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Archive for January, 2007

Commanding Love

John 15, 9-17
As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in [...]

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At the Council on Ministries meeting the other night I noticed that we began discussing the topic of children in the church setting. We talked about them in Sunday School and in worship services. In the conversation, I noticed that several different persons kept making a statement like this one, “Kid’s today are not the [...]

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If you have been to the church in the morning hours recently, then there is the chance that you may have heard some strange sounds coming from my office. I have been using the book The Divine Hours by Phyllis Tickle as my devotional book. Ms. Tickle is the religious editor for Publishers Weekly. She [...]

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Beginning 2007

As I began 2006, I shared some thoughts with you about the year ahead. So let me also share some thoughts for the new year of 2007 that still lies ahead.
To begin with, the year began at Myrtle Beach. Normally, each new year begins in Michigan with Debbie’s family. This year, however, I went to [...]

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