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Some children’s stories teach real life lessons in a marvelous way. A great one is the story of the Little Red Hen. The tiny tale is of...
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Jan 28
Full of Wonder
Every time I see an airplane fly I am filled with wonder. Especially during the takeoff I feel compelled to watch! I know the science...
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Jan 20
Unexpected? Hmmm... Not So Much
The weather this last week should not have caught many of us by surprise. The forecasts for days in advance warned of “2-4” inches of...
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Jan 13
Time to Wake Up
Being gently awakened by morning sunshine is much more enjoyable for me than the “BRRZT, BRRZT, BRRZT” of an alarm clock. One of my...
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Jan 6
New Wineskins
Sometimes “new” matters a lot. Today is the first Sunday of a new year, meaning everything that is required to be dated for the next 51...
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Dec 30, 2023
It's a Wonderful Life!
Yes, it’s that time of year again. Just this week we found ourselves channel surfing trying to locate the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,”...
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Dec 16, 2023
Connection
We live in an increasingly “connected” world; that is, always with internet access. Several years ago Netflix had a major outage. The...
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Dec 9, 2023
Get up and Grow!
What do you want to be when you grow up?” Now there’s a question that most young people surely come to dislike. How many times have you...
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Dec 2, 2023
Change is Necessary to Overcome the Process of Deterioration
Living things are born, grow, decline and die. Non-living things go through similar processes but even new cars, new appliances and new...
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Nov 25, 2023
Godly vs Lawlessness
The challenge to live godly has always run squarely into conflict with an ungodly world. The revelation of God defines morality for those...
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Nov 18, 2023
Just a Debate?
There are lots of good things to appreciate regarding Lads to Leaders participation. One area is the debate program. Like many...
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Nov 11, 2023
Shipbuilding?
On April 15, 1912, Titanic sank on her maiden voyage. Advertised as an unsinkable ship, all involved were tragically mistaken and over...
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Nov 4, 2023
Observations about Baptism
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of...
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Oct 29, 2023
Doing for Self or Others?
Jesus performed many miracles. With the exception of perhaps three or four, all of the miracles of Jesus were done specifically to help...
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Oct 21, 2023
A Time to “Church”
Something wonderful happens in the daily lives of each of us reading these words. We order ourselves - our time, our activities, our...
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Oct 14, 2023
Improper Comparisons
Barney Colson was an elder for University City congregation in Gainesville, Florida, for thirty-three years until his death in 1998....
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Oct 7, 2023
When Atheists Die
“For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has...
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Sep 30, 2023
Overwhelmed
Jesus was surrounded by a sea of people once His ministry began. A whole town showed up at His door and He had to sneak away in the...
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Sep 23, 2023
Oh, What Blessings We Have!
There’s a scene in the movie “Apollo 13” that happened in real life when the spacecraft appeared to be coming apart at the seams. The...
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Sep 16, 2023
Learning from God's Designs
The following article is an except from “Marketplace ... a public media outlet that produces broadcast shows, podcasts, digital reporting...
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