Monthly Archives: June 2009

Citizen Parent

June 29, 2009 – 6:53 am

Give the folks at Lucky Bamboo a break next Sunday. Every time that child screamed you could see everyone in the restaurant wince. We’re willing to put up with quite a bit but come on! …an hour of yelling and screaming!? Why is it that some parents think making the “shhhhhhsh” sound really loud will [...]

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The Worst Vanity

June 22, 2009 – 10:16 am

My sermon yesterday was from 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 and was about not receiving the grace of God in vain. That’s a curious phrase, “we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.” Paul doesn’t seem to be saying that grace can be lost. What he is saying is that grace must [...]

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Pastor Mark is a Mason

June 20, 2009 – 7:05 pm

I did some brick work at the new house today. I’ve never done something like that or even watched it done by someone else. Still, it came out okay and was satisfying work too. It was a patch job where a coal shute door had been—roughly 3 x 4 and two bricks thick. Next time [...]

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Devotions at the PD

June 20, 2009 – 5:36 am

Devotions at the Police Department are a new kind of thing for me. I mean, I’ve been doing devotions with the officers for years now but it’s always a different devotional experience. A little rougher; a little more in your face; a bit more basic. For example, a guy finds one of last Thursday’s passages [...]

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Facebook…

June 19, 2009 – 8:25 am

…disabled my account for posting too much. Said it was abusive behavior. I made about a dozen comments in response to people’s posts on my Wall, answering questions. That’s abusive? They don’t know what abusive is. Whatever. Fail. I was locked out because I was posting comments, links, and finally three (That’s right. Three.)  “what’s [...]

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Rivermill Baccalaureate

June 7, 2009 – 8:02 pm

I was invited to pray the invocation and benediction at a local high school’s baccalaureate service today. Ashleigh Denny, a teacher at Rivermill Academy asked me and of course, I said I would. Since I’ve never been to a baccalaureate service before and wasn’t entirely sure what such a service was and how to pray, [...]

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