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My mother's faith
I like to think that I got my faith from my mother—but I doubt I have my mother’s faith. That became very clear to me last week. As you know, last week I was in Madison to help take care of my mother as she struggled w… -
Pray for Rain!
Here’s an incredible story about prayer from a good friend of mine, Rev. Dean Easton (Canedensis Moravian Church). Dean grew up in Iowa farm country and regularly went to a little country church. When he was 12 or 13, … -
Good Friday? Try GREAT Friday
Let tell you about the Good Friday service that God put together for our church! I had been in contact with Pastor Lim, the pastor of the Jesus People Church (JPC). See, the JPC are a Korean congregation that is using o… -
An Incredible Story!
The most incredible, most fantastic, over-the-top, UN-believable thing happened to me today! How many times have you heard someone start off like that? It’s great, isn’t it? Some of my favorite stories have started ou… -
Giving From the Heart
A couple of weeks ago, I met with Mr. Cho, one of the lay leaders of the Jesus’ People Church—the Korean Methodist Congregation we’re sponsoring--after our Sunday worship; we did what I’ve come to call “the ceremony of t… -
NOT a goldfish!
Many years ago, I preached a sermon that stuck in my family’s minds. They call it “the goldfish sermon,” and they remember it because I stood at the pulpit and made the very ridiculous statement “I am not a goldfish.” … -
God Calls US!
Creation is amazingly, incredibly, unbelievably complex! It's all interwoven, interconnected, and intertwined. And in all that, God has a plan for YOU! -
A Box Full of . . . Something (?)
I’ve always felt that one of the best ways to learn something about myself is to take a good look at our children. And I’ve always found their reaction after Christmas particularly interesting. I remember one Christmas… -
Christmas Special--Special Christmas
There was a time, not too long ago, when the Advent season was punctuated by Christmas specials that were really, really special. Some of them were animated; others were shot in claymation—and all of them were musicals … -
Best care?
My wife is no stranger to airline travel; in fact, she practically grew up on airplanes. Her stepmother was a flight attendant, and so Linda spent a lot of weekends “flying the friendly skies,” to spend time with her fa…
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My mother's faith
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