By Kirk McCarley, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Proverbs 29: 18 “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else.” Yogi Berra “Where do you see yourself in five years?” is a standard interview question straight from the Human Resources Department manual. Though often asked, it was in my […]
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By Rick Moore Once, while attending seminary, I had the rare privilege of sitting next to one of my professors in the school cafeteria. I took the opportunity to ask him a deep question that had puzzled me for years: If God forgives and forgets, and we are to forgive and forget, then why are […]
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By Myrna Conrad Christmas is one of my favorite holidays. During this time, we receive cards and hear songs about “peace on earth good will toward man.” In fact, when the angels heralded the birth of Jesus they said, “And this will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling […]
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By Pastor Dave Holland Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand… On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone— while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy? —Job 38:4-7 (NIV) In the beginning of time there was a Singer. He […]
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By Sean Dietrich My wife is putting up the Christmas tree and we haven’t even rounded the corner toward Thanksgiving yet. But then, this holiday season can’t arrive quickly enough for us. My wife is ready to get this show on the road. After a long year of sheltering in place, social distancing, sterilizing hands, […]
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By Lauren Catanese Standing on a mountaintop, arms spread wide. Breeze blowing your hair, while the sun warms your cheeks. Heart open. Free. You close your eyes and feel the peace unattached to anything other than your soul’s truth. Connected to the higher power, content within yourself, trusting in life’s beauty and soaking it in; […]
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By Rick Moore Buying presents for others is easier when you know what they like to collect. When someone asks me what they can buy for my mom, I let them know she collects teapots, which makes selecting a gift for her simple. My dad used to collect rare and expensive coins. My father-in-law collected […]
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By Kirk McCarley, In 1958, Don and Phil Everly lamented the frustrations of many high school young men with a song, “Problems,” which eventually crested at number 2 on the Billboard Top 100 songs. DARN IT! Racking my brain trying to come up with a piece that’s illuminating, motivating, compelling, thought provoking. Nothing comes to […]
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By Sean Dietrich I’m watching the Alabama-Missouri game. I’m eating boiled peanuts. It’s the first time I’ve seen college football since the pandemic began some 300 years ago. To say I’m happy is like saying the Pope is an okay guy. I’m ecstatic. I don’t want to get all mushy about Alabama football because I […]
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By Lauren Catanese Life can be sporadic, fleeting, a busy dance, a merry go around. Moving from one activity, job, check list item, goal to goal to the next. We can find time to eat, enjoy our family and play. But then there are still moments that if we pause when they are there, a […]
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