Monthly Archives: January 2012

Is this as good as we get?

I heard a sermon once and the speaker talked about an old baseball manager, Earl Weaver.  Weaver managed the Baltimore Orioles and was famous for arguing with umpires.  Weaver knew (most of the time) just how far he could push … Continue reading

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Transformation, not just information

There was a theologian named Soren Kierkegaard.  He was upset because he felt like the Gospel had become nothing more than “a piece of information.”   Passion was replaced by descriptions of passion.  It is like reading from a cookbook to … Continue reading

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Focus, Focus

When I go to WalMart on my bicycle, I go through a very small opening in a fence.  I always used to get off my bike and walk it through the opening.  As time has gone by and as I … Continue reading

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The Joy of Your Salvation

David pleads with the Lord in Psalm 51, “Restore to me the joy of Your salvation…”  The word here for joy is also used in John 15:11 when Jesus says, “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy … Continue reading

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The Best Gift Ever

In the movie “Facing the Giants”, someone anonymously gives the coach a new truck, brand new!  There was a woman I saw on video that gave her mom one of her kidneys and she runs races to draw attention to … Continue reading

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You Never Know

We never suspected when we turned off our old Symphonic tube type 27 inch television last night that it would be it’s last day.  This morning when Diane turned it on, all that appeared was a blindingly bright horizontal line … Continue reading

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Needing A Carpenter

Yesterday Susan (who goes to the Mason UMC) said “I need a carpenter” to do something at the Zerkle House.  She was going to call a particular person from the church, who’s very good with wood.  I told Susan that … Continue reading

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How would you rate your experience?

Someone give me an “Amen”. Can I get a “Thank God, Hallelujah”? Continue reading

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Housekeeping….Housekeeping….

We stayed in a hotel in Pittsburgh last night and had to take Matt to the Pittsburgh airport at 5 a.m. so he could catch his flight back to Providence, RI.  We came back to the room and slept in.  … Continue reading

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Remembering NOT to drink coffee

I will have fasting blood work done this afternoon and I have to remember not to drink coffee this morning.  If I don’t think about it, I’ll drink it.  Perhaps you have the same routine or a different one, but … Continue reading

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