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2009 Archives: Two Minute Meditations
by Phil Ware — Dec 31st, 2009
If we are not careful, the phrase can become little more than a slogan for Christian pep rallies ... (
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by Phil Ware — Dec 27th, 2009
Fear! Fear immobilizes us. Fear makes us question ourselves. Fear causes us to overprotect those we love ... (
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by Phil Ware — Dec 24th, 2009
As Luke tells us the story of Jesus, he wants to evoke the same kind of sensations we feel when we step outside ... (
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by Phil Ware — Dec 17th, 2009
When you open up the New Testament to the very first chapter, you are greeted with a list of names, the genealogy ... (
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by Phil Ware — Dec 10th, 2009
Sounds like a slogan. You've probably read, recited, or sung those words at some time or the other. But what ... (
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by Phil Ware — Dec 3rd, 2009
Those words are the sound of broken dreams. You've been there, haven't you? Preparation, plans, and prayer -- just like... (
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by Phil Ware — Nov 19th, 2009
The following story happened thirty years ago, in a safe town, on a Sunday morning, with nothing to fear except ... (
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by Phil Ware — Nov 12th, 2009
His hands were shaking and beads of sweat formed above his lip and his forehead. "It seems like every time I'm ... (
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by Phil Ware — Nov 5th, 2009
One Wednesday night after we had visited with a lot of folks, Donna and I both looked up and Zach had just vanished ... (
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by Phil Ware — Oct 29th, 2009
We have all sorts of little sayings to emphasize that we are telling the truth and we really are going to keep ... (
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by Phil Ware — Oct 22nd, 2009
How nervous was he? I really don't know, but my guess is that he was extremely nervous. God had chosen him to ... (
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by Phil Ware — Oct 15th, 2009
Google or Bing the words "tug of war rope breaks injuries" and you will get to some crazy and even gruesome ... (
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by Phil Ware — Oct 8th, 2009
For once, I was excited to go see my doctor. Headed into my yearly physical, I had dropped about 25 pounds from ... (
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by Phil Ware — Oct 1st, 2009
Those of us in the community of believers pull out several sayings when folks face hardship and troubles ... (
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by Phil Ware — Sep 24th, 2009
We call the problem many things: dying with boredom, stuck in our rut, captured by the predictable, the ... (
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by Phil Ware — Sep 17th, 2009
We often seize on that first phrase of Jesus' words of grace,
"Then neither do I condemn you." We know this... (
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by Phil Ware — Sep 10th, 2009
So what's the purpose of the church? Over the years, we've oscillated back and forth between two different ... (
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by Phil Ware — Sep 3rd, 2009
Five university boys moved into the house next door last year. You have to understand, they moved into the biggest... (
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by Phil Ware — Aug 27th, 2009
Spectacle. We get lost in it. We crave it. We slow down on the freeway to catch a glimpse of it. We demand it in ... (
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by Phil Ware — Aug 20th, 2009
Who are you? Please, don't tell me what you do or where you live. Please, don't tell me where you are from? Please, I'm not looking for your mobile... (
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by Phil Ware — Aug 13th, 2009
You've probably done it, too. I've had it happen several times. I always feel a bit foolish when it happens ... (
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by Phil Ware — Aug 6th, 2009
Some time around the year 10 A.D., in a carpenter shop in the small village of Nazareth, you could have peered in the shop and seen God with wood ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 30th, 2009
Why would God let this happen to me? I've tried to be faithful to Him, but all this has happened and I'm not sure what I can believe anymore ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 23rd, 2009
I was a rambunctious boy. I know that description seems redundant to most mothers who have raised boys. Sitting still was not a possible... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 16th, 2009
Imagine what Peter would have shared with a visitor to his cell as he awaited his execution for his faith in Jesus -- as his mind drifted back across ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 9th, 2009
Jesus was alive. He was standing right there among them. It was too good to be true! It was more than they... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 2nd, 2009
Growing up, the standard procedure around our house for repeat offenders went something like this. We would mess up and get a nudge ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jun 25th, 2009
Most of us have seen enough public investigations to be familiar with the question phrased as a statement: "I want to... (
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by Phil Ware — Jun 18th, 2009
Few commitments are harder to keep than genuinely forgiving someone who has wronged us deeply. Anytime I share... (
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by Phil Ware — Jun 11th, 2009
Mary didn't recognize Him! Can you believe it? After all Jesus had meant to her and after all she had seen... (
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by Phil Ware — Jun 7th, 2009
She had been there through the whole nightmare. Now that the brutality was over, she was committed to do the final ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jun 5th, 2009
Sometimes the stories behind the scenes are the main story. Our church was packed, and the excitement was electric. But... (
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by Phil Ware — May 28th, 2009
Ah, the sense of touch. While it warns us of danger and alerts us to pain, our sense of touch opens up a world... (
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by Phil Ware — May 24th, 2009
The Centurion stood sheepishly before the governor, Pontius Pilate. He had not asked for this duty. His century of men were... (
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by Phil Ware — May 16th, 2009
It was years ago, but I remember it as if it were yesterday. He was young. Too young to have to deal with this... (
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by Phil Ware — May 14th, 2009
David bent over and reached down into the brook that ran through the Valley of Elah. The water ran swiftly over the rocky bed... (
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by Phil Ware — May 7th, 2009
I'm just a nobody. That's the pigeon hole so many want to make me fit -- a nobody. It doesn't feel like any of my ... (
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by Phil Ware — Apr 30th, 2009
"It's just lousy!" Pretty much everywhere I turn, that's the prevailing sentiment. The economy is in the tank. Retirement ... (
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by Phil Ware — Apr 23rd, 2009
We don't like to stand in them, but despite all our protests, we really do like them ... in fact, much of what we ... (
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by Phil Ware — Apr 20th, 2009
"I'm not sure we should do that. You know, I think it's better to be safe than sorry." Sounds like wise words for times like ours, doesn't it? But, are they ... (
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by Phil Ware — Apr 12th, 2009
James, like most good Jews of his day, was angry at Rome's brutal rule. He was even angrier at the treasonous partnership ... (
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by Phil Ware — Apr 7th, 2009
This week, more than any other week of the year, the world is tuned to remember the last few days of Jesus' life. That week... (
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by Phil Ware — Mar 30th, 2009
Sometimes, maybe more often than we would like to admit, we find ourselves on the wrong road going the wrong... (
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by Phil Ware — Mar 26th, 2009
When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Ouch! What I see is the 10-20-30 syndrome: a guy who is... (
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by Phil Ware — Mar 16th, 2009
The cell is dark and dank. The odor is unspeakable, seasoned as it is from unwashed humanity stacked like cord wood... (
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by Phil Ware — Mar 9th, 2009
As last week ended, two very quiet and unassuming people in our church family -- one a woman, the other a man ... (
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by Phil Ware — Feb 23rd, 2009
The air is sizzling with tension. Three and a half years work has come down to this moment of intense conflict. Hatred and jealousy... (
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by Phil Ware — Feb 20th, 2009
Emotion. Disaster. Passion. Heartbreak. Love. Tragedy. Comfort. Death. Surprise. These all collide in our daily... (
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by Phil Ware — Feb 16th, 2009
Life drags us through different seasons -- some of them good, and some of them bad; and we are all going to need ... (
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by Phil Ware — Feb 9th, 2009
The climactic moment of the movie,
"Saving Private Ryan," comes shortly before Captain Miller turns to ... (
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