Tag: Family
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Book Review – Sent
[amazon asin=030773157X&template=wishlist] I received a pre-release Reader’s Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. There is much to like about this book. It is the story of an American family living “the dream” who is called by God to give it all up to move to a different country and culture filled…
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Barely Bearable
So, this is what I have to carry through Walmart because I love my son. No, the bear wasn’t for him. It was for his girlfriend. Because I was going to be in town, I said I would pick it up not thinking about the looks and questions I would get. Love makes you do…
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Pastors and Expectations
Someone once told me that a pastor is the only person who has two hundred bosses. That is…if you serve a church with two hundred members. The larger the church, the more ‘bosses’ you have. Of course I chuckled at that. It isn’t nearly that bad, but one of the pressures of being of pastor…
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On Pastoral Work
Okay. I’ll admit it. I’m a pastor. It is what I do. It is who I am. I can’t get away from it. Every Monday morning I get up and I start the week doing the work of a pastor. I know I’m not alone. There are a lot of pastors out there. Perhaps you…
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The Last Goodbye
It was the last goodbye. The only thing was, I didn’t know it at the time. My father seemed like he was feeling better. It had been a week since we learned the news that he had cancer. Before that, he simply wasn’t feeling right. After a couple of weeks of feeling bad he decided…