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The Good Place
Presented at Dayspring Church 10/23 Let’s begin this service with a confession, shall we? Cary and I have a new guilty pleasure—we like a new television comedy show entitled The Good Place. Okay, another confession, I really like the show—Cary not as much—but she loves me and watches it with me because I like it…
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Air Brushed Christ
Jesus is our savior not because he was superman but because in the midst of being human he knew how to remain connected to God. One of the goals of a Christian is to be changed into the likeness of Jesus Christ. On my desk I have a copy of Thomas a Kempis “Imitation of…
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The Hard Goodbye
There is so much more to life than what we see. Even when it appears we are making a hard goodbye–nothing is really happening. As a mystic, I walk between the nonphysical and physical worlds–constantly receiving information from both even though I don’t always understand what it may mean. So it was with the passing…
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Surrender
When Ego asks, “How long is this situation going to go on,” Surrender says, “It goes on until it doesn’t.” Right now my mom is in hospice. This is the result of a massive stoke that has greatly incapacitated her. No ability to move the right side, no ability to talk, limited ability to stay…
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Make Mine Welches!
The story of Jesus turning water into wine is one of my favorites. It has always seemed to me to be a bit of a cheeky story. A bit irreverent—and brash. You know, something like drawing mustache on Mrs. Grundy’s picture or putting soap suds in a water fountain. It wasn’t what I would expected…