Blog Journal

While continuing to prepare for mission in Caintu, amidst sorting and packing brightly colored paper and scissors… gathering a mound of paste and glue… and chasing runaway beads to unite with twine, once again, I am drawn towards Ephesians 3: 14-21. “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus…
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Good Morning Everyone, I got up early this morning preparing to go on mission in South Asia. We will be ministering and serving children and their families in from a small village in Caintu, Philippines which is a suburb of Manila. The children who live here are some of the most beautiful children in the…
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Today is Sunday… Easter Sunday and I am so honored to be spending it sharing with you. Easter is important to me and I am so very glad you dropped by, albeit electronically, to share in the memories and secret innermost thoughts and musings that God has given. Throughout my life, God has blessed me.…
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Have you ever felt alone… truly alone … abandoned by all. Rejected and unloved by those who are supposed to love… utterly and completely alone? It’s as if you are adrift in an ocean of water… being tossed, no… beaten and thrashed by angry pounding, relentless waves that are taking you farther… farther away from…
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Got up this morning with a hankerin’ to make my favorite… Toll House chocolate chip cookies. Cookies for breakfast? Well… why not. What could be better! Even though the batter is not yet stirred, I can imagine the smell… Oh, what a lovely bouquet… the joy and sweet pleasure of the aromatic fragrance… Toll House…
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Today, a message is sent forth… to the further most ends of the earth… to the church scattered… standing on the holy hill (Psalms 43: 3-5), the watchman speaks (Isaiah 21:12). Awake… Arise… for Gods salvation is at hand (Romans 13: 11). Being united into one body, baptized together in Christ (1 Corinthians 12: 12-13),,…
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When I was a kid there were two play ground games that I absolutely detested. One was dodge ball or aka death ball and the other was Red Rover. The game requires around 10 or more players total and is thought to have originated in Britain and then spread to Australia, Canada and the United…
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Have you ever wondered…. why do we love stories? Is it the adventure of going far, far away to very different places that are mysterious, enchanted, dangerous, or serenely tranquil… Imagining ourselves to be a lovely maiden who will triumph though adversity becoming a princess? Someone once compared storytelling to the first flight simulator. And…
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“I’ve been dreaming of a true love’s kiss, and a prince, I’m hoping, comes with this. That’s what brings ever-aftering so happy… ” That was me… I woke up this morning from dreaming about love and then hearing this first line playing over and over in my head. But before you commit me, answer one…
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This week, although it is only Wednesday, has been a very sad week… Receiving troubling news from friends and family is difficult to manage in and of itself, but emotions seem to escalate all the more if word comes when you are already grieving… Without meaning to and even before becoming self aware, the joyful…
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