Apr 17
Curbing Our Desires, So We don’t Get Choked!
Homework, softball, soccer, basketball, 4H, Boy Scouts, Girl scouts, tennis camp, piano classes and the list goes on-and-on of activities of our kids today. Adults are not much better. We have housework, yard work, community service clubs, shopping, Facebook, golf, sporting events, TV shows, and Crossfit. We are so busy! An herein lies one …
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Apr 15
Farm Report #2 – Learning Patience
Last October we bought a farm. I shared why in a post in November that many of you read. I want to occasionally give updates on how our new home and farm plans are coming. I will call these posts “Farm Reports.” I numbered this #2 since it is following the post back in the …
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Apr 13
Email Subscription Updated!
Over the last couple of weeks I have had problems with my blog posts coming out by email. I apologize to you if you have not received some of the posts. You may wish to check the website for recent posts you did not receive. If you are reading this in your email you should …
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Apr 11
The Irrationality of Adultery!
It is irrational for two trains to be driving on the same track headed directly toward each other to think they will not hit, yet this is the exact thoughts of an adulterer! The affair will come out! You cannot remain in both relationships for long! The famous story of David committing adultery with Bathsheba …
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