Monday Morning Manna
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Monday Morning Manna: Stories or Not
I’ve always loved stories. Loved them as a child sitting on my grandfather’s front porch and listing to him tell of his earlier days. Loved hearing my 6th grade teacher…
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Monday Morning Manna: But Does He Know How to Pray?
I’ve been around a lot of pastor-less churches as they conducted their search for a new pastor. Interesting the questions they ask. Can he preach? How well does he relate…
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Monday Morning Manna: Waiting
I know very few people who enjoy waiting. We are an impatient people. A split-second is the time that elapses between the traffic light turning green and the vehicle behind…
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Monday Morning Manna: Rejecting Rejection
There are a variety of “don’t likes” in the world, and I suppose some are universal. One universal “don’t like” would be rejection. In fact I don’t think I know…
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Monday Morning Manna: Focusing on the Future
We are four men, sometimes five, from different backgrounds, each with a unique life story. We drink coffee together about once a month, sometimes more often. Three of us are…
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Monday Morning Manna: The Marriage Beat Goes On
I saw her first at church, on a Sunday night, in the collage choir. She claims it was the only night she ever sang in the choir. Once was enough.…
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Monday Morning Manna: Sliding into Home or Quitting at Third
The Senior Adult years are like rounding third base and heading for home plate. That reminds me of my last organized game – a church-league softball game. I was on…
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Monday Morning Manna: How to Have a Happy Day
Albert Einstein asked, “A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin, what else does a man need to be happy?” Apparently Einstein was not smart enough for…
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Monday Morning Manna: Throwback Church
I confess to getting older but resist my grandfather’s term of being “sot in my ways.” I do like some things the way they were, but I’m open to fresh…
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Monday Morning Manna: Funerals That Made me Think
Three funerals in fifteen days, made me think. The first was for a friend from another denominational than mine, a Christian church with worship styles and patterns, some of which,…