Thoughts on John Wesley, UMC, life, faith, and anything else!
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Update
I thought I should post an update. I finished my paper for my Biblical Interpretation class and sent it in. I don't know what the grade is and probably won't find out until I go back to campus in July. My next class is the Theology of Ministry. I have the books and have finished…
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On Being in Charge
Right now I have three kids in soccer. My son’s team didn’t have an assistant coach, so I told the main coach that I was willing to help and he ask me to “be with him on the sidelines during games” and help with practices. I’m assuming this makes me the assistant coach. What I’m…
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Americans keep buying up second homes
In ministry you find yourself doing various activities such as driving, reading, talking with people, visiting in hospitals, going to meetings and hopefully finding time to think and pray. Of course, one of the things to think and pray about is poverty. It is a real issue. It is a sad issue. The county I…
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On Failure
It happens very often that one tries to do something and fails. He feels discouraged, and yet he may discover years afterward that the very effort he made was the reason why somebody else took it up and succeeded. I really believe that whatever use I have been to progressive civilization has been accomplished…
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Why Study?
As I work on my paper I keep asking myself why? After all there has been close to 2,000 years of study on Jesus. I keep thinking, will I ever be able to introduce something new? I figure probably not. My question then is, Will I be satisfied to simply repeat the findings of others?…