Supporting Neighbors
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Prayer at the Prince William County Board of Supervisors Meeting 5/6/2016
Chairman Stewart, members of the Board, fellow citizens. It is good to be here tonight. Let us pray. Almighty God, we give you thanks for those who serve in public office, especially today we give you thanks for the Prince William County Board of Supervisors and all who work with them to help them govern…
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God’s Gospel Through the Small
I got to know my good friend, Sarah Cordray, through the doctor of ministry program at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. Through her, I saw a wonderful picture of small church ministry that I had, frankly, never considered. As I listened to her and read her work, I began to pay closer attention to what…
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More Mass Shootings: We’re better than this
I was sitting in my office at church this afternoon when our secretary asked if I’d seen the news. Today, it was the news of the mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, CA. What I find especially heinous about this attack is that Inland works with developmentally disabled people from infants to the elderly.…
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A Day in the Life of a Pastor: A Change Brought About by Food
On Monday, some friends and I began a 10-day dietary cleanse … ugh! … a diet <yuck> I entered into this reluctantly, especially when I found out what was excluded … NO caffeine, NO artificial sweeteners, NO gluten, NO dairy, NO processed foods, NO alcohol, NO left-over Halloween candy. I know … what’s left? This past…
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Praying, Standing & Acting for Oklahomans
None of us begins our day knowing or expecting that some tragedy will befall us. So, we go about the living of our lives making all sorts of things seem terribly important. Then, from out of nowhere, something horrific happens. In an instant, our priorities are realigned. People have many ways of understanding tragedy in light…




