Stretching

I’ve been given a lot of blessings in my life. One of the greatest (outside of my fabulous wife and way cool kids) was to travel to Costa Rica on 3 different occasions. I’ve been to several different countries, though am no world traveler, but there is something about this[…]

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Threads – Part 3

Freedom is a funny thing. It’s something those of us in the Westernized world value more than just about anything. We state that it’s the very reason for our existence as Americans. The source of our collective wisdom, Wikipedia, sates the following definition of Wisdom: is the state of not[…]

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Threads – Part 2

We’re spending time right now in a specific passage in the book Acts (2:42-47) and we’re looking at the elements or threads that were a part of the first community of Jesus followers following the Resurrection. These threads were interwoven into an amazing tapestry that has continued to influence and[…]

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Passion Week and a bad mood

It’s Maundy Thursday today. Traditionally, this week is my absolute favorite time of the year. I love Passion Week – Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter! It’s like SuperBowl week for followers of Jesus. I used to think that there were only 3 days of Passion[…]

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Back in Town

Scripture tells us that 6 days before the Passover, Jesus went to visit his friends in Bethany (John 12). Bethany is an interesting little town – it’s about a mile and a half from Jerusalem and it’s name means house of figs. Many scholars believe that Bethany was a village[…]

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Hem Notes Expanded – Lent

Yesterday was a very important day in the church calendar – Ash Wednesday. Actually, it began the Sunday before if your being a strict liturgical follower with the celebration of the Baptism of Christ. Traditionally, we celebrate the baptism of Jesus on that sunday and then the following Wednesday we[…]

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Charged for a difference

I just got back from Vacation! It was great. Relaxing on the beach, enjoying my kids and my nephews and nieces, spending time with grown ups, seeing UP (which is a blog all in itself), cooking dinner with my wife, eating amazing foods, walks around the golf course and of[…]

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