Thoughts on John Wesley, UMC, life, faith, and anything else!
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Some William Temple Quotes
Found these and thought I would share ;) The worst things that happen do not happen because a few people are monstrously wicket, but because most people are like us. The test of our belief is always in our practice. There is the first thing – the bringing of the inner life under the control…
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Is the Church Driving Recession?
For our economy, to be healthy, needs people to act as consumers and continue to increase their spending. Our local news paper said that the Christmas retail season was ‘timid’ because there wasn’t a very large increase in spending over last year. It does make sense that for our economy to grow then spending must…
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Lenten Preparations
Today is Ash Wednesday and I find myself wondering what to do. Over the past few years I have become increasingly dissatisfied with the whole “giving things up” mentality of Lent. I have this ongoing conversation with my wife and she says giving things up has to do with identifying with Jesus and his sacrifice.…
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Kingdom of Hope
Lately I’ve found myself hopeful. This is unusual. I’m not usually that hopeful. In fact, I’m usually kind of a cynic. After all, what do I have to be hopeful about? I’m involved in a denomination that is struggling to survive. We don’t understand the culture. We can’t seem to figure out what we are…
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I am Praying 4 You » The software
It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update. I haven’t been online much lately, but hopefully other things are slowing down and I will have more time to post. I wanted to take this time to post a couple of web tools I found the past few days. One is software that allows you…
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Laziness
Laziness works itself out in excessive activity – Dr. Steve Marytn