August Newsletter Article
“Jesus told them a parable about the need to always pray and not lose heart.” -Luke 18:1
Once upon a time, a man failed again and again but he never gave up.
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“Jesus told them a parable about the need to always pray and not lose heart.” -Luke 18:1
Once upon a time, a man failed again and again but he never gave up.
I hope you’ve had a marvelous few days filled with good gatherings. Whether it be this past week or weekend (or a combination of both), I hope you were able to make it home or get together with friends and family.
Have you ever received news that wasn’t good? None of us like to be on the receiving end of bad news.
I remember the side-street in Jerusalem. There was a tourist shop where I bought for my grandmother two pictures: they were painted wall art made from a plaster depicting the Jerusalem skyline.
When it rains it pours. It certainly literally did yesterday. When you hear that you may think of scenarios where you have said it or thought?
It made me ashamed. It made me feel guilty. It took me to the font seeking God’s forgiveness.
In “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, a children’s fable made famous by Hans Christian Anderson, a pair of dishonest weavers are able to convince the king that they made a fabric so incredible and so special and so splendid that only “wise people” are able see the clothes.
Who would have ever thought that reality TV would become the juggernaut that it is today? And we’ve all been bitten by the reality TV bug whether we want to admit it or not.
Colton Burpo was a 4yr old boy, who during his emergency surgery claimed he went to heaven and back. His father wrote a book (and later a movie called: “Heaven Is for Real.”
The foot bone’s connected to the ankle bone; the ankle bone’s connected to the leg bone; the leg bone’s connected to the knee bone; the knee bone’s connected to the thigh bone; O hear the Word of the Lord!”
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