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  • Archived Articles through June 2

    In the interest of some sort of organization, I have posted a separate page of links to articles posted before June 2.  CLICK TO READ

  • Selected Archived Articles

    Links to Some Past Articles As of today and this hour, I have posted 328 articles on this blog. Here are some highlights since September 2006: Hand-Holding in Ministry    Coffee and Honey Remember the Life-Saving Station Tools, Drools, and Fools  Take Some Steps of FAITH   Seven "E" for a Christ-Centered Community   Going…

  • SOAR

    A little bird fell to the ground, but it was not harmed. Soon, a larger bird swooped down and picked the little one up, carrying it back to the place where it would try again. After several attempts, the little bird began to fly and then, to soar. You have witnessed a miracle, the kind…

  • Happy Birthday

    This is for all to whom it applies. I just jotted it down for my MySpace friends with birthdays and decided to share it: It’s time to say, “Happy Birthday!”  Happy Birthday to You.I need to say something new.I’m glad you were born hereAnd you’re going somewhere too,  OK! That was corny. How about …As…

  • Do It

    What is that on your heart?Is it just another attachment,Or is it part of the whole?Can it be severed as part?An incidental detachment ?Or must it remain as your very soul? I think it is more than you knowMore than you suspectMore than you can part with.I think it is ebb and flow,Something you must…

  • Freedom

    When I was a young man, I used to hear the local "Up With People" choir singing a song that has stuck with me for decades. It went like this: "Freedom isn’t free. Freedom isn’t free.You’ve got to pay the price; you’ve got to sacrificeFor your liberty." Everything comes with a price. Today we give…

  • Making the Impossible Possible – Asked&Answered

    MrLogic on AnswerBag.COm asked an important question: "How do you make the ,so called impossible in your life, possible?" That made me think for a moment: First, you make a decision and follow it with a commitment. Then, you devote time to the dream you have to study, plan, and saturate yourself with knowledge. You…

  • Sermon on Time

    I just want to be very clear in case you don’t want to read a sermon this morning from me. This is one. it is not a motivational message or a business focused inspirational tidbit. It is an extraction  of principles from the scripture governing our approach to and use of time as Christians. So,…

  • Virginia Satir and My Telephone

    I should think through my telephone greetings more strategically. This one just slipped out today on our home phone, "Good afternoon, Sims’ People Factory." I apologized – sort of – since the person on the other end was, up until that moment, unknown to me. Actually, the explanation, before I even asked who it was…

  • Stay On Your Toes

      Photo by Patricia Palma on UnsplashStay on your toes. The admonition is to be alert and take nothing and no one for granted. Live life on tiptoe in anticipation, but also in awareness of  what is going on  over the horizon. Boasting vs Believing About Tomorrow We are to make faith declarations and dream statements as freely…