Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

Someone quipped, “Snow is beautiful—when you are watching the other fellow shovel it.” Back on February 2nd, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and proclaimed that we were in for 6 more weeks of winter. IT CERTAINLY seems for many of us that he was right. Even here in lovely North Carolina single digit lows are…

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Above All Else…

In the famed story, Aesop gives us the lesson learned from the Tortoise and the Hare, when the Tortoise said: “Slow but steady progress wins the race.” There is something certainly relevant about this truth. The christian life is a marathon not a sprint. There will always be both mountain peaks and deep valleys all…

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Snatching Defeat From The Jaws of Victory

Lessons learned from Super Bowl XLIX In a game that seemed almost scripted for the theatre that is the NFL, everyone got all they had hoped for. Super Bowl XLIX was a back and forth gridiron battle right down to the wire. The advertisers were elated because no one was turning off the TV –…

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‘American Sniper’ Shines A Bright Light

This weekend my wife and I went to the movies and watched “American Sniper.” We like much of America viewed the film through civilian eyes whose only contact with the war on terror has come through our television screens, radio programs, and print media. We have lived our lives in relative ignorance of the dangers…

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Another Lesson From The NFL Playoffs

It matters more how you finish that how you start! For nearly everyone watching the Seattle Seahawks host the Green Bay Packers football game on Sunday it was obvious that Green Bay was going to win the game. With a little more than two minutes left in the game they led the Seahawks 19-7. They…

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What can we learn from the NFL Playoffs?

This past weekend I enjoyed watching the NFL playoffs on TV. Not every team I pulled for was victorious in their efforts on the field but a life lesson was reinforced. “The best team does not always win, but the best prepared team rarely looses.” I watched four games this past weekend and without a…

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Happy New Year!

Here we are again. Another year has past and a new day has dawned. 2014 holds nothing but memories and 2015 holds nothing put potential. I hope you have finished with your reflections on the past and are enjoying the prospects of what this year holds in store. The Word of God is replete with…

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The Most Wonderful Time of The Year

Without a doubt, this is the most wonderful time of the year! I must confess that our grandkids talked us in to letting them start putting up Christmas decorations a week earlier than ever before. Truth is they did not have to “talk” too much, because I love Christmas. Even with the Christmas tree in…

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The Joy of the Journey

[Accra, Ghana] This chapter of ministry in Ghana is behind us. I have received word that Craig Barker, Mark Chase, and Andy Poe arrived safely at JFK in New York early on Saturday morning and are traveling to their home airports. I am thankful for the great ways God used each of these men while…

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