Blogs
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Monday Morning Manna: Just Skip the Coffee
I speak in a lot of diverse places and under a variety of circumstances. Sometimes the welcome is warm and cordial. Other times, not so much. This time, I had…
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Monday Morning Manna: Lily Work
Tis the season for graduations. Many years ago, at my Seminary graduation, the commencement speaker spoke on the subject “Don’t Forget the Lily Work” from 1 Kings 7:15-22. Hiram finished…
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Monday Morning Manna: Cleaning the Swamp or the Heart?
Have you ever judged someone only by their appearance? Samuel took one look at Eliab and came to a conclusion – “He looked at Eliab and said, “Surely the Lord’s…
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Monday Morning Manna: Why Study?
Early in my tenure on a seminary faculty, I attended an annual academic meeting of national scholars, similar to the one that attracted 10,000 persons last week in Boston. From…
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PRAYVANCOUVER.CA 2017-11-25
As you pray each day this week reflect on these words and pray these words into the lives of each of our leaders: “Remember my affliction and my wandering, the…
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Monday Morning Manna: Prayer and More
Every time there is a mass shooting in a church, someone asks me if it causes me to re-live the emotions of September 15, 1999 at Wedgwood Baptist Church in…
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Monday Morning Manna: Leave my Clock Alone
We observed time-change Sunday again yesterday. I’ve been doing this twice a year for fifty years, and I still can’t remember which way to change my clock. Do I fall…
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Monday Morning Manna: Long Lasting Friendships
I love friendships. I guess that’s why I love my college Homecoming so much. I have friends that have come and gone. I have friends with whom I have completely…
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PRAYVANCOUVER.CA 2017-10-29
As you pray each day this week reflect on these words and pray these words into the lives of each of our leaders: “and let us consider how to stimulate…
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Monday Morning Manna: A Pastor Appreciation Prayer
October is Pastor Appreciation Month. As we “Remember those . . . who have spoken the word of God” (Hebrews 13:7), I like to share a long-ago newspaper-clipped “Prayer for…