Thursday, April 14, 2016

Do Not Let This World Interpret You

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Near Brasilia, Brazil The prescient, prophetic, praying follower of Jesus Thomas Merton wrote: "We have a vocation not to be distu...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Praying and Fasting

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Lake Michigan sunset (from Holland, Michigan) One of prayer’s companions is fasting. “Fasting” is a form of self-denial for the sak...
Monday, April 11, 2016

Consider It Pure Joy When You Go Through Trials

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The sermon I preached April 3, 2016, on Joy In Suffering (James 1:1-4) can be listened to HERE . 

Because God Exists Humans Have Dignity

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We were at the Pistons game last Friday night as they clinched a playoff berth. If there is no God then there is nothing special about ...
Sunday, April 10, 2016

Church and the Death of Our Wish Dream

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Kites over Munson Park, Monroe Christian community is not essentially about "us" and our needs.  James van Yperen writes: ...
Saturday, April 09, 2016

Nightlight International in Bangkok - Rescuing Women from Human Trafficking

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Nightlight from Lphotography on Vimeo . You can support Nightlight here .

Marriage - Only a Piece of Paper?

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Us, a looong time ago. If marriage is only a piece of paper, then why not sign it? Marriage is a covenant. A marriage welds a man...
Friday, April 08, 2016

The Presence-Driven Church Does Not Try to Program God

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Here are some things I know about logic, as it is understood in philosophy. (For 15 years I've taught Logic at Monroe County Comm...
Thursday, April 07, 2016

Worry Is a Crooked Path Leading Back to Itself

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Somewhere in Ohio            I come from a long line of worriers that stretches back to Adam. My mother, wonde...

Praying for God-love to Totalize Me

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Linda and her 2014-2105 piano/vocal students.             Jesus tells me to love my enemies. I understand this. My problem is that m...