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Weekly Words on the Web. Rambling thoughts by Garry Brantley. Thursday, February 26, 2009. The World's Funniest Joke. With all the doom and gloom we're dealing with these days, I thought considering the world's funniest joke might be a good distraction. I even threw in the world's second funniest joke to help ease the blahs of our current situation. He gasps: “My friend is dead! What can I do? Back on the phone, the guy says: “Okay, Now What? By the way, the second funniest joke was:. Sherlock Holmes and...
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Weekly Words on the Web: 07/01/2006 - 08/01/2006
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Weekly Words on the Web. Rambling thoughts by Garry Brantley. Tuesday, July 18, 2006. A Lesson In Community. This past weekend, I, along with several other adults (including Carol, my wife) had the distinct privlege of chaperoning our annual Youth Beach Retreat at Laguna Beach near Panama City, Florida. This is the second consecutive year that I've made this trip and, each time I've been moved by watching our teens. Had he stopped to mock us? Was he simply amused by the whole thing? Khris Robinson's Life...
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Weekly Words on the Web: 12/01/2005 - 01/01/2006
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Weekly Words on the Web. Rambling thoughts by Garry Brantley. Friday, December 02, 2005. The Arrival of Jesus. In his introduction to The Message, a popular translation of the New Testament, Eugene Peterson made the following observation. During this Christmas season let’s take some time to intentionally reflect on what it means personally to us that God has entered, not only history, but our hearts. What needs to be re-centered or re-thought in our lives? Anything need to be re-imagined?
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Weekly Words on the Web: 09/01/2005 - 10/01/2005
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Weekly Words on the Web. Rambling thoughts by Garry Brantley. Wednesday, September 28, 2005. What Caused the Storms? There's another storm brewing in Alabama. While this one is of the political/theological variety, it does have to do with the hurricanes that recently ravaged the Gulf Coast. Senator Hank Erwin. Are we really concerned with the "least of these? Wednesday, September 21, 2005. The Dirty Grays of Compassion. I ran accross this most descriptive phrase while reading an article. Giving a fresh- ...
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Weekly Words on the Web. Rambling thoughts by Garry Brantley. Tuesday, March 17, 2009. The Nature of Ministry. In his book, What’s So Amazing About Grace, Philip Yancey argues that grace is the church’s single most important contribution to our broken world. One need not be a Christian, Yancey correctly contends, to do wonderful humanitarian acts, i.e., feed the hungry, build houses, heal the sick. There is one thing the world cannot effectively do—it cannot offer grace. Keep the faith,.
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Weekly Words on the Web. Rambling thoughts by Garry Brantley. Friday, February 06, 2009. A Kingdom Response to the Current Crisis. Against this gloomy fiscal backdrop, the words of Jesus stand out in bold relief:. Without drilling critically into this profoundly relevant passage, I've been pondering its personal implications for my life. While no singular experience can capture the full essence of any particular passage, perhaps these observations resonate with you as well. Second, and as an extention of...
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Weekly Words on the Web: 03/01/2009 - 04/01/2009
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Weekly Words on the Web. Rambling thoughts by Garry Brantley. Wednesday, March 25, 2009. I have to confess. I'm a talk show junky. It doesn't matter much about the content of the conversation; I simply enjoy hearing people discuss topics. Verbal bantering over a subject primarily is entertaining to me, and sometimes it can be informative about social subcultures and philosophies. Now, that's good talk radio, don't you think? Try going to sleep with that on your mind and see what type dreams you have!
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Weekly Words on the Web: 02/01/2006 - 03/01/2006
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Weekly Words on the Web. Rambling thoughts by Garry Brantley. Monday, February 06, 2006. Acappella in Concert: A Night to Remember. I'm beginning to realize that I must be among a small minority of 30 to 40 somethings who grew up in the Church of Christ tradition who never heard Acappella. In concert. Until last Wednesday, I never have had the privilege of hearing this amazing group of guys live and in concert. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A sinner saved by grace attempting to live authentically before God.
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Weekly Words on the Web: 08/01/2005 - 09/01/2005
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Weekly Words on the Web. Rambling thoughts by Garry Brantley. Tuesday, August 23, 2005. Send Your Rain, O Lord.Just Not When I'm Painting. The temperature in the Southeast over the last few weeks has been stifling hot. While the actual temperature has been in the 90's, the heat index pushed the virtual mercury well over 100. Leaving the mechanically cooled air of inside facilities, it has felt as if you've strolled into a convection oven. Cut it to size, removed the rotted sill, and installed the new one...
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Weekly Words on the Web. Rambling thoughts by Garry Brantley. Friday, May 08, 2009. The Continuing Memory of Easter. The graves held the remains of fifty young men, around the ages of 17 to 25, and all from New Zealand. Willimon wondered who they were and why they died in this little English village, so far from home? Willimon’s story has profound implications for the Christian story. Try as we may, our finite human memories tend to obscure, and eventually lose the vivid picture of those who li...That...