A Word For A Friend

So you’ve got the idea that today is my birthday and later on I’ll share some more about that.  For the time being, I want to put on the record how grateful I am for the friends that have helped me in this my 33rd year of existence. Unlike many years in the past, the […]

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Change of Expectations

This morning my wife and I were talking about expectations.  My wife spoke some words that really inspired me to consider the whole thing about expectations. For example there are people who don’t feel comfortable in some church settings.  The formality of it, the impersonal nature of it and the ability to hide behind the […]

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Not Just For The Sake Of It

I was hearing someone else talk about Christianity being about ‘a relationship not a religion’ and reflecting on what they meant, but what they actually said.  What they meant was to highlight the crucial pivotal role intimate personal relational input is to understanding Christianity.  What they said was that Christianity is not a religion implying […]

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Origins

This may come as a shock and a surprise to you, but I can often be found thinking about things. (Yeah, there you go for the shock of the day – take your time in recovering from that.)  As in contemplating them and pondering and wondering. For example today I was minding my own business […]

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CD Songs: Donnie Sings Stevie

I could have put this in The Other Place, but when you add a number of factors it fits this place better.  Stevie is a much admired contributor to the music scene over the last 40 plus years – almost the entire lifetime of Donnie himself.  So it’s fitting that the brother who is not […]

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