Category Archives: discipleship

Offense and Defense

The college football bowl season recently came to a close. College football has evolved into a wide open attack offensively. Most teams are throwing the football all over the field and going without a huddle in an effort to keep … Continue reading

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Who Are You?

My Teresa has a paper on our refrigerator titled “Tips for an exceptional, superb, and powerful life.” It is a list of 39 suggestions. Why 39? If I came up with 39 I think I would add one more to … Continue reading

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You Go First

It has been the same through the years. If I have ever gotten interested in a situation comedy on television, most of the time it was after the series went off the air. I have become interested in the show … Continue reading

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Proxy Voting

My current job places me in a setting with a board of directors in a monthly meeting. From time to time it is the board’s responsibility to develop or revise policy. When this is done it requires a quorum, that … Continue reading

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Political correctness

Political Correctness, commonly abbreviated PC, is best defined by looking at what it is not: that is, the idea of being politically incorrect. Political Incorrectness is used to refer to language or ideas that may cause offense. We live in … Continue reading

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Penmanship

I read recently that cursive writing was no longer taught in elementary schools. That is rather sad because I do appreciate someone who has beautiful handwriting. My Teresa’s handwriting looks as good today as when we were in school. However, … Continue reading

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Walk according to the Spirit

My last blog ended with a reference to Romans 8:1 which reads, “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.” So begs … Continue reading

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My will

Many years ago, when our children were young, my Teresa and I sat down and prepared a will. This instrument, as the name implies, was our will to be carried out at our death. This made the normal provisions for … Continue reading

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