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Shepherds Got It First: Immanuel is Frightening, or Is He?

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Merry Christmas Everyone! My reflections on the Christmas story Luke 2:8-20  (read it OR listen to it here on YouVersion.com) Shepherds!  Why is Luke – a careful, meticulous doctor – telling us about shepherds?  They don’t seem a very likely lot to be included in the story of the King of Kings. Yet, boom!  They […]

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GW and Thanksgiving

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Among the many rich items in American history is the origin of Thanksgiving. The first official Thanksgiving holiday for our country was cast into history by a proclamation given by President George Washington during his first term.  GW = George Washington of course. This is an amazing piece of writing along with the story of […]

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Food Drive for Kids

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About a week ago a few families in our neighborhood organized a food collection for Central Florida Children’s Home. It was a great pre-Thanksgiving way to share food before we feast!  And it was a great way for our kids to catch a vision for serving other kids with kindness and love.  Kindness and love […]

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Home and Away (to India)

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After returning home from our U.S. staff training conference and being at home for a couple of weeks, I’m on the road (and the air) again for a week or so.   This time it’s a trip to Bangalore, India with 3 of my teammates to conduct a training for several of our tech leader staff […]