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Money Is a Great Servant, but an Awful Master
Attitudes Toward Money, Contentment, and the Life That Really Is Life Contentment is not contained in wealth. You can be content whether you are wealthy or poor. Contentment is an attitude, a choice, and a way of thinking. We gain… Continue reading
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Remaining Faithful to Jesus Christ
A Reflection on 2 Timothy 1 Faithfulness to Jesus Christ does not mean the absence of fear, suffering, disappointment, or loneliness. It does mean receiving the Spirit’s courage, bearing witness without shame, and using the time we have to refresh… Continue reading
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What Do You Want on Your Gravestone?
How about the memorial to you in the hearts of your loved one? What is being written in the dash between your first day and your last? “Markings” is a reflection on gravestones, memory, mortality, reputation, and the life we… Continue reading
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Memorial Day Reflection
“And they mourned, and wept, and fasted…”— 2 Samuel 1:12 A Memorial Day reflection on remembrance, mourning, sacrifice, and the Christian call to honor the fallen while working, praying, and persuading for peace. On this Memorial Day morning, I find… Continue reading
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Tongues of Fire – Pentecost
A WordPress Devotional for pastortom.blog “And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.”— Acts 2:3 Sometimes the word God has for someone else comes and sits on us first. We… Continue reading
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Quit the Futily!
Stop living like “everybody else.”Paul’s challenge in Ephesians 4 is still painfully relevant today. Don’t drift through life in futility, outrage, fear, or empty noise. Be rooted and grounded in love. Live with purpose. Live in Christ. Join the conversation… Continue reading
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Who Told You That You Were Naked?
A Theological Reflection on Genesis 3 There are questions in scripture that echo through the entire human story. This is one of them: “Who told you that you were naked?” — Genesis 3:11 Not merely:What have you done? But:Who told… Continue reading
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Two Perspectives and One Truth
Believe the Son Reflections on John 3:31–36 “The one who comes from above is above all…” — John 3:31 (NRSVUE) Sometimes we say, “There are two sides to every story.”John 3 reminds us that there are also two perspectives from… Continue reading
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News You Might Have Missed But Should Know
If you had to pick a story or two for personal engagementment, what would it (they) be and why and how? What does this statement mean to you? “You are the only watchdogs in the yard.” If you were the… Continue reading
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The People Jesus Was Not Condemning
Religious Scrupulosity, OCD, and the Fear of the “Unpardonable Sin” Recently, I recorded a sermon and companion reflections around Matthew 12 and Jesus’ strong words about loyalty, neutrality, resistance, and decision. In that passage, Jesus says startling things: That second… Continue reading
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