As many of you know, my grandmother underwent surgery this past week. The doctors removed a rather significant stage 3c tumor from her abdomen. My sisters and I drove down to Pennsylvania to be with my grandfather and father.
This morning, my pap, dad and I had a time of prayer – just one [...]
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Our head usher, Ray, had a chance to be on the radio this week.
During election years, the media descend on our little city in droves. Mary Ann’s Diner in Derry and the Red Arrow in Manchester become hives of activity. It is actually a little absurd, because it becomes very difficult for those [...]
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As I’ve mentioned a few times on this blog, Mark Driscoll’s book Confessions of a Reformission Rev. really hit home with me when I read it for the first time. Since, I have been re-reading certain sections from time to time, and another section really leapt out at me, so I want to share [...]
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I have been contemplating some of the things my last blog entry brought up, and I have been mentally going over some of the men I have met who came to church but were not a part of it. I never thought of it before, but many of them were very hesitant to talk [...]
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There are a lot of questions I have about Christianity in our modern/post-modern era (they are co-existent and conflicting). I have questions about why the marketers are more successful than the pray-ers. I have questions about why a commitment to God’s Word is often seen as incompatible with a growing church. I [...]
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Just a brief note. I generally use www.foxnews.com as my primary online news source, but recently I have gotten really frustrated with their obsession with the macabre. Let me just give a brief sampling of the headlines I have seen this week:
Dad Sodomized Teen Stepson to Avenge Rape of Daughter
Pennsylvania Man Avoids Criminal [...]
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My wife, Nichole, and I have been married for nine years – almost, but we’ve been together for eleven years. Allow me a digression as I go over how all this has happened.
Nichole’s sister Sandra married my roommate Ralph in the summer of 1996. It was one of those, “Hey, I like you. [...]
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Last night, we had our annual New Year’s Eve party at church. As we had been promising for a few months now, Doug and I performed Weird Al’s “White and Nerdy.” If ever there was a song to describe the two of us - this is it.
The party was a lot of fun - very [...]
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