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A FEW WORDS FOR CHRISTMAS PREPARATION
O NOW IT IS TIME TO, SING, HUM, WRAP GIFTS, KEEP SECRETS, FEED THE BIRDS, CLOSE BARN DOORS...
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12/16/2008
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A Word About Advent
AND AGAIN! How well I came to know these words. From the fifth grade and on through my college years, a succession of demanding orchestra directors would take us through our paces, working, reworking, refining each passage of the music before us. On the fourth of fifth time through a particular passage, just as we were feeling as though we had finally...
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12/2/2008
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A Word About Stewardship
HOW CAN WE BE FAITHFUL STEWARDS IN UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC TIMES? John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement in 18th century England, ministered in a time of great economic hardship. Many of the thousands to whom he preached and ministered were from the lowest echelons of British society. Wesley knew that the care of those souls required equal care for their physical well being...
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11/12/2008
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A Word About The Simple Things
“RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY! COME AGAIN SOME OTHER DAY!” A simple song from childhood? Yes. And a prayer that many muttered, shouted, or cried out over this past week by young and old alike. How simple a thing as rain can cause so much damage, can bring such disruption to the simple, basic routines of life...
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9/18/2008
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A Word About Simplicity
‘TIS A GIFT TO BE SIMPLE. So we sing in the old Shaker hymn. Living each day in our complex world often leaves us longing for a simpler way of life. We value the opportunities and activities that are available to us, to our children, and our grandchildren. At the same time...
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9/8/2008
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