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  • It’s Still Christmas

    No tree is stronger than its roots. The heart of each of our pursuits Is truth, raw and unrefined, Longing for more, love inclined, Centered in the blessed incarnation, In the fertile soil of God's most gracious invitation Come to the manger. Come. © 2005, Thomas B. Sims

  • Grand Children

    For the last month, we have been deeply engaged with helping to care for our grandsons. It is surprising to me how protective, sacrificial, and disoriented one can become when faced with overwhelming need from children who are so helpless, yet hopeful. I have found myself willing and able to put all of my goals…

  • Suddenly Christmas Again

    It is so predictable and yet, always a surprise, like waking up to the realization of new fallen snow in the mountains or the sunshine bursting forth in a moment of awakening to herald a new day. Always surprising is the Christmas season on the heels of the gloom and distortions of Halloween and the…

  • The Gift Cluttered Parlor

    The piracy of our privacy Invades the darkness and redirects our thoughts To a manger gift

  • Christmas Greetings

    Peering eyes barely opened, recognized his mother from a bed of straw. He squirmed, tentatively exploring his world, not knowing it would so soon reject him or that for it, he would lay down his life. Yet to discover what in eternity he knew, that he was the Savior-Sovereign, he whimpered as any infant would…

  • Is not that I haven’t been reflecting …

    It’ s really that I am not reflecting – just neglecting. It’s like a reverse momentum, downward spiral. It is all about grace, but I also need structure and this one wiggled a bit and and the structure loosened and I looked yesterday and realized I had not posted all month. Yet people kept reading.…

  • These Are the Days

      Paul Simon knows how to weave lyrics into paradoxical complexity with flair and calculated affect. "These are the days of miracle and wonderThis is the long distance callThe way the camera follows us in slo-moThe way we look to us allThe way we look to a distant constellationThat's dying in a corner of the…

  • Setting the Table

    The Next STEPS of SOLUTIONS: I am looking at integrating the Entrepreneur’s table with the ministry of the local church and modelling it in our congregation. What is your impression about how much Proverbs and the rest of the Bible have to say about these issues is the following list?   Wealth and accumulation of…

  • Skate Church at BT

    In the interest of promoting my church and my friend, Bill Tucker, our Skate Pastor (How many of you pastors have on of those?????), here is a link to our skate church web site. it is very, very cool with some great pictures and information: Visit the:The Temple Skate Church Web SiteI will post something…

  • Solutions – Day 10 – Necessary

    From all the readings today (See  Solutions for readings), I am confronted with the conclusion  that all valid premises lead to necessities. We MUST respond to a presentation of truth either to refute it, comply with it, or ignore it. From Moses’ sermon in Deuteronomy, the necessity is to be faithful to the covenant and…