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Drumming | Play On Words
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Short Stories For the Long Haul. It’s the Twelfth Day of Christmas today! Twelve drummers drumming hmmmm. Beat the drum, baby! When I was a little kid, every once in a while I’d come up with something that just set my mom and dad back a step. On occasion that was followed by my mother saying something along the lines of Paul Eugene! What did you just say? Again, a rhetorical question. Paul: Hey mommy, why don’t the drummers in those war movies ever get shot? Now, just imagine, for a minute, the mental gy...
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Decoration | Play On Words
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Short Stories For the Long Haul. This is the most beautiful tree I’ve ever seen! I say it every year. It’s been several weeks now since I made that annual trip into the crawl space of our home to drag out the boxes ( and boxes and boxes. Of Christmas decorations in preparation for the Annual Christmas Decorating Extravaganza. All of the boxes beginning with the Christmas tree itself, are labeled by either theme or contents. And as long as I’m on that, how does it happen that you can remove from the tree ...
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Balloon | Play On Words
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Short Stories For the Long Haul. On this outrageously beautiful early Saturday evening, the crowd gathers for worship at the outdoor worship venue at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Burnsville, Minnesota. Fifteen minutes into the service, Pastor Jeff Marian has announced the ‘Children’s Message’ and is sitting on the platform surrounded by eager, even interested kiddos. We’re in the Series: Taking Root: The Gospel Rules. And tonight Jeff is talking about the 5. This could be interesting. Jeff has brou...
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Dream | Play On Words
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Short Stories For the Long Haul. I believe that this Dream-of-God-that-changes-everything unleashed in the lives of all of these children is the bright, sundrenched, powerful, transformational, Spirit-breathed, other-worldly, and at the same time, very ‘this-worldly’ dream that God wishes to let loose in their lives. And I believe that any one or all of the children represented in any room full of moms and dads could at any moment dream the Dream-of-God-that-changes-everything. 2 responses to “. You are ...
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Chair | Play On Words
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Short Stories For the Long Haul. There is a difference between faith and theology. Someone recently described it this way: Theology is the chair that faith sits on. Just the other day I was sharing these thoughts with a small group of guys I meet with each Thursday morning. One of those guys is a leader of a small group of 7. I thought to myself: Of course. And they’ll remember their teacher the one who gave them bible story after bible story after life lesson, after bible story. Enter your comment here.
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Colors | Play On Words
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Short Stories For the Long Haul. I’m here in Purple. Is in the midst of Brown. And in its own way Purple. Is very beautiful. It’s Purple. Everywhere you look. In the midst of Brown. The sky is Purple. The days are Purple. The weather is Purple. The houses are Purple. And the cars are Purple. Even the golf courses are Purple. Except for now, of course, because they are over-seeding, so they’re mostly Brown. Place They do a great job they have the gift of hospitality. While they work here in Purple. There ...
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Short Stories For the Long Haul. I’m shutting the refrigerator door for you Nancy Lee said loud enough for me to hear in the next room. I replied. But I wasn’t sure how thankful I really was. Our fridge requires a little extra attention to actually close the doors, and since I was so well trained on our old model which more or less just closed with a little nudge, I need some extra training which usually comes in the form of Nancy Lee’s reminder. Here’s what the study revealed:. Taking too long to get re...
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Contentment | Play On Words
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Short Stories For the Long Haul. Returning home recently after a busy day a long day of hoopla and hilarity, I just had to veg a little bit. So I picked up a copy of The Iliad and The Odyssey and read the first lines:. Are you kidding me? The moment in the episode that stood out then and remains with me to this moment is where in the midst of the fevered pitch of the doggy-debate, the pooch polemic, the son looks at his father and says again and again, We’re getting this dog! Write the check, Dad! Is it ...
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Covered | Play On Words
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Short Stories For the Long Haul. I’ve always known that no matter where I am or where I go, I am covered with God’s love and that God will be with me to cover me with love. Have you ever been really cold? Do you have a favorite blanket that you wrap up in? When we feel lonely, or tired, or even ‘under the weather’ it’s always nice to wrap up in a blanket where we can often feel safe and secure as well as warm and comfortable. How does that make you feel? He will lift me high upon a rock. Fill in your det...
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Wanderings and Wonderings: September 2007
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Sunday, September 30, 2007. Last Thursday one of my friends hosted a dinner with his out of town friend- -Stu, a claimed prophet. I came in with little expectations and left probably feeling all things from surprise, healing, and skepticism. I believe he opened with "what if I told you you never have to be stressed again? Besides speaking to some individuals he also talked alot about how God doesn't always have to work within a church building- he had many beliefs and lists about the components of true, ...
