Belated Letters Of Gratitude

Sorry for my one week sabbatical. Someone somewhere once said, "Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." ...So here goes. I'm grateful for the family I was born into, strong parents who instilled in me values and unwavering faith in God. I'm grateful for siblings who possess varied personalities and giftings. Liz, for her leadership and gift of giving. Suzanne, for her ability to wrap her arms around so many people and love them, all at once. Andrew, whose leadership and love for life, endears him to so many people. James, for his focus and heart for family. Peter, who is fierce for his family and carries such tenderness in his heart...

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Oxymoron. The Cross

I know it's not yet Easter month, but the Power of the Cross should be every believers passion, at all times. The actual visual of the cross can be unifying and polarizing. To quote the apostle Paul, "We preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to believers, foolishness to non-believers."...

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Rooting

My Chargers are out of the playoffs, the Lakers are showing their age, and the Padres are once again in rebuilding mode. So who do I root for now? I have always found the word "root" somewhat strange, somewhat interesting. At the risk of sounding bored I looked up the word in Webster's and here is what I found: Root. "an underlying support." "The attachment of one to something else." "To be rooted in something or someone."...

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Hope

I love the story of the great artist who was asked, "What's the best picture you have ever painted?" "The next one." he replied. Always hopeful, always expecting tomorrow to be greater than today. Hope is a stabilizer. Hebrews call it an Anchor. Without an anchor, a boat is at the mercy of the sea, the conditions, the circumstances...

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The Power of Resolution

This past weekend we shared about being at the point of no return; that place where God requires that we walk out our faith; that place where there is no turning back...

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