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Looking for Long-Term Security?
The tapping and pounding on the roof was constant for those two days. Like many people on my street this year, I had my roof replaced...
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Aug 21, 20235 min read
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After Easter
Years ago, I was pastoring a church in another state and we came to Florida for a vacation after Easter. In fact, we left right after...
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Apr 10, 20234 min read
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Commit and Pray
One of the best parts about my role as Connections Pastor is leading Celebrate Recovery. When we set out to launch this 5 years ago...
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Feb 9, 20234 min read
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Ok, I cried a lot!
Even though they are connected with other, Townhouses, by definition, are homes that "have 2 or 3 levels that are attached to another...
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Dec 6, 20224 min read
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Interruption or Opportunity?
“Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy...
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Aug 9, 20225 min read
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The F Word
“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you...
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Apr 28, 20225 min read
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You Don't Need Any More Faith
“If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you
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Feb 25, 20225 min read
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Big, Big House
It happens every year at this time, so I shouldn't be surprised...but I always am. Every year, our daughter has a birthday on 11/4, and...
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Nov 2, 20213 min read
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The Blueprints for Everything
Some say that trials build character. Maybe. But I think this is more accurate. Trials reveal character. Especially as I continue to walk...
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Oct 29, 20215 min read
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The Problem With Hypocrisy - I Mean This Sincerely
“Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disci
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Aug 28, 20215 min read
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Why Jesus Doesn't 'Work' For Most People
“We see a lot of new faces around here” began the conversation with a concerned church member. “But so many of them don’t stay.” He was...
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Aug 7, 20215 min read
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Choosing Correctly!
(December 12, 2019) Yesterday, my wife went out-of-town, which means I was in charge of getting our 9-year old to gymnastics practice...
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Aug 6, 20213 min read
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Religion Ruins Us
"One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. There in front of him...
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Jul 23, 20215 min read
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O-BOLD-ient
We had just finished our meal when suddenly I looked up and Hallie (my 21 year-old stepdaughter) was gone. I looked all around and finally
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Jul 7, 20213 min read
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Hearing God
“Why is it that when we talk to God it is called prayer but when God talks to us it is called schizophrenia?” (Lily Tomlin) I grew up...
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Jul 3, 20215 min read
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Surprise, Surprise
How many of you love surprises?!? I'll wait a minute to count all of those I see, even the ones in the back of the room...
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Jun 29, 20213 min read
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Jesus and Your Pigs
In the movie Forest Gump, Lieutenant Dan is full of disdain for all the men in his veteran's group who constantly speak of "Finding Jesus".
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Jun 19, 20215 min read
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When Jesus Goes to Meddlin'
I was born in December and carried to church in a Christmas stocking. I have endured a lot of sermons. Preaching is a challenge...
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Jun 9, 20215 min read
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