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Jul 22, 2011, 6:00 am
I never did see a Shuttle launch. The closest I ever got to it was two years ago while on family vacation in Orlando. It was a rocket launch, and not a heavy rocket either. The name escapes me, but it was the standard send-a-satellite-up every month or so launch that's special for tourists but... Comment - Like
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May 20, 2011, 6:00 am
Any more nowadays, it seems every time I click on "New Post" the blank screen taunts me, Qwerty laughs, and my fingers freeze up.
My notebook and pen are ever present, their weight reminding me of their disuse. I carried them the other night while chasing the offspring around their new trampolin... Comment - Like
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Dec 5, 2010, 6:00 am
From The BioLogos Forum blog, Science and the Sacred. The post was written by Rev. Kerry L. Bender, and can be found here in it's entirity. You may also wish to read Part One, here.
This theme, which began at the very beginning of the epistle, is carried through to the verses immediately leading... Comment - Like
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Nov 28, 2010, 6:00 am
The point here is a simple one. The name “Jesus” evokes an historical reality (like the name “Karl Marx” or “Sigmund Freud”). More than this, it is not testimony to some individual or group providing ideas about the world but rather testifies to a concrete expression of some new way ... Comment - Like
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Oct 20, 2010, 6:00 am
The other night, I stopped at our local Goodwill to drop some things off. I know that they sell books there, so I snuck over quick to see if they had anything.
I found a copy of a beloved childhood story book that I remember, and I thought it might be cool to read to my kids.
I also found a book b... Comment - Like
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Sep 29, 2010, 6:00 am
I sit on my tug on the ramp. I should be pulling my departure around, but I've some time to spare, and so I pull the park brake and turn the engine off.
The sun is just beginning to peek above the FedEx building across the airport to the east. The air is quiet, still, and for a fleeting moment I... Comment - Like
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Sep 26, 2010, 6:00 am
Denying God’s power might quiet the nerves of some, but I truly cannot begin to understand why. When the roller coaster inverts me, twists me, and sends me in a tight spiral, I do not struggle philosophically or religiously with the idea of someone being in control or of engineers having been invo... Comment - Like
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Sep 21, 2010, 6:00 am
I want to offer a sincere and heartfelt thank you to all who donated your resources for the continuing work of the Lakeshore Pregnancy Center. It is your efforts that continue this ministry that enables new parents to make the best possible decisions for their new family.
Thank you. Thank you. ... Comment - Like
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Sep 17, 2010, 6:00 am
By the time most of you read this, I'll be golfing my way to and beyond 100 holes, and hands full of blisters. My Dad and I are golfing together, and by this time we've probably both gone through at least two boxes of golf balls (12 per box). Last year, I brought my softball bat and had almost b... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2010, 6:00 am
This Friday I am golfing just as much as I can stand between 0730 and 1700. I hope to get at least 100 holes in, but I'll probably get just a bit more than that. My record, if memory serves me, is 135.
We'll not eat much breakfast so we can move without barfing. We'll eat our lunch on the co... Comment - Like
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Sep 14, 2010, 6:00 am
Somehow we have gotten to a point where a seemingly intelligent, grown man can study Jesus his entire life and come to the conclusion that Jesus would, in fact, burn books in protest of a building as an insult to a worldwide religious community.
Somehow this man can convince his few followers and ra... Comment - Like
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Sep 7, 2010, 6:00 am
Some of you may know, but most of you probably don't know, that every year I am involved in a golf marathon to raise money for a local charity.
On September 17, just a few short days away, I will be hopefully completing 100 (or more) holes of golf in nine hours. This is a marathon to raise money f... Comment - Like
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Sep 5, 2010, 6:00 am
I would like to thank Bob Robinson of Vanguard Church who found this week's Sunday Quote! I shamelessly ripped this right off his blog. So Bob, if you're reading my little corner of the interwebs, thanks for stopping by, and thanks for finding this quote!
“I have come to the conclusion that for ... Comment - Like
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Aug 19, 2010, 6:00 am
I learned early on when I began to blog that a serious blogger never apologizes for any long delays or silences. If there are technical difficulties with the site that prevent a post here and there, or problems that jack up the comment stream or other user interface, okay, apologize.
But if you po... Comment - Like
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Jun 9, 2010, 6:00 am
It was pretty scuzzy weather thanks to a rather slow-moving warm front. The pilot in me knew this, and also knew that if you didn't mind getting wet, then the air is pretty stable during warm fronts, and therefore the flying really isn't that bad, if you have your IFR qualifications up to date (bu... Comment - Like
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Jun 6, 2010, 6:00 am
A rather longish passage from G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy, which fits in very well, I think, with this recent blog post by Seth Godin.
I apologize for the delay, here's another Sunday Quote!
It is customary to complain of the bustle and strenuousness of our epoch. But in truth the chief mark of ou... Comment - Like
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May 16, 2010, 6:00 am
I think I may have a man-crush on Tony Woodlief. He writes more eloquently than I can think. It is good that he is such a spectacular wordsmith, for a less-gifted writer would be considered an arrogant jerk spouting off at the mouth, worthy of neither attention nor time. But his high-minded wr... Comment - Like
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May 12, 2010, 6:00 am
When things come from the top down, there is friction. We chafe at the thought of being told what to do. When we were kids, we hated getting punished by our parents. As adults, we scream bloody murder when our governing bodies assume more control.
