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Top Five Tuesday — Top Five College Campus Buzzwords
June 21, 2011 4

Having spent the better part of the last two days in Chapel Hill for Riley’s pre-enrollment orientation, I have now been officially exposed to all the latest jargon from the world of academia. Riley has received orientation in how to be a college student while I have received orientation in how to be the parent Read the full article…

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Prayer
An Early Experience Of Prayer
June 20, 2011 0

I told the people of Good Shepherd yesterday about one of my first prayers ever. Now: I had prayed the Lord’s Prayer many times as a young boy. I also had the occasional “God is great, God is good, let us thank him for this food” before meals. But this one was heartfelt and urgent. Read the full article…

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Comeback Kids, Week 3 — Time Passages
June 17, 2011 2

Haggai 2:10-19 does some interesting thing with the concept of “time.” So we’re going to dig into this coming Sunday. “Time Passages.” A message that many of us who major in impatience need to hear. Sunday. 8:30. 10. 11:30.

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Methodism
Methodism And Doctrinal Dilemmas
June 16, 2011 1

Having spent several days last week at the Western North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, well, Methodism is on my mind. One of the more common refrains heard at this or virtually any Methodist meeting is that doctrine divides while love unites. Other variations on this theme include the quote — sometimes Read the full article…

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Good Shepherd
VBS Flash Of Insight
June 15, 2011 0

This is my Vacation Bible School crew for 2011: We are in the middle of a program called Jump: Put Faith In Motion. This morning, my group and I were discussing today’s bottom line: Jesus ROSE again so that you would know He is GOD. I briefly told about the crucifixion on Good Friday followed Read the full article…

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