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Our current mini-van has 104,000 miles on it. It’s survived 8 years of kids and moving from Kansas to Little Rock. It’s a slow, painful sucking sound on our pocket book in the form of gas mileage and repairs. So this week – with the help of the mini-van needing another visit to the shop [...]

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The brilliant minds of MSN bring us this story…. wait…..it’s profound….. Common spiritual bond is critical to marital health and happiness. No kidding? Actually, the article is quite good. Here’s the best quote – The greatest predictor of marital stability, however, isn’t whether a couple is of the same faith but how much they agree [...]

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This is second most awkward thing in a life group. Mainly because I think we (leaders) force it. How? Because most of us, while have a BROAD DEFINITION of worship, we have a NARROW APPLICATION of it. Worship = guy/gal with a guitar + everyone else singing. So….do you play the guitar? What if you [...]

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Couple of new links I’d like to throw at you. ‘Reverand’ Bill Hayes – he is the uncle of Orangejack Rob, and owner of the Rev Bills in my CBS Fantasy Football League. Good thinker.Noel Kurtz – former student, blogged about him a while back. A sophomore at UCA wrestling with what it means to [...]

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I’ve had my share of slips in sermons…. but not like this…. oh my…….

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Man, I am going to wear this thing out!! A sample: Woe unto thee, O thou who art a byword for idiocy, for you will see your pomegranates wither!

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From Anonymous on Wounded: Just another consideration for you to think about…Could dress be a stumbling block on either side, the rich and the poor? Is the target area anyone who needs Jesus? Did Jesus want the people to see Him or see God? Keep looking to Jesus. He will steer you to what is [...]

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Did a bonehead thing last night…left my laptop plugged in. Normally, that isn’t a problem but if a tropical storm is coming through your city, well…maybe you ought to unplug it. So this morning at church, I’m firing it up getting it ready for service when the “blue screen” pops up and tells me some [...]

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After this, I took this morning to just veg out with my Tide…and I’ve just watched two of the most clueless coaches in the SEC go against each other. Houston Nutt and Mike Shula. ‘Bama won…but two illustrations alone will suffice my claims. Shula, up by 4 with 5 minutes left on the Arkansas side [...]

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I wrestled with posting this. While living transparently is a huge value to me, I also realize that it opens up massive-huge cans of worms for us as a church just because of the title after my name. So I’ve decided to post it. Not for all reasons altruistic but also because it hurt. And [...]

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