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Had a friend confide in me this: People keep talking about how our prayers aren’t answered because we don’t pray correctly. I get exasperated at that notion. Are there set rules for how you approach a deity? I understand that “oh Lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz” is probably not what prayer is [...]

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Yesterday morning I sat down with two other ministry leaders to plan out our year in sermon series. I have a love-hate relationship with this process. I love the freedom it gives us down the road. That’s right – freedom. Planning this far in advance, frees the team up to do more than you can [...]

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Had lunch today with Miss Marjerie Fox. It was like spending the afternoon with Angela Lansbury. She told me that her husband led her to the Lord after he was led to the Lord by a bar owner who was a customer of her husband’s beer distribution company. But that wasn’t the most incredible thing [...]

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It’s understandable why the gay and lesbian community is upset with President Elect Obama by picking Rick Warren to pray for him during his inauguration. Rick was very supportive of Proposition 8 in California which in essence forbid gay and lesbians to marry. I get why they would be a little upset about the choice. [...]

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