Not in Kansas

December 15, 2006

In the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy, the star of the show, makes a comment to her loyal pet that goes something like this: “Toto, we’re not in Kansas any more.”  While the facts of the statement were indisputably true, there was an implied meaning to the statement that more often corresponds with […]

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Complete

December 8, 2006

It was a great Christmas party. Our national staff and several local staff members who were in Denver for training and vision casting joined together for a time of celebration. After everyone had left, Mary and I were cleaning up a few final dishes in the kitchen and I offered to clean the two coffee […]

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A Higher Call

December 1, 2006

Last weekend, as I sat and watched several unfolding news stories, I was drawn to the continual, and in some cases, escalating violence in Iraq. Like you, I viewed the images with disbelief and horror. The pictures included vehicles in the streets that look like automotive skeletons and the people that weep and wail for […]

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Wish List

November 24, 2006

The crush of Christmas advertising and promotion is here. After all, it is Thanksgiving! I have a suggestion, it’s really a gift idea. I’m actually suggesting that you start giving it at Thanksgiving instead of Christmas. This gift is never the wrong size, color or design. Actually, I didn’t think of it on my own… […]

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Tapping the Brakes

November 17, 2006

The race is on. In nearly every situation that I find myself, there is a rush, a press, a blitz. Face it, we’re an agenda-driven and a schedule-controlled people. Ask a friend how they’re doing and most will respond with some variation of busy, or even frantic. We live in a world where we sprint […]

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This is War

November 10, 2006

Devour. To swallow up, destroy. It’s a very short agenda. But don’t be fooled, it’s a focused agenda. Your adversary the devil… ~ 1 Peter 5:8 (KJV) is looking for every way, in every place, with whatever means, to destroy you.  He’s really, really ticked off. Grace, mercy, hope, forgiveness, love, selflessness, honor, and purity […]

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Astonished & Amazed

November 3, 2006

And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well.” ~ Mark 7:37 And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. ~ Mark 9:15 And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly […]

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A Saintly Smell

October 27, 2006

I’m just a few hours from walking back into my house after being on the road for several days. When that happens, when I walk from the garage into the laundry room, I am greeted with a smell. It’s the smell of our home. It’s familiar and comforting. It’s an aggregation of things that makes […]

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A Changed Life

October 20, 2006

When Rick stepped uncomfortably to the microphone on Tuesday night, I thought I knew what he might say. But I wildly underestimated what was about to unfold. This story threw a lasso around every painful moment that the individuals in the room had experienced and drew it powerfully to the compassionate heart of God. Rick, […]

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Curve Balls

October 13, 2006

“…he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.” ~ Matthew 5:45 (NLT) With the baseball playoffs in full swing, so is the analysis, critique and dissection of every batter, pitcher and situation. As I watched a batter/pitcher match-up, I heard a commentator describe the fact that the batter in the spotlight was a […]

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