Monthly Archives: March 2017

When you think you’re something (or at least good enough)

Posted on March 30, 2017 by He stirs up the people...

Our church will finish making eggs next week.  Last night, someone from our church was at a store buying some supplies to finish up our egg making and saw someone with a cartload of powdered sugar.   “Making eggs?” the … Continue reading →

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The promotion from beggar to sergeant at arms

Posted on March 28, 2017 by He stirs up the people...

This morning I was one of nearly 40 people working on peanut butter eggs.  I was scooting trays of eggs along a table and as the chocolate dried I would loosen the eggs from the waxed paper, and then consolidate … Continue reading →

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Taking Jesus for granted

Posted on March 27, 2017 by He stirs up the people...

The church I serve in Short Gap makes and sells over 25,000 chocolate covered peanut butter and coconut eggs during the Easter season.  For the first few years Eric Moore faithfully dipped nearly every bit of the peanut butter we … Continue reading →

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God knows

Posted on March 21, 2017 by He stirs up the people...

In 2012, Diane and I were at a New Year’s Eve party at the home of Dave & Shelly Barr.  We met a pastor friend of theirs named Brian Harkness. Brian is the one who told me about Samaritan’s Purse … Continue reading →

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The God I barely know

Posted on March 18, 2017 by He stirs up the people...

Most of the time in seminary I was not allowed to refer to God as He.  In my papers I was not allowed.  In my pastoral care class I was not allowed.  Many professors would omit any Biblical pronoun referring … Continue reading →

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What I love about the Robin

Posted on March 14, 2017 by He stirs up the people...

Last night we got about 8 inches of snow.  We have a large deck on the back of the house with a garage under it.  I was shoveling this morning around the back of our home, but I don’t have … Continue reading →

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Growing or shrinking your faith

Posted on March 13, 2017 by He stirs up the people...

There have been a few times in the last 10 years of preaching that after a sermon, my lovingly honest wife will say to me, “What was that?”  or “What was that about?”  It hasn’t happened often, but it has … Continue reading →

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When you get off course

Posted on March 10, 2017 by He stirs up the people...

This morning when I went into the church sanctuary, as I always do I looked to see if the Roomba was docked.  For those who do not know, the Roomba is an automatic carpet vacuum.  Once in a while it’s … Continue reading →

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On not being ashamed of our scars or our current battles

Posted on March 6, 2017 by He stirs up the people...

I have a couple of Samaritan’s Purse t-shirts that some people would consider unsuitable to wear in public.  One has paint splatters on the front (or it might more likely be drywall mud).  The other one has black residue from … Continue reading →

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Where are you going?

Posted on March 4, 2017 by He stirs up the people...

Thursday night I attended a presentation on the Heroin Opioid Epidemic.  What struck me was the idea of a path.  Each of us is on a path.  Sometimes there is a crossroads that changes things immediately.  The first time someone … Continue reading →

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