I found myself thinking about my blog today in the middle of a conversation with someone. Not proper etiquette, of course, but I stayed enough engaged in the conversation that I don’t think he noticed. What I was thinking is that I may be trying to do too much with this blog. I want it [...]

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Here’s a link to the message I’ll give tomorrow to celebrate Easter. It’s different…taken from Paul’s Mars Hill sermon in Acts 17. Pray with me that tomorrow’s celebration of Easter around the world will honor Jesus.

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Back in town, and these are the questions going through my mind:

Can a big church really be faithful to God’s calling to create followers of Jesus Christ?
How would life be different if we had stayed in Boise?
Can Duke pull four more rabbits out of a hat?
Is there a more addictive and aggravating game than golf?
Will [...]

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Sorry for the lack of updates. I’m now on vacation, and getting ready to actually go on vacation kept me busy. I’ll be trying to think of some good stuff to blog about. And, I’ve been challenged to try and raise some eyebrows like I promised when I began this blog, so I’ll be thinking [...]

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…and I’m already not doing so well. March madness has tipped off, and I only got two of the first four games right. Ouch!

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Here’s a link to the message I’ll give tomorrow, from Acts 13: 44-52. This was a tough one to nail down.

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…that I would like to paint with words.
I suppose, technically, that would be poetry, in which case, technically, I’m in trouble. For most of my life, poetry has been this obtuse wall of inscrutability, and that’s just reading it, not writing it. But the thought of opening vistas with the flow of words, the thought [...]

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Liz Clark (see below) and the George Fox Bruins advance to the Elite Eight!

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Nobody’s even asked yet, but I know you’re all thinking it: What in the world is going on in that picture in the “about me” section of the right column? And why did I choose it?
I LOVE that picture. I only asked for one thing this past Christmas. The thing is, I asked for it [...]

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Maybe I haven’t yet convinced you to join my March Madness pool. So, to really entice you, I’m posting the illustrious names of those who have entered…the Hall of Fame!!! Imagine…join this year, and your name could end up in the hall of fame!

Year:
Pool Name:
Hall of [...]

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