Category: Personal Reflections
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A Family of Constants (Acts 2:42 Series Introduction)
Edit: I updated the title of this post to hopefully convey better meaning… my focus in these posts is to talk about the culture of the community we have been invited into. Happy Pentecost weekend! Beginning on Thursday evening our Jewish sisters and brothers celebrated Shavuot. We call it Pentecost in Greek. The Jewish people…
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Husbands, Love Your Wives
I’m going to be taking a writing hiatus over the weekend (starting today) so I can focus on my wife and her birthday….This of course, reminded me of a story. When I was first dating my wife, she went on a trip with her family to Omaha, Nebraska. The night she was returning they were…
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The Matter of the Kingdom
“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”Romans 14:17 ESV The kingdom of God IS a matter of: Righteousness: (δικαιοσύνη) Goodness: Things are as they ought to be. (You know, no murder, stealing, etc. check out the Ten Commandments)…
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Sabbath Post: Humility of Jesus
I wanted to write a post on the humility of Jesus… then didn’t feel qualified to write it! If you are wondering if this is a joke or serious. Yes. But in all seriousness I admire Jesus and His humility AND I feel like I am still and always going to be on this journey…
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Happy Mother’s Day!
A quick personal reflection this morning. First, Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms! I already sent my personal note to each of the direct Moms in my life. I am so thankful for all you do! Adam (the first man) named his wife Eve because she was going to be Mother to all the living…
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Reflections on “The Lord’s Prayer”: A Sabbath Post
I’m going to be taking a day off writing on Saturdays. To be present with my family… so today you get two for the price of one. Buckle up folks.. this is going to be intense. I promise it will be worth it I was reflecting on what I wrote in the previous post “Talking…
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Go Back: Reflections from Just a Mom
A personal post from Just a Mom (my wife) Go BackGod said “Go Back to what you once did” Life has been so full of blessings in the last decade. So many blessing that I could not begin to list they all. From provision, protection, multiplication, healing, and presence. God has done so many good…
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Retro Add: 2022: In Review
Copying from Facebook…Mostly for context and anyone who reads without having access to my Facebook 2022: IN REVIEW I have a tendency of writing our “Christmas Card” on here and not sending it out until December 31. This was quite accidental the first time I did it (2017: The year Jordan and I got married)…
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Retro Add: My Baptism and Sign of Sonship
It wasn’t the first time I got baptized… I didn’t technically ”need” to… but I did feel compelled to. You see the first time I got baptized it wasn’t for the right reasons… ok well it’s probably better to say it wasn’t for all the right reasons and It wasn’t by immersion. I always wanted…
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