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On Sunday I will conduct another graveside service ... hmmm. Strands of a minuet of life play about the edges of my mind.

All people--no matter their age, ethnicity or social standing, no matter where…

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It happened again. In a barbecue joint in Charlotte, North Carolina last week, I exchanged a few words with the manager, who asked me if I enjoyed the food and would be back. 'No, not likely,' I said.

Noting the…

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Poised to answer the next element of "Why should I be a Christian?"

I should like to point out why this search for meaning which is really a

search for Maker is so vital. We have never known such a love as this.

The…

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What a weekend! On Saturday, I had the privilege of officiating at a Celebration of Life for a 94-year-old woman of grace. Shirley was still living large and enjoying every day. So much to glean from the way she lived--full of faith in God,…

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Lost and Looking for Meaning.

Conversations are revealing.

I learn a tremendous amount about people, the human condition, and what people are thinking by engaging in random conversations. In a talk with a friend the…

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This was not about politics.

This was not about religion.

This was about truth.

Does truth matter? Jesus sure thought it did.

Before we go any further, we must…

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How did they do it? 

No money.

No buildings.

No Bibles.

No sound systems.

No books or handouts.

Add to that, persecution at the hands…

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People are looking for God, looking for answers, looking for hope.

While they do not necessarily know it, they are looking for truth. While the culture seems to promise pleasure, it has a brief shelf life and the happiness is…

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Sometimes it seems like God takes it on the chin.  

Think of it--in many respects, God is painted as a bit of a weakling, hoping people will consider he is real, hoping they will recognize he is powerful and can do all things.  It is strange to think how this could ever be thought true, but it is--

In today's world, God is oft cast in a weak…

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ou hold one very powerful key in your hand.

Do you use it?

Or wait--perhaps you do not even know such a thing is in your possession or it may have fallen down next to your console in your car, and you have forgotten…

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He walked in, looked from left to right, took the pulse in the room, and was blown away by the grace of God.1

I am riveted by the statement - even more so, when I think of just how the grace of God really impacts life.…

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Words have power. Power to heal and power to destroy.

Power to build up and also tear down.

There are a few powerful words in the last verses of Acts chapter 11 that speak volumes, and make me wish I…

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Every once in a while, it is good to stop and find the arrow that says 'you are here' on the map. This is such a time.

We are walking through the New Testament book of Acts which comes right after the gospels. Like the gospel of Luke,…

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The storm is coming – it is right offshore.  How should you prepare?

Yesterday at the gym, I looked up at the television monitors above, as our North Carolina governor was speaking about…

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Do you ever stop to think how you will be known?  

If folks sum up your life in a sentence, what will it be?  

If they remember you by a single word, what might it…

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Tom Petty, theologian?

>What’s the reason some seasons seem so long, days marked with uncertainty?

>What’s the reason God's timing seems to take forever?…