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A collection of messages written by Pastor John and published in the local newspaper.  Articles require Adobe Reader to view. (Click on the title to view)

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Four Most Important Things

  2 Ornaments on Our Christmas Trees  
3

Our Provision is the Father’s Priority

  4 The Miracle of Christmas is not on 34th Street  
5 Is glass half empty or half full 6 Chippie  
7 What happened on September 11th? 8 Lighthouse  
9 When Karen was pregnant with her second child 10 Pastor Appreciation  
11 Is The Glass Half Empty or Half Full 12 Gospel According To Pooh  
13 Just Say BOO! 14 Short, Sweet, and to the Point  
15 Plenty of Power, But No Payload 16 Please Pass The Salt  
17 Sour Milk. 18 Roads in the Wilderness, Streams in the Desert  
19 Share The Soil 20 Praying The Alphabet  
21 Praying the Alphabet, Trusting God 22 The Five Fingers of Prayer  
23 What Cancer Cannot Do 24 When The Water Boils, Make Coffee  
25 Looking at Life from the Press Box 26 Honoring Our Heroes, Praying for Our Nation  
27 What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about? 28 Are You Growing Grass or Killing Weeds?  
29 A Landscape Artist 30 Add Years To Your Life and Life To Your Years  
31 Footprints of Satan 32 It Is Well With My Soul  
33 Heigh Ho! Heigh Ho! It’s Off To Work We Go! 34 TBGRA - Them Bones Gonna Rise Again  
35

Dog Day Discipleship Discovered

36

The Blessing of Self Sacrifice

 
37

Avoid Getting Snake Bit

38

Sow The Wind, Reap The Whirlwind

 
39

How To Improve Your Man

  40

Now Thank We All Our God

 
41 Mondays can be a drag   42 Some like it hot and steamy  
43 Who will be crying at your funeral?   44

When the sheep comes home

 
45 My last will and testament   46

Promises made, promises kept

 
47

Cut the fat and give me the meat

  48 A parable in blue jeans  
49 God in the mission field   50

Remember the treasure you are

 
51 The most valuable word in any language   52  
53

What to do with birthdays

  54 The incredible power of a woman  
55

Embracing the greater reality

  56 Caterpillar steps and butterfly flight  
57

Finding gold in the garbage

  59 All for One and One for all  
60 Don’t worry, be happy, live longer   61 Life in a gold fish bowl  
62 Help him, Jesus, help him!   63

Celebrating fish and puppy dog tales

 
64

Flying high with wings like eagles

  65

They gave their todays for our tomorrows

 
66 The reality about Reality TV   67 Don’t worry! Be Happy!  
68

The love of a father

  69 A Dear John letter worth sharing  
70 Sex and the City   71 America, you’ve got to love it  
72

Trust in Him who holds our future

  73

U Make a Difference!

 
74

It’s time to make lemonade

  75 Perceived perceptions and proper perspectives  
76 Lessons from a long line   77

Another dog day lesson

 
78 The buzzard, the bat, and the bumblebee   79 In God We Trust makes good cents  
80 Just whistle while you work   81 All we had to do was nothing  
82

In the hearts of our youth

  83

Open my eyes that I may see

 
84

Beware the black holes

  85 Is God for Republicans or Democrats?  
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88 We can redeem Halloween   89 Anchor Deep and Pray  
90   91 Ringing the bells of hope  
92

A Soldier's Christmas Story

  93 Getting back to the real world  
94 Realizing our potentials   95 Are we going to fish or just cut bait?  
96 Eat the frog first   97 We all need rescuing hugs  
98

Train a child in the way he should go

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Don’t blame me, it’s not my fault

 
102 If you do not stand firm in your faith   103 Community March Against Gang Violence  
104

The guy with the donkey

  105 What are you willing to do for  
106

Timing is everything

  107

In memory of Brian

 
108

Heart Love

  109 Memory is a tricky thing  
110 How would Jesus do it?   111

Finding MySpace

 
112

An answer in the midst of life’s questions

  113 We get what we give  
114 Children learn what they live   115

Ten Things to Tell Our Congregation about the Present Financial Crisis

 
116

Anticipate Fireworks

  117

Priceless Scribbles

 
118 Good medicine for the soul   119 New Methods for New Times  
120

Beneficial Advice

  121

God of this city

 
122   123 Lord of all Creation  
124 Bell The Cat   125 College Thoughts  
126   127  
128 May you be inscribed and sealed   129 Girl Watching  
130

Pastor Appreciation II

  131 You Might A Pastor if...  
132

The Devil’s Beatitudes

  133

The Impact of Our Witness

 
134

Wayward Whales

  135 Show Him No Mercy  
136 Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome   137

Small Towns

 
138

Celebrate the Wonder

  139

New Beginnings

 
140 The Philosophy of Dogs   141

Everyone Needs a Buddy

 
142 Faith is Our Victory   143 Wisdom Comes With Age  
144

Communication is Key

  145

What have you done?

 
146

Excuses, Excuses

  147 Cancer is Not the End All  
148

Choices

  149

Pride goes before the fall

 
150

Starfish Christians

  151

A Butterfly Named Thomas

 
152 Beware, the end is near   153

Momma’s Lessons and More

 
154 Running Short of Bullets   155

Let’s Go Fishing!

 
156

No fire, no power, no one rescued?

  157 Facing Our Giants  
158

Christian in a non-Christian World

  159

Ode to Lucky O Henry

 
160

In God we trust?

  161

The Gift of Laughter

 
162  Being Neighborly   163

The Science of Compound Probabilities

 
164 Ice Cream Prayers   165

Our Final Chapters Can Be Our Best

 
166

Taking a Leap of Faith

  167

Belly Button Theology

 
168 Our Second Chance God   169

Answer Me This

 
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Parable of the Value of an Apple Pie

       
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

        

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