MOAO

December 22, 2011

These four letters will follow the “To:” on the presents that I wrap and address for Mary. They represent a promise and a celebration. My One and Only. Corny? Cheesy? Maybe… But in these letters I embrace a calling, I surrender to the commitment I made, I acknowledge the singular love… the letters say “Yes” […]

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15-Yard Penalty… Piling On

December 16, 2011

And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. ~ Mark 10:21-22 (ESV) The […]

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“Advent in Action”

December 9, 2011

I’m guessing that the young boy that sat beside me in the last row of our section at church was about eight years old. He was in the service with his mother, but it was clear that his attention was somewhere else. For the next thirty minutes my young neighbor fixed his glare and his […]

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Cold, hard steel…

December 2, 2011

Pat Sullivan is in jail. He’s behind bars in the Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Center, less than a mile from my office. This building was named in honor of Pat’s long time law enforcement history which concluded with him as Arapahoe County Sherriff. This tribute is now his prison. The details are unsettling and […]

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A Voice

November 18, 2011

He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”  ~ John 1:23 (ESV) Jesus had a voice.  Certainly He had His own voice, but He had more than that.  He had the clear, courageous voice of an advocate, John […]

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“Out of sight… not really!”

November 11, 2011

Last week I ventured back into a 10’ by 10’ space in my basement that has been built out as a bathroom. I have a sink, a shower, the plumbing for a toilet and nice light fixtures all in place. But for months this space has functioned only as a storage area since there is […]

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Popcorn

November 4, 2011
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Ushered to the Throne

October 28, 2011

Quite often, as a function of the role that I play, I am ushered to the front of a room in order to facilitate a pending entrance onto a platform or stage. Most recently this happened at Taylor University where I spoke at chapel… in fact, they even had my name printed and attached to […]

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“From Powell’s to the Prophet”

October 21, 2011

An extra couple of hours in Portland before a scheduled flight allowed Mary and me to visit the famous Powell’s Bookstore in downtown Portland. We parked within a block of the store and then walked to Burnside Street where we got our first view of the store. To say that the façade and general appearance […]

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“Do you?”

October 14, 2011

At the end of last weekend I endeavored to check an important item off of my “To Do” list at home… that was updating our Last Will & Testament. It had been several years since we had last officially visited the topic. I used a standard template to formulate responses to the questions that needed […]

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