April 2006



Palm Sunday Sermon, Better Late than Never

Friday, 28 April 2006 9:11 A GMT-06
Palm Sunday 2006 Tears for Palm Sunday Luke 19:28-40           Palm Sunday is a very strange day. Its proper name is ‘Sunday of the Passion’ because ancient churches would read the stor
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Early Morning Silence

Thursday, 20 April 2006 7:22 A GMT-06
“See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...we need silence to be able to touch souls.” Mother Teresa of Calcutta Sitting here, in my living room as the s
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HOLY WEEK CONVERGENCE

Sunday, 16 April 2006 11:59 P GMT-06
Holy Week was strange for me, a convergence of emotions and people that seldom happens in the same week provoking mixed emotions. Please excuse my problem with tense. It was written over several days and afterward, so I tend to mix tenses. HOLY WE
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The Luckiest Lyrics

Tuesday, 11 April 2006 7:48 A GMT-06
I heard this song on last night's episode of EVERWOOD, one of my favorite shows. It is a beautiful song.   The Luckiest Lyrics by Ben Folds I don't get many things right the first time In fact, I am told that a lot Now I know all the wrong tur
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Check out this new blog by my friend Cheryl Lindsey Seelhoff

Friday, 7 April 2006 12:12 P GMT-06
We have been journeying through life on a somewhat similar path for the last 10 or 15 years. http://womensspace.wordpress.com/    
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Gospel of Judas--- Remember this, History always belongs to the victors!

Friday, 7 April 2006 11:56 A GMT-06
The Gospels are no different than any other written text.  A group of folks got together (called a council) and determined which books were to be included in the canon of Scripture. We can note that the Roman Catholic groups and the Protestant g
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Penetrate the Market-- Multi-site Church for the future.

Friday, 7 April 2006 9:16 A GMT-06
How can a company have three stores in the same block and 37 in one square mile and still succeed? ABC stores in Hawaii have done just that. Sidney Kosasa picked the name ABC because it was easy to remember. On a trip to Miami Beach, the founder of A
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Funeral Today

Thursday, 6 April 2006 2:37 P GMT-06
Today I went to the funeral of my dear friend Marilyn Rhoades.  She was a remarkable woman who gave much to others. She will never know how much her encouragement and kind example has inspired me.  I have added a picture of Marilyn playing
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Death and New Life and small miracles

Wednesday, 5 April 2006 9:58 A GMT-06
I am still high from the birth of my latest grandson but I am grieved by the loss of my friend Marilyn.  I used to work for her husband at my former church.  She and I were not close but I had this urge to visit and draw near her after she
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Top Ten Reasons Why Men Should Not Be Ordained

Wednesday, 5 April 2006 9:34 A GMT-06
I just had to share this, a friend sent me to this site to read it... http://maggidawn.typepad.com/maggidawn/2006/03/top_ten_reasons.html As with all satire, there is truth contained. It is funny but so many excuses have been used to exclue women f
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The search for the perfect position!

Tuesday, 4 April 2006 9:22 P GMT-06
I hate looking for a new position.  On one hand the possiblities are endless but I am weary of the phone interviews.  Interviews by committee are rough enough but when they are done by phone I never have a feel for how it went. It really is
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Me and two of the grandbabies :)

Tuesday, 4 April 2006 9:10 P GMT-06
You can't tell that I am one happy camper!
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WELCOME COLLIN JAMES

Saturday, 1 April 2006 7:38 A GMT-06
Collin James, my 9TH grandchild, made is way into the world on Friday, March 31 at 3:41.  Just missing April Fools day.  He knew that I was heading back home today I suppose.  So, I hope that doesn't mean he will put things off until
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