14 Aug

Posted at 17:39h in Culture
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This graphic has me thinking about the unimportance of “me” today: I’m not sure of the scientific reliability of the information here, but one thing is for sure, all of us are forgettable. Nat King Cole was wrong after all. Think about it, can you...

13 Aug

Posted at 17:37h in Uncategorized
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Some people I know seem to like believing God is ticked off with them. They believe it will cause them to change. Like an angry Father waiting with belt in hand as you pull in the driveway an hour after curfew is motivation to try...

01 Aug

Posted at 14:59h in Don't Look Here., Culture
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Delicious Chicken or Hollywood and the Homosexuals. Who’s side are you on? Let me clarify my beliefs about being gay: I do not believe most gays choose to desire intimate same-sex relationships. Although one Hollywood actress is being ironically disparaged for saying so.  I do...

30 Jul

Posted at 17:34h in Church Life, Culture
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Sunday’s over. The “service” has ended. We go home. What then? I’m reading “Renovation of the Heart” by Dallas Willard. Whenever I read Willard’s books, I keep having to stop, pause and re-read because of the depth each sentence carries. Last night I couldn’t get...

05 Jul

Posted at 13:18h in God
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I hate landscaping. In my opinion landscaping is why Adam and Eve made such a bad choice in the first garden… Who wants to spend eternity taking care of bushes and trees? I joke. One of things I’m famous for in our home is spreading...

19 Jun

Posted at 18:22h in Church Life
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Waters Church now has an app! Get your smart phone out and download today! (And if you don’t have a smart phone, please join the rest of us in the 21st century and get one!). Best of all, its available for both iPhone and Android...

13 Jun

Posted at 19:12h in God
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A new study reveals Jesus was right about something we find the most difficult to do. Praying for your enemies calms anger and creates better behavior in the midst of hostility from those who provoke and insult us. So says new research from Ohio State...

17 May

Posted at 13:42h in God
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Amos 7:8 Then the Lord said, “Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass by them; Amos sees a plumb line in a vision from God. If you have any carpentry or masonry experience...

19 Apr

Posted at 19:44h in Personal, God
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I found an interesting insight from Philip Yancey’s book on Prayer: “Be still and know that I am God”: the Latin imperative for “be still” is vacate. As Simon Tugwell explains, ‘God invites us to take a holiday [vacation], to stop being God for a...

11 Apr

Posted at 16:01h in Personal, Leadership
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In the parable of the talents Jesus uses very intentional language to draw a clear line of distinction between the first two servants who doubled their master’s money and the third servant who hid his one talent in the sand. Comparing the language of the...