Blogs
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Monday Morning Manna: Backstories and Testimonies
I saw a new word this week, at least a new word for me – backstory. The definition is obvious – “a story that tells what led up to the…
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Monday Morning Manna: Learning from Suffering
Suffering is an effective teacher, both for the one who is suffering and for the caregiver. I’ve learned a few lessons thus far in my 24/7 caregiving of my wife,…
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Monday Morning Manna: The Agony and Ecstasy of Serving
Yesterday, I completed thirteen months as Interim Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Decatur, Texas. I was previously Interim Pastor of this same church for eighteen months in 2001-02.…
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Monday Morning Manna: Caregiving and Care-living
My cousin, Dr. Vicki Gilliam wrote a book entitled, “Forty Days of Care for the Caregiver” out of her experiences as a career specialist to special needs students, and as…
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Monday Morning Manna: I Feel Your Pain
A casual expression of sympathy is to say to one who is suffering, “I feel your pain.” A recent study discovered that one in three people actually were able to…
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WestCoast Challenge: An Invitation
<< back to the WestCoast Challenge Ray Woodard NAMB Canada Church Planting Catalyst for British Columbia, Send City Missionary for Vancouver @urbanpilgrim | Archive
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Monday Morning Manna: P.E. – Pace Evaluation
My long-time friend Ray called last week. I was in my wife’s hospital room where she had endured major pelvic/hip surgery. He caught me clearing my calendar; having been told…
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Monday Morning Manna: Shared Sufferings
Suffering is better shared than endured alone. On Wednesday, August 10 my wife, Joanne fell on her hip. First x-rays showed no broken bones. Pain increased daily. In a later…
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Monday Morning Manna – Doors: Opened and Closed
I like doors. I’ve got several framed pictures in my office, from the “Doors of . . .” series, depicting the diversity of doors in various parts of the world.…
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Monday Morning Manna: Electives and Requirements
I recently asked a college student, “How are you classified”? “Oh, I don’t know, I’ve been taking mostly courses that I want to take,” she said. Focus on electives, and…