Sometimes He does, sometimes He doesn’t. What does this tell us about God and about us? Sometimes finding a parking spot in direct conjunction with a prayer is taken as a sign of His love and care for us. But, could it also be a sign of His love and care when we don’t find […]
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Yesterday was a watershed day for me and our congregation as I announced in the Sunday morning services some changes in my role at Bridgewood Community Church. After nearly sixteen years of having the honor of being Bridgewood’s founding and senior pastor, I will be handing off the baton of senior leadership on May 16,
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It is popular today to talk about one’s spiritual journey. The chronicles in the book of Genesis of the journey of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob give us many insights into what it means to follow God. Today I have been meditating in Genesis 26:24-25, a vignette from the life of Isaac. 24 That night
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I must confess I have hated tailgaters. I ‘m not talking about tailgaters as in party-before-the-football-game type people. I’m talking about people who make it a practice of driving in their vehicle too closely behind me. Yes I know that followers of Jesus are not supposed to hate anyone, not even our enemies. But I would like to invent an electronic digital sign to place on the rear of my car that could be activated at just such a time that says “BACK OFF!”
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Even as grown adults there is an inner-child in all of us that still hesitates to do certain things because we don’t feel we have permission. Permission is both a restrictive word and a freeing word. Restrictive for those who don’t feel they have it and freeing for those who do. I am not talking
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