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Gather the Pieces: November 2014
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Sunday, November 30, 2014. Why Am I Being Punished? Definition: To punish - '. To make (someone) suffer for a crime or for bad behavior. Scripture: Luke 1: 5-38. When the angel told Zechariah about Elizabeth's pregnancy and described the characteristics of his son, Zechariah replied, "How shall I know this is so? I am an old man and my wife is old also? The angel interpreted Zechariah's question as disbelief and punished him by removing his ability to speak until his son, John, was born. Perhaps Zecharia...
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Gather the Pieces: March 2015
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Sunday, March 29, 2015. Peter, Paul and Mary .and Jesus! Last November 5, I listened to NPR's Diane Rehm interview Peter and Paul, the surviving members of the popular sixties trio, Peter, Paul and Mary. The occasion for their appearance was to introduce the release of their book,. Peter, Paul and Mary: Fifty Years in Music and Life. To be continued means something will go on. Mary and her friends continued in friendship even though they weren't in close proximity. Jesus gathered his disciples in an uppe...
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Mark Beeson: Methodist Monday / Post #1
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This is the BLOG of Mark Beeson, Senior Pastor of Granger Community Church, United Methodist in heritage. Father of Amber Cox, Aaron Beeson and Angela Keim. Innovate, Wiredchurches, MC3, 5-Star, Manowe and church planting movements in Tamil Nadu, India are under Mark's leadership of the GCC multi-site, multi-campus ministry. Laquo; ON LINE EASTER with GCC / WAKE UP! April 05, 2010. Methodist Monday / Post #1. I’m working on a book to help the United Methodist Church. . I have no doubt an. When a leader y...
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Gather the Pieces: A Repeat Post from Chautauqua
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Sunday, July 26, 2015. A Repeat Post from Chautauqua. Mike and I are attending the Chautauqua Institute in western New York this week where we are teaching. Mike's class is "Moving Beyond Fundamentalism" and my class is "Praying with Paint, Paper and Pen.". We enjoy our time on the lake, listening to lectures, hearing concerts, watching ballet and attending daily worship. I quoted part of a sermon he gave which follows:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Repeat Post from Chautauqua.
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Gather the Pieces: Pause - to cease or suspend an action temporarily; a temporary stop in action or speech.
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Sunday, July 19, 2015. Pause - to cease or suspend an action temporarily; a temporary stop in action or speech. Back in the fifties, there was an advertisement for Coca-Cola showing a man in a business suit holding a bottle of the drink. The caption said, "At 4 pm the pause that refreshes." The slogan, "the pause that refreshes" became popular, suggesting that stopping or pausing for a drink of ice-cold Coca-Cola at any time of the day can offer refreshment. At the cash register, the employee proceeded t...
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Gather the Pieces: December 2014
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Sunday, December 28, 2014. What will you do in the mundane days of faithfulness? The Megan S. Ott Foundation was established in 2010. Megan, a native of Noblesville, was diagnosed with breast cancer, when she was thirty-two weeks pregnant with her second daughter. Prior to Megan's death, she, her husband and parents established the foundation to assist families dealing with financial expenses involved with cancer treatment. To date, three hundred women have received help. The Hardest Peace,. Kara chronic...
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Gather the Pieces: September 2014
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Sunday, September 28, 2014. A Few Lines of St. Patrick's Prayer. Today as I walked into the hospital were I'm a volunteer, I held open the door for the person behind me. I heard a deep masculine voice chuckling. "Now my mother taught me I was supposed to open the door for you! Turning around I saw a tall, stocky older gentleman dressed in faded overalls and a blue T-shirt holding a single rose wrapped in florist paper. Christ be with me, Christ within me. Christ behind me, Christ before me.". I made a qu...
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Gather the Pieces: Early Morning Quiet
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Sunday, July 12, 2015. One morning I was sitting at my desk watching the sun rise and wrote the following poem:. Early morning quiet,. The sun rises to begin a new day. The same sun that rose. When God said, "Let there be light.". The present connects with the past. Adam and Eve saw the same sun I see today. So did -. The sun links me to Adam and Eve,. And all humanity created since my birth. Gather all these person,. They are a photo gallery of the. Family of God living in me.
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Gather the Pieces: July 2015
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Sunday, July 26, 2015. A Repeat Post from Chautauqua. Mike and I are attending the Chautauqua Institute in western New York this week where we are teaching. Mike's class is "Moving Beyond Fundamentalism" and my class is "Praying with Paint, Paper and Pen.". We enjoy our time on the lake, listening to lectures, hearing concerts, watching ballet and attending daily worship. I quoted part of a sermon he gave which follows:. Sunday, July 19, 2015. Back in the fifties, there was an advertisement for Coca-Cola...
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Gather the Pieces: August 2015
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Sunday, August 30, 2015. A Circle of Quilting Moms - A Circle of Love. One of the many blessings of being in ministry is the congregations Mike pastored. We were fortunate in each church to have men and women who became surrogate grandmas and grandpas, aunts and uncles to Sarah and Anna, filling gaps that our lack of family provided. Many of these friendships continue today even though we have not been in some of the churches for over thirty years. Years ago I saw the following phrase in a book of quilt ...
