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My brother Jordan and his family - Atalia and new baby Acacia - are visiting from San Diego. It’s been fun seeing them all and of course getting to see my first and only niece who is absolutely stunning. Shayel and Aliyah are tickled with her, it’s really cute. Related posts:
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Shayel spends quite a bit of time lately talking about how she wants to see Jesus and how she’s going to ask God if she can see him and that when she asks, God says yes. Considering that her name means to request to see God, I find that pretty darn cool. Related posts:
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Today I’m reading the account of Ruth and Boaz in Ruth 3 and studying specifically what it means to be a “woman of excellence”. Thanks to my good friend for the stimulating questions. in the ESV 11And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you ask, for all my fellow townsmen [...] Related posts:
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Barring a nuclear holocaust or the apocolypse (in which case we won’t need one anyway), we should be getting a new computer next weekend - a macbook - I’m so excited I can barely contain myself. That is all. Related posts:
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Jamie over at emergent voyageurs weighs in on homosexuality with personal experience, conviction, grace and love. There are a few things I know to be true - People who have same sex attraction are PEOPLE. Complicated, beautiful, flawed people created by God…as are we all. And people with same-sex attractions can still be servants of [...] Related posts:
  1. a prayer for Jamie: and all those in dark nights of the soul From Rick Safeguard Jamie in the sanctuary of your love...
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One of the thoughts that emerged from reading the EFC as well as an article and a few blog entries is that it feels to me as though we Christians (generally speaking of course) center our lives and our “ministry” on the Sunday service and anything that comes from that - small groups, bible studies [...] Related posts:
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Oh man this is too funny…and sad… but funny “the tram to the sanctuary”… ROFLOL Related posts:
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* The Externally Focused Church shall henceforth be referred to as EFC. “Our world is still open to a Gospel it can hear AND SEE. The real Gospel is two-sided - it’s truth and proof.” Jesus himself demonstrated this model of preaching and doing. While most churches certainly do not intend to be internally focused and most would [...] Related posts:
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