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  • Substantive Faith

    Faith, according to Hebrews 11:1 is substantive and evidential in an of itself. Does that suggest that faith in anything proves the thing? Yes and no. Yes, faith, because of divine and universal principles set in motion from the time when God first created wisdom, dictates laws of belief and reality. No, because some things…

  • Just a Word

    You are the best you there is.There is no competition.You can do it better than anyone.No one can take your place.Along with that dynamic truth there are two,Seemingly contradictory, but ultimatelyParadoxical and mysterious:You are not yet the best you can be …Or will be …And …You can duplicate yourself and your effortsIn others who are …

  • Yes! I Went to the Potholes

    For whatever reason, perhaps knowing that Pastor Dave Wainscott would encourage me to do so, I went to the potholes. It was a mile down and a mile back. I was there long enough for all the kids at camp to see that I had made the trek, have a little fellowship, and cheer some…

  • I Am Back

    It is good to be back even if no one knew you were gone and even if you enjoyed where you went. Back is a wonderful place and suggests that there is somewhere we belong. So I am back which suggests the question of where I have been. The answer is: CAMP. I was at…

  • Greetings from Camp Sierra

    I have a laptop and internet access here at Camp Sierra, but little time and the kids are our priority. This is the first opportunity I’ve had to post anything and it will be short. I’ll post something on top of this that is more of a reflection. At the moment, I am considering whether…

  • The Big Deal about Father’s Day

    I’ll be heading for the mountains till next Saturday, so I won’t be posting till then. It’s all about camp. From today till Wednesday, we will have 6th-8th graders and from Wednesday through Saturday, 3rd – 6th graders. It is going to be wild and fun. I am trying to get things in place to…

  • Brilliant Simplicity

    Fran Briggs is brilliant as she preaches simplicity and duplication. "Success in anything, including the "exposure" of any business, product and service comes down to creating and maintaining an environment which inspires, designing a dynamic plan, taking daily action on that plan, being tenaciously dedicated to a high level of expectation for specific results, and…

  • Henry’s Web

    My friend, Henry Neufeld  asks a stimulating question on his blog from PaceSetters. Formal and Informal Prayers – a Metaphor June 10th, 2007 by Henry Neufeld Some Christians believe that the right way to approach God in prayer is through a very formal prayer, often a written prayer. Others believe prayers should be spontaneous and…

  • Be Hungry

    Proverbs 16:26 says (NIV), " A laborer’s appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on." It was the year 1975 and I had been married for less than a year. I had recently quit my job on a church staff and had turned down two j-o-b (just over broke) jobs for the opportunity to…

  • Asked and Answered on AnswerBag.Com

    I’ve been having a little fun today and answered a truckload of questions on Answerbag. Here are three that I had fun with: What is the glue that sticks together a broken heart? It is the glue of experience and compassion, of giving and receiving love. It is the glue of loving when love is…