Doc?... Every time I close my eyes I'm there... In a terminal Bus, train, plane Doesn't matter. People everywhere Coming, going Here to there In motion... moving Saying hello... goodbye But I'm stuck... Doc? STUCK!!!!!!! AAAUGGGHHH!!!! Still in this terminal... New dream, new place... Still a terminal All my bags with me Soooo many places …
Destination: Destiny
Muslims have Mecca. Jews, Israel. Long distance runners head to the Boston Marathon. There are events and places, pilgrimages, that we use to help define us. Maybe they don't so much define us, but give us something to shoot for that is outside of our norm. These events and places challenge us, cause us to …
Finding a Home
It has been about two months since I started my latest adventure: a new job. On the one hand, I really can’t say it is new because I've been doing the job for months, but only recently could I actually claim the title (and get business cards - woohoo!). I won't bore you with the …
Preparing for Harvest VI: Presentation to the Father
Get PDF version here His master replied, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!” – Matthew 25:23 Background At the end of Jesus’ ministry, he is using every opportunity to share what the …
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Preparing for Harvest V: Provision and Philanthropy
Get PDF version here When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the alien, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands – Deuteronomy 24:19 Background Jesus had …
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Preparing for Harvest Series IV: Participating In Community
Get PDF Version Here Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace”… “They replied, “Let us start rebuilding.” So they began this good …
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Preparing for Harvest Series III: Participating in the Harvest
Download PDF version John 4:35-36 Don’t you have a saying, “It’s still four months until harvest”? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper …
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Preparing for Harvest Series II: Long Term Investment
Download PDF version Luke 14:13-14 “but when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot pay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous” Background In the middle of Jesus’ ministry there was a mix of people following him …
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Preparing for Harvest Series I: Never Give Up
(pdf version: Galatians 6:7-10 (9) Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up Background The churches of Galatia were special to Paul for a number of reasons. First, they were started because of him, so he had a fatherly …
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Weakness…
I know the path they take the decisions in their mind I know and can't stop it I see The hurt, the pain, the disappointment I see it and can't help I want to stop the world be the hero be the savior but I am too weak only strong enough to lean on big …