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There all along
For the last 6 weeks I have known I needed to order coffee filters for our 3 burner Bunn coffee maker. They take a bigger filter, not a standard household filter. I’ve even used paper towels to make coffee, so … Continue reading
Posted in Hard times, Obstacles
Tagged Easter, Faith, fear, Good Friday, hope, hopeless, Jesus
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Followers who don’t really follow
I have been blogging for about 8 years. Over that time I have had about 300 other bloggers “follow” my blog. At first, I clicked the obligatory “follow” for the person who followed me. Then I realized 99% of them … Continue reading
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Knowing your audience
It’s tough to preach on Sunday mornings because there is such a wide variety of people in the pews. Every Sunday at Wesley Chapel, among those attending are lost people who need to be saved, discouraged Christians who need to … Continue reading
One thing leads to another leads to God
In the 1980’s Diane and I attended Sistersville First United Methodist Church. Fast forward 30 years and the son of the pastor at Sistersville connected with us to come to our church in Short Gap to talk about being called … Continue reading
You’ve Been Warned
Better get your bread, milk, and eggs, and do not wait until Monday. Route 28 Discount Store will be closed on Monday and Walmart will be chaos. Grady’s One Stop in Fort Ashby will be open and people will surely … Continue reading
You gotta be careful
This morning at the church egg making I overheard a guy I have never seen before. He said he was on unemployment for a few weeks until he got called back to his job. When you are drawing unemployment you … Continue reading
Posted in Walking the Walk
Tagged Church, cross, Jesus, lukewarm, missions, salvation
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Getting them all riled up
Yesterday as I began to preach at 8:50, I told the early church folks that just because we got out at 9:20, I did not shorten my sermon. We were just ahead of schedule. At 9:38 when church was over, … Continue reading
A way that works
I earn gas points when I shop at a local grocery store. When I earn enough points to get free gas I am permitted to get 25 gallon. I do not have a vehicle that will hold that much so … Continue reading
15 days of mediocrity
For people who do not want snow, the next 15 days looks good. For others who want snow, the next couple of weeks does not look promising. For those like me who long for spring and summer, the next 15 … Continue reading
Posted in Opportunity
Tagged average, Holy Spirit, Jesus, mediocrity, plants, today, weather
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God’s Building
Diane was leaving the pastor’s office (my office) in the church yesterday and one of the teachers said, “thanks for opening your church to us” as many of them have been using the restrooms, warming up, and parking here. Continue reading
Posted in Walking the Walk
Tagged Church, community dinner, Girl SCouts, Jesus, NA, Narcotics Anonymous, strike, teachers
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