Sept 6, 2009 – Time for an Update

Wow I can not believe it has almost been a year since my last “daily” journal update.
I was reflecting back and re-reading my daily entries and meditations from early on in this blog. It reminded me of all of the cool things I was learning in the Spirit. Sure there was immense pain and trial, [...]

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Biblical Contemplation

There is a lot of confusion about Biblical Contemplation. Some are tossing the baby out with the bath water.
This teaching, of mine, is from taken from Psalm 119:9-16 and was given on a Sunday morning in early 2007 after I learned about a movement known as the Emergent Church and the concern we were heading [...]

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Oct 14, 2008 – No I’m Not!

Alas fall is here and it is getting colder outside. The real upside is the firewood is neatly stacked and ready for the fireplace! Apple, Mulberry, Cherry, Oak to name a few. Each wood adds a uniqueness to the fireplace, some like apple release a beautiful fragrance, Oak and the other varieties I have burn [...]

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Sep 24, 2008

You know it is awesome that God has a plan and a purpose. Today I was reading in Jeremiah 24 and was excited to encounter this verse, of course it has always been there but we never really pause the implications of such a statement by God…
Jeremiah 24
4  Again the word of the LORD came [...]

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God Alone Is Enough – Video

After the most brutal day in my life where in less than 10 minutes a judge declared my marriage irretrievably broken and dissolved it. I walked straight to my car with my pastor, begging God to help me be content with only Him and this was the song in my CD player that played after [...]

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Sep 17, 2008

As is my habit I try and read a chapter of a book per day until I finish the book. Just casually reading through the Bible in a year in my mind does little to advance Spiritual maturity, but a careful read and reflection can make for a true devotional time as ponder what the [...]

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Back In the Pulpit Again

For the first time in over a year and a half I stood before the congregation and preached my first sermon.It was different than any teaching I ever gave before. The study didn’t come easy and I went to the pulpit with very few notes and unorganized thoughts. The feedback I received was that it [...]

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Do You Believe in Miracles?

I sure do! This is Tonia and me. Most people don’t really know the story and I am not going to spill it here at this time, I will only say that I will never hear the story of the Prodigal the same ever again. She has been and always will be the woman of [...]

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Jan 25, 2008

For those that know me know I have made my share of goofs (ha, what’s new) and I suppose engaging in a discussion on another blog was one of them, oh well I just keep learning. It’s a great blog, but a charged topic. There is always at least one with situationally acquired narcissistic issues [...]

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Jan 15, 2008

Been awhile since I did a journal entry. The last one I did pretty much took the wind out of my sails. Since then though I can not believe the way God has been working in my life. I have seen moves of the Spirit that have made me reconsider so much I what I [...]

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