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Dear Family and Friends, Many of us are familiar with the saying – Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. It’s a great saying except for one problem. The author failed to consider that not everyone is capable
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Dear Family and Friends, Would you agree that nothing is better at filling our souls than gathering and worshiping Jesus with brothers and sisters? That said, if you are ready to jump back into the church life we once enjoyed, by all means please go. But I sense that many of us are not quite
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Dear Family and Friends, Did you know that life as a Christ follower is like being on a surfboard? Those who surf know they must continually reset their position while waiting for a wave. If they don’t, they will not only miss the waves, they will slowly drift with the ocean currents – – to
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Dear Family and Friends, I’ll let you in on a little secret: I am a fan of Pope Francis. Yes, I know he’s Catholic but regardless of position in life, one has to admire his heart for others and how he examples a life of devotion to Jesus. And to top it all off, he
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Dear Family and Friends, It’s been six months or so since many of us got our vaccine shots. In doing what they can to protect our physical health, our government just approved vaccine boosters. It’s been about nineteen months since most of us were able to freely worship Jesus amongst friends. Jesus says it’s time
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Dear Family and Friends, If you’ve ever flown to Japan you know that it takes a lot of patience to survive the long flight, especially in the winter. Most of my trips are now a blur except for one memorable winter flight to Narita. As we neared the coast and prepared for landing, I recall
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Dear Family and Friends, Have you experienced a hurt-filled encounter that caused a relationship to break? I suspect we all have. Perhaps it was with a family member or maybe an old friend. Words were said that can never be erased. Things done that can never be undone. Regardless of the reason or the person(s)
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Dear Family and Friends, As we all know, flying can be pretty boring. But a boring flight is a good flight because we also know that every once in awhile – stuff happens. Like it did for me on one particular red-eye to San Francisco many years ago. I was still half asleep when the
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Dear Family and Friends, Has anyone ever yelled at you? Not counting spouses (because that’s a totally different subject), I suspect many of us would say yes, but infrequently. These excerpts from a recent Star Advertiser article tell a frightening story. “The Hawaii lieutenant governor watched in horror as protesters showed up outside his condo,
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Dear Family and Friends, I think many of us would agree that we live in extremely dysfunctional times. Oxford defines dysfunctional as deviating from the norms of social behavior in a way regarded as bad. The vitriol, cruel and bitter criticism being spewed out by so many is so…, it’s beyond words. The truth is