The Bible is filled with some extraordinary people, is it not? Even if we were to remove Jesus from the equation (because He is the greatest of anyone who ever lived), we are still left with a large number of people who are known today. In fact, just think of some of the common names …
Many people like to garden. Susan and I are not among that group of people. Neither of us can keep a plant alive, but the house we lived in previously did have two types of plants that created a different challenge. On the south side of our house (so they got plenty of sun), we …
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On Friday night, thousands and perhaps millions of parents and grandparents were working with instructions manuals to try to put certain items together for their children/grandchildren. Yesterday, many more were doing the same thing after other presents were opened. But the reality is that for every set of parents that were trying to follow the …
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During my first week in Fairfax in May 2011, Susan and the kids were still in KC finishing some responsibilities they had. During that week, a few members of our church invited me for dinner, and took me around town (and county) showing me certain things and introducing me to certain people. One of those …
Many of you may remember Roy Orbison’s song, “Pretty Woman.” Some of you may remember the movie starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. Gere was a businessman and Roberts played a prostitute. Now, Gere’s character (Edward Lewis) did not love Roberts’ character (Vivian Ward); he just needed an escort. But the point I want to …
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