Pastor's Blog

  • Focused Prayers

    23 Feb 2010 | 2:03 pm

    I find it very difficult to concentrate for very long in silence.  I am sure that is true for for most everyone else.  Therefore, pray aloud!  Personally, I have become so used to thoughts being communicated to me audibly that[…]

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  • X-Ray Communication

    22 Feb 2010 | 8:05 pm

    I have had the fortune of knowing a few people who have that rare ability to turn strong ideas and feelings into words.  I am not referring to those who simply play verbal gymnastics in order to impress people with[…]

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  • Nine Life Lessons from Rock Climbing

    4 Jan 2010 | 8:57 pm

    Last week I had the privilege of having a good friend visit from Pennsylvania.  One of his interests is rock climbing so we went to an indoor climbing gym nearby and spent the day wearing out our forearms and tearing[…]

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  • Responding to Life

    29 Dec 2009 | 12:17 pm

    My friends and I were spending a four day weekend in that collection of cliffs and steep narrow paths that makes the interior of the Grand Canyon such an unearthly place.  Each of us were living in different cities at[…]

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  • Our White Elephants

    22 Dec 2009 | 1:53 pm

    Every year I manage to participate in a White Elephant gift exchange, usually at a Christmas party.  I have never once heard anyone explain to me why exactly we call this a White Elephant exchange.  Perhaps that is the reason[…]

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