#1: One really good outcome of going to my high school reunion is a simple realization. I like my life. I love my wife. I’m glad for the choices I’ve made, and I really am grateful for all the wonderful people who have been a part of my life.
#2: I can’t believe I haven’t [...]

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Do you remember where you were on June 5, 1986? (If you do, put it in the comments!)
That day more than 20 years ago was our high school baccalaureate service at New Hope Community Church. Asked to speak, I wrestled with how to talk about what really measured success in life, beyond accomplishments and achievements. [...]

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I forget that this little ol’ blog is out in public on the internet.
I had several people from my high school class say, “Hey, I found your blog!” John even said he reads my blog, as in, more than once. I wonder if they saw the look of panic on my face when they said [...]

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Take a gander at Hayley’s new pierced ears! She wanted it, went and got it, not a whimper out of her.
(Had a great time at the reunion last night…but I’m still writing a couple of posts in my head. Pics and words to follow.)

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…is my 20 year high school reunion. I’ll see John and Aaron and Todd and Theresa and Lisa and Kathy and Kathi and Jim and Paul and Bob and Rick and, in a pretty amazing feat, enough players from my baseball team to cover everything but 2nd base and right field (according to the RSVP [...]

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Contacts…unveil our daughter’s eyes

Originally uploaded by gkoskela.

Contacts…

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We began a new series on September 10. As several of us prayed and listened for what themes God wanted us to focus on in worship, it became clear that focus on practical, day to day expressions of what it means to follow Jesus would be important. God intends for us to live differently, but [...]

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August 27 was a first! What I shared in the message actually was based on a blog post. I thought it would be good for us to talk, in Evangelical Friends circles, about WHY the bible is important to us.
Some of the feedback I got afterwards was interesting. Several saw it for what it [...]

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This is from August 20…our responsibility to be faithful to speak every word we hear from God, whether it’s what we like to hear or not. This scripture passage has a beautiful glimpse into God’s true heart for us.

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As I said, I need to catch up on the messages I haven’t posted on my blog.
In August, after finishing the series on Micah, our children’s pastor Lecia Retter shared the message for the first time. You might want to take a listen on our website. Then, I did a short, two week series on [...]

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