Tag: Trust
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Through the Trees
I’m in North Carolina this week with the 65-and-older golf group that I’ve worked with for the last several years. They hold two events each year, and I’m blessed to plan them and spend time with some pretty wonderful people. The group has become like family, and though they may be seniors, um, they can…
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Bless All Who Labor
When I was a kid, Labor Day was a of course, a three-day-weekend, and a day off from school. Yes there was usually a parade and if we were lucky there was grilling, however, that was also the weekend that the public pool closed for the season. It was an end to summer, which of…
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One Door Closes, Another Opens
Today has been over a year in the making. Following Hurricane Milton in 2024, our parish family undertook the important research of determining how to best make our sacred space more resilient to storms. Hurricane Irma in 2017 almost destroyed the steeple. Hurricane Ian in 2022 loaded almost three feet of water into the sanctuary.…
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Live Today
This morning I debated whether to write this little blog, well, whether to share this particular message, I mean. It’s a message that isn’t easy, but yet it is what our lives are about. A friend passed away last evening. He has not been well for quite some time. You could say, I guess, that…
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Make Us Instruments
This morning, friends, my mind is filled with many things. The week, as I suspected it would, has flown by. Our team has been working hard all week to move as much as possible from the church. We’ve done a nice job of setting up new temporary spaces for the coming year. I have to…
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He’s At Work – In the Quiet
Sometimes it’s easier to see God at work in our lives than at other times. I admit, there are times when I wonder if He’s listening to my prayers. It gets pretty quiet, but maybe that is when He is most at work. Sometimes He realizes that we need to be in the quiet for…
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When Ops Mind Meets Emotion
This is the final week in our little church before the construction gets underway. Yesterday, during the service, our clergy referenced several times, “Next Sunday we’ll hold our final services in this building”. I have to admit, hearing those words made it all real. Over the past months, I’ve shared about our project to take…
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A Village of Skills
We’re just a little over a week away from our final Sunday in our little church before construction begins. This week, we cleared the final approvals from the city and submitted all the necessary paperwork to obtain permits. Trust me, the permitting process is for another blog, if ever 🙂 . As I’ve mentioned here…
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Whatever My Lot
This morning I found a song playing in my head. I couldn’t shake it, so I’m taking that as a sign from Father to just share that message. Maybe he’s saying you all need a break from my ramblings and let a song give the message 🙂 . You all know that Mercy Me is…
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A Simple Soul
Like the rest of the world, yesterday afternoon I heard the news that Dolly Parton had passed away. I was sad because I knew she had been struggling with health issues for a while. One of my friends said, “She hasn’t been well since her husband passed away”. She was a lovely woman. My goodness,…