There seems to be something deep and primal ... Comment - Like
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May 9, 2010, 6:00 am
RICHER THAN GOLD
I had a mother who read me things
That wholesome life to the boy heart brings --
Stories that stir with an upward touch,
Oh, that each mother of boys were such!
You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be --
I had a mot... Comment - Like
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May 6, 2010, 6:00 am
Abba, Father, God,
We come to you today in prayer for our nation. When our Founding Fathers began this great experiment, they believed that freedom was paramount to the human experience, indeed that our freedom was given to us by You.
They believed that no man should have to live in fear of anothe... Comment - Like
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May 2, 2010, 6:00 am
Scott McKnight, author and blogger has this to say in his commentary on Galatians:
Paul says literally (in Galatians 515): “If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.” Technically, Paul could have said: “If you keep on biting and devourin... Comment - Like
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Apr 28, 2010, 6:00 am
Recently, our pastor preached a service on water.
We've been focusing on water as a community for a while now. The sermon was on the Samaritan woman at the well.
We examined the dichotomy in the conversation, how the woman was talking about water, and Jesus was talking about something else ent... Comment - Like
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Apr 25, 2010, 6:00 am
Found over on Chris Brauns' blog, A Brick in the Valley:
Imagine being asked to stand before a grand gathering of the good and the wise and being asked to make a speech about goodness, beauty, the meaning of life, the point of history, the nature of Almighty God, or some such high subject and having... Comment - Like
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Apr 21, 2010, 6:00 am
My job at the airport is taking care of the ground servicing for the fleet of aircraft which my company owns and manages. One of the largest parts of my job is preparing the aircraft for their departures, so I spend a large part of my work day fueling airplanes.
Jet fuel weighs right around seven ... Comment - Like
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Apr 18, 2010, 6:00 am
From Doctrine, by Mark Driscoll and Gary Breshears:
When the clouds of trial, pain, loss, hardship, hurt, and tears roll in, we must never forget that our Lord Jesus Christ imaged God well even when suffering. When Jesus was hurting the most, as he hung on the cross for our sins, he reflected the me... Comment - Like
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Apr 4, 2010, 6:00 am
HE IS RISEN!
HE IS RISEN INDEED!
The Lamb without defect was sacrificed for our sins. He has conquered death!
No more are we doomed to remain seperated from God!
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed fro... Comment - Like
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Apr 3, 2010, 6:00 am
I am laid low in the dust;
preserve my life according to your word.
I recounted my ways and you answered me;
teach me your decrees.
Let me understand the teaching of your precepts;
then I will meditate on your wonders.
My soul is weary with sorrow;
strengthen me according to your word.
Keep me f... Comment - Like
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Apr 2, 2010, 6:00 am
The season of Lent is coming to a close.
There is a strange tension that we feel during this time of year. All around us, winter is breaking apart, and spring is breaking through. But Lent is about death.
The massive snow piles that have dominated my ramp at work for the past few ... Comment - Like
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Mar 28, 2010, 6:00 am
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, tell him that th... Comment - Like
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Mar 21, 2010, 6:00 am
From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. "Never, L... Comment - Like
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Mar 17, 2010, 6:00 am
Dwight Eisenhower was the Supreme Allied Commander in charge of all of the Allied Forces in Europe during WWII. During the final preparations for the invasion of Europe, Operation Overlord, he penned two letters, intending that one or the other would be distributed after th... Comment - Like
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Mar 14, 2010, 6:00 am
Robb McCoy at his blog The Fat Pastor has this to say about Jesus and His impending trial:
So he sat there in Gethsemane and he prayed. He prayed for another way out. He prayed in anguish. He prayed as a man who could feel pain, who would be hurt by betrayal, who would be scarred by the scourge, an... Comment - Like
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Mar 10, 2010, 6:00 am
The Rogue Warrior series of novels is one of my guilty pleasures. The plotlines are paper-thin and ridiculously repetative, and in the grand scheme of literature, they have little or no redeeming value. The characters are static and cliche, as is the dialogue, and the books are riddled w... Comment - Like
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Mar 7, 2010, 6:00 am
Tony Woodlief of Sand in the Gears on "Christianizing" the history of this nation.
It seems far more likely that we are born into this country, fellow Christians, not because God decided to bless us, but because He knows our weak faiths and frames couldn’t handle being truly oppressed in pla... Comment - Like
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Mar 3, 2010, 6:00 am
Seth Godin wrote a blog post recently about zealots.
Although his writing is geared more for a marketing and business audience, much of what he says can apply to our Christian walk as well.
His post on zealots is a post that I think we could all learn something from.
And so it's left to ... Comment - Like
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Feb 28, 2010, 6:00 am
John Piper on Bible study:
“A pastor will not be able to feed his flock rich and challenging insight into God’s word unless he becomes a disciplined thinker. But almost none of us does this by nature. We must train ourselves to do it. And one of the best ways to train ourselves to think about w... Comment - Like
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Feb 24, 2010, 6:00 am
Last week was a difficult week in the Wingnut home.
It started with our dishwasher.
It had been slowly fading away as all appliances do, and we decided to bite the bullet and purchased a new one. The hassles that go along with any major purchase like that are enough to drive most p... Comment - Like
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