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I saw a white out bottle in the ground in a walkway this week. Notice, I didn’t say “on the ground” but “in the ground.” It was laying on its side, pressed down into the ground so that the top of the side that was facing up was level with the ground. “Amazing,” I thought more »
We recently took the youth to see the movie Selma about the Civil Rights March across the Edmund Pettus bridge in Alabama. We saw a church bombed, resulting in the deaths of innocent children who were inside. We saw people march and protest courageously, risking being beaten or killed. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, an more »
My wife and I like to find new shows to watch. Recently we have started watching a show called Chopped on the Food Network. The show features various kinds of chefs – from fathers to firemen to professional chefs. Four chefs are given a basket of mystery ingredients. The chefs have thirty minutes to open more »
Last week I preached about being part of a revolution. One definition of “revolution” is: a sudden, extreme, or complete change in the way people live, work, etc. As I was working up my sermon to teach why we should be revolution-focused instead of resolution-focused, God was working up my life journey to lead me more »
My wife and I recently visited the museum about President John F Kennedy’s life and death in the building from which he was shot and killed in Dallas. Kennedy’s courage and willingness to embrace his responsibility to serve his country was impressive. Kennedy served in the navy and heroically rescued his ten-person crew when the more »
Christmas has come and gone as it does each year. It seems like it comes faster and faster each year. It’s here one day and gone the next. As we pack up the Christmas tree and ornaments and put away all the presents, let’s not pack up the true reason for the holiday season. Because more »
Merry Christmas, United! We had fun last week at the Readiness Retreat, discussing what it means to build man and advance the kingdom and talking about tools and strategies for our work as a team at United. We are becoming more and more ready to serve God in 2015. I can imagine how over 2,000 more »
What an amazing week we have had, United! There is so much sad and discouraging news in our culture right now. Controversial killings of young men in the African-American community could make us feel uncertain about the sovereignty and the love of God. We might be caught up in the negativity some people are spreading, more »
While my wife and I were under the weather a couple weeks ago, we had to really prioritize how we spent our precious energy. We couldn’t accomplish nearly what we wanted to because we were physically limited. But it’s not only when we’re sick that we have to use our energy wisely. The truth is: more »
My wife and I recently watched a reporter do a segment on escaping from a boat or plane that has crashed in the water. Some professionals were teaching that reporter, and the key, they told him, was to be ready. In the event of a crash, he was to: 1) find a reference point so more »
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