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My Blessing and My Curse

This blog is not all about me but today I want to introduce my point by telling a little about my life. I love learning stuff. I tell you that because it is just me. It is not good or … Continue reading

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Modeling

What will heal the divide we have in our nation? Pastor Hamilton has the answer. The Christian Church. What are we going to have to do to start the healing? Pay attention to what we are modeling. He hits us … Continue reading

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The Hot Potato

I have agonized over this post. I have thought and thought about whether I should do it or not.   Inherent in Chapter 3 from Adam Hamilton’s Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White is a discussion of this … Continue reading

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Fresh Water and Salt Water

In Chapter 3, Pastor Adam Hamilton addresses the idea of words, the building blocks of the thoughts that we try to pass on to others. Without words, we would have little idea about what another person is thinking, other than … Continue reading

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The Limitless Power of God

I admit it. Sometimes I overthink things…little things…inconsequential things…meaningless things?… Well I do. As we transition from Chapter 2 in Adam Hamilton’s Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White he writes about “the big things of God”. He … Continue reading

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De-escalation of Conflict

In my last post, the good doctor who said “For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror” had a character trait in place that I think served him well…humility. In Adam Hamilton’s chapter 2 of Seeing Gray … Continue reading

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“For now we see…”

“For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror” [Paul in 1st Corinthians]. What does it take to make a statement like that about what we know? Years ago, when I was a student in the adult Sunday … Continue reading

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Our Rich Experience…

I had a long conversation with a church member not too long ago about a couple of people in their Sunday school class. It seems that comments had been coming forth from people about other denominations and this person was … Continue reading

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Can’t We All Just Get Along?

In 1991, Rodney King [a taxi driver in L. A.] was brutally beaten by L. A. police. It was caught on camera and when it played on television, it caused riots in the African-American community.   King was attributed with going … Continue reading

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Cranking Up the Cranium

This first week I have spent a lot of time posting on our government that is not productive due to politicians not finding a way to get along, the fact that there is such a thing as middle ground between … Continue reading

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