Category: Reflections
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Being Formed Through Compassion
A few weeks back I had the opportunity to share the impact that compassionate ministry is having on our church with our friends at Nazarene Compassionate Ministries. I wrote this prior to the Covid-19 pandemic began disrupting life in all sorts of ways. But I believe our compassionate ministries has played an important role in…
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Will We Go With This Man?
Genesis 24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” She said, “I will.” As Christians, we are taught from a young age to celebrate Abrahm / Abraham as a hero of faith. He definitely had his flaws and made some awful decisions, but overall he is remembered as…
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"Jesus Wept"
As a teen growing up in the church you learn that the shortest verse in the bible is John 11:35. For years, the significance of that verse was simply a bit of trivia or its ease of memorization and recall. It proved to be handy in the event of the ever-dreaded youth group pop quiz:…
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The All Connected Podcast 08 – Corners of the Field
The All Connected Podcast 08 – Corners of the Field In this episode we explore a truth that seems to be obvious, but that so many of us wrestle with: if you commit all your resources to things for yourself, it will seem like there is never enough of anything to share with others. It…
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The All Connected Podcast 07 – Building “The Tribe” with Brandi Larkin
The All Connected Podcast 07 – Building “The Tribe” with Brandi Larkin The All Connected Podcast welcomes our very first guest: Brandi Larkin! Brandi is active in our local community, leading a movement that is working to make Pulaski County a thriving community by encouraging people and organizations to get involved and take responsibility for…
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The All Connected Podcast 06 -Peeping and Praying
The All Connected Podcast 06 – Peeping and Praying We’re consistently reminded that if we don’t look out for ourselves, no one else will look out for us. So our primary task is to seek our own success and security. But in this episode we look at what it looks like to work towards the…
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Alternative Truths – #4: Hook
Over the years, I have been (accurately) labeled as an over-thinker, a skeptic, and a cynic. For the best I can remember I have always been this way, never accepting things at face value but always asking probing questions to dig just a bit deeper. I guess I believe that truth very rarely presents itself…
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The All Connected Podcast 05 – You don’t Have Enough Wine
The All Connected Podcast 05 – Your Don’t Have Enough Wine You can’t give away what you don’t have. As we seek to live lives with meaning and invest ourselves in our neighbors and our communities it becomes more important to realize that our resources are truly limited. We must learn to participate in practices…
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Pulaski County Tribe
I attended an interest meeting on Tuesday evening regarding the development of the new Pulaski County Tribe and knew that I wanted to share some thoughts in response. I had some other things on my mind this week that I needed to work through first before I could properly process my response to this meeting…
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This is us
Friday, October 11th was a significant day for the Griffins this year. For Jessica, working in the High School office, it was the last day of the first quarter and the last day before fall break. That meant that it was a finish line of sorts, not only for her but the teachers and staff…
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