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An Incredible Evening
Tonight was one of those evenings that you wish never had to end. The family and I were taken in a chauffeured limousine to the Ambassador Theater in NYC to watch the musical Chicago. We were taken on a very… Continue reading
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An Oldie and a Goodie
Tonight my son and I went to see the musical “Les Miserables.” It was wonderful to see and hear the music making while visiting New York. To say the show is amazing is an understatement. The man playing the role… Continue reading
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A Brand New Favorite
Tonight my wife, my oldest son, and I went to see the musical If/Then. To say it was incredibly amazing is an understatement. Very rarely does a musical delve as deeply into the human situation as this show did. I… Continue reading
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We Are Here!
Today I thank God for a very uneventful plane ride to New York City. I realized very quickly that, while I enjoy visiting Manhattan, my heart is really in New Mexico. I need the big open spaces that New York… Continue reading
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The Crazy Space of Transition
I am scurrying around trying to make sure that everything is done in preparation for tomorrow’s odyssey. We leave from Albuquerque and flight through Houston, Atlanta, and then finally New York. While I have my foot still here, I have… Continue reading
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A Different Kind of Monday
Monday is the strangest day of the week for me. I kind of suffer a little let down after building up to wonderful services on Sunday. I usually begin the ritual of closing the chapter of one celebration to look… Continue reading
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Noah and the Rainbow
(The text below is the sermon that I preached on Sunday morning, February 22, 2015 at Rio Rancho UMC. I hope that the text reminds you to discover and follow your signs in life that lead to the Divine.) We… Continue reading
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The Importance of Signs
Tomorrow I am preaching on the story of God placing the rainbow in the heavens and his promise to Noah that the Almighty will never destroy the earth by flood again. I started out thinking that this was a nice… Continue reading
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The Fear of God – It’s a Good Thing
When I talk about the fear of God I am not talking about the kind of feeling that makes us anxious and recoil in absolute terror. If we had to live in that kind of fear to please God, I… Continue reading
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This Thing Called Fear
“Do not fear what they fear, and do not be intimidated, 15but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord” (1 Pet. 3:14b-15a CEB). Yesterday I started by letting my fears be known. Okay, some of my fears. The truth is… Continue reading
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