Monday Morning Manna
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Monday Morning Manna: Dancing with a Limp
There really is something about presence that is meaningful. Its why people visit grave sites to leave flowers and a dozen other objects of meaning. Its why people keep a…
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Monday Morning Manna: Wherever He Leads, We’ll Go
We celebrated our wedding anniversary last week and were reminded that our wedding prayer of commitment was sung, not spoken, and one word was changed: “My heart, my life, my…
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Monday Morning Manna: Staying Healthy. . . In Season and Out of Season
I had two visits with doctors a few days ago: one for losing my voice and the other, my six-month physical exam. All said and done, I’m in pretty good…
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Monday Morning Manna: Prayer Offered at the Memorial Service of a Long-time Friend
In the stillness of this time and place, we lift our hurting hearts to You, O God. Thank You for life, and specifically the life of the one we celebrate…
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Monday Morning Manna: Just a Building . . . or Was It
I was fortunate to spend my life adjacent to a University campus, there I sat and, there I served. Some said I was just a building – bricks and wood,…
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Monday Morning Manna: Beautiful Inside and Out
Some have attempted to describe the outward appearance of a member of the opposite sex only to find themselves in trouble. I wonder if that can be done without trouble.…
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Monday Morning Manna: An Antidote for Bullying
One of the ways I am processing the unexpected death of my brother is by remembering the fun times of our youth. The memory verse at one year’s Vacation Bible…
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Monday Morning Manna: Grieving for Those Who Grieve Amiss
In the past three months, I have grieved for two groups of people. First in April, when my brother Bob had unexpected multiple bypass surgery then his recovery then the…
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Monday Morning Manna: Breakfast Bob 1951-2018
For sixty-six years and nine months I had a younger brother, my only sibling. To be ten years apart, and for most of our lives, separated by hundreds of miles,…
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Monday Morning Manna: Waiting at the Gate
Heaven is often pictured as having pearly gates at the entrance and upon arrival there, one must enter the gates. Indeed the Bible describes it as such, “twelve gates were…