Steven on July 7th, 2010

Featured song: Friend Of A Wounded Heart, by Wayne Watson, from his 1987 album Watercolour Ponies. The pain of aloneness can be unbearable. And anyone who feels truly alone knows the truth of the phrase, “alone in a crowd”. It is more than being apart from people; it is being apart from people even when […]

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Steven on June 22nd, 2010

Featured song: Holy Fire, by Morgan Cryan, from the 1984 album Keep No Secrets. As amateur bee-keepers, my wife and I have learned many of the skills needed to manage bees. One of these tricks is the use of smoke to calm the bees, and keep them under control when it is necessary to work […]

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Steven on June 7th, 2010

Featured song: Changed In A Moment by Wayne Watson, from the 1985 album Giants In The Land. Yesterday, June 6, 2010, Dana Key died suddenly. He was a founding member of the Jesus music duo Degarmo & Key, along with friend Eddie DeGarmo. At the time he died, he had been pastor of a church […]

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Steven on April 20th, 2010

Featured song: Stop This Haulin’ Water, by Cynthia Clawson, from her 1982 album Finest Hour. At my church, they have been stressing four facets to the Christian life over the past year. These are Worship, Grow, Serve, and Go. All of what we can and need to do as followers of Jesus fits under one […]

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