Love, Distance and Ignorance

The other day, I was talking with a lady who had been married for 30 years.  She organizes weddings for a small church and noted that she often observes couples getting married in the middle of an argument.  I asked her about her own experience from 30 years of marriage.  She explained that she and her husband are easy-going and don’t have anything to argue about.  This response seemed unexpectedly saddening, as one could say the same for strangers or...
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Men's Retreat March 20-21 (Land between the Lakes)

For the guys, We will be taking a quick weekend warrior style camping trip on March 20.  We will be going to Land between the Lakes to camp, hike, mountain bike, fish, sit, ponder, try to build large fire, pick on Nathan for bringing a Snuggie, etc. You will need a tent and a sleeping bag at the bare minimum.  More details will follow as we iron out the cost and specific camp site location. I dont anticipate this trip costing any more than 50 bucks a head. We will meet at...
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Does God's Creation Guarantee Suffering?

As I write this, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake has killed at least 150 people in Chile as well has caused a great deal of damage in that country, and a tsunami is imminently making its way toward Hawaii. The impoverished nation of Haiti is still reeling from the enormous loss of life and infrastructure after its earthquake. These events were obviously beyond human control, and the only One who has the power to stave off, allow, or even cause something as titanic as the shifting of the...
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Mission Statement

"For by grace given me I say to everyone one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgement, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you"- Romans 12:3. We all possess a gift that Christ calls us to use at some point in our life.  Some over-look what makes us unique and become busy recieving gifts from each other.  In doing so, we forget how to behave according to the will of Christ, too we cannot accept the...
Posted by cheek_paul@hotmail.com at 6:57 PM | 8 comments

There are no ordinary people

Peter writes (2Peter 3), " With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day....But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be ?" The following is from a sermon written by my favorite author, C.S. Lewis.  He was not a preacher, but a...
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