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by Phil Ware — Dec 30th, 2012
At our Christmas candlelight service -- led mostly by our children -- one of our older members led a special ... (
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by Phil Ware — Dec 25th, 2012
Thank you for coming to our world, Jesus. Thank you for coming in such an everyday and humble way, not as a superstar too good for... (
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by Phil Ware — Dec 23rd, 2012
Mary's simple life ended when she said, "Yes!" to God. But most of God's great beginnings are in endings. And this was true of Mary... and Joseph.... (
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by Phil Ware — Dec 16th, 2012
This time of year, thousands of kids will dress up in bathrobes and strange hats and play the part of the wise men, the ... (
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by Phil Ware — Dec 9th, 2012
A drought across much of the country left our forests vulnerable. After a few lightning strikes and a few careless... (
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by Phil Ware — Dec 2nd, 2012
December 2012 feels a lot like early May. Highs in the 80's. Lows in the high 50's. Humidity hangs in the air like a sticky mist. The long drought... (
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by Phil Ware — Nov 23rd, 2012
I am glad that Thanksgiving is followed by Christmas... a holiday of giving thanks is followed by a ... (
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by Phil Ware — Nov 20th, 2012
In just a few hours, he will be coming home. His room is ready, the plans are made, the waiting is nearly done. But, it's different being on... (
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by Phil Ware — Nov 18th, 2012
Wilbur was a sweet man with a serious countenance -- those who didn't know him would call him dour or crusty... (
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by Phil Ware — Nov 11th, 2012
Anger! Wow was he mad -- furious, livid, scorched, choose your favorite term -- at God.
*1 David had wanted to bring ... (
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by Phil Ware — Nov 4th, 2012
"Well, uh, we certainly do appreciate your work and your dedication. And, uh, you've been a great example of a ... (
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by Phil Ware — Oct 28th, 2012
Wham. Wham. Wham. You can hear the nail gun of life's hard realities driving sharp nails into the heart of Naomi. Each blast of the nail gun leaves... (
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by Phil Ware — Oct 21st, 2012
Down the drain! If you want to know which direction your toilet flushes on either side of the equator, the answer is very simple: at the end of the swirly ... (
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by Phil Ware — Oct 14th, 2012
Pretty descriptive, isn't it?
"Alongside them we felt like grasshoppers!" From God's perspective, it was a description of faithlessness: faithlessness with a... (
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by Phil Ware — Oct 7th, 2012
Over thirty five times! That's nearly one for every year they wandered. And that's the ones the Holy Spirit chose to mention. Who knows how many... (
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by Phil Ware — Sep 30th, 2012
Jesse was an old cobbler. His wife, Violet, had long ago left him to go be with Jesus. His few friends were the rambunctious kids in the poor neighborhood... (
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by Phil Ware — Sep 23rd, 2012
God delights in taking the most unusual circumstances to choose the most unlikely people to do the most extraordinary things. Don't believe me? Try... (
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by Phil Ware — Sep 15th, 2012
How are you at finishing? Got a bunch of hanging and uncompleted projects? Get a bunch of things started and then forget them or... (
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by Phil Ware — Sep 9th, 2012
We all face moments of moral decision. These decisions often frame the future of our lives in ways we cannot foresee. Satan, the liar and ... (
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by Phil Ware — Sep 2nd, 2012
When someone does us wrong, something in our human nature erupts. We want to "get" the person or people who have "gotten"... (
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by Phil Ware — Aug 26th, 2012
"Chaos! That's what my life was before I came to the home. It was chaos." His first words were emphatic and full of emotion. He continued... (
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by Phil Ware — Aug 19th, 2012
God's grace shows up in the strangest places and surprises us with its simple transforming power. Four times in the last month, with four ... (
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by Phil Ware — Aug 12th, 2012
We settle for so much less than God wants for us. So often this is because we will simply not let go of our own... (
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by Phil Ware — Aug 5th, 2012
We all carry around baggage, don't we? We normally think of baggage as bad stuff… stuff that weighs us down and gets in our ... (
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by Phil Ware — Aug 3rd, 2012
We doubt. Sure, sometimes we doubt things about God, that's part of being a thinking believer for many of us who are trying to understand ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 29th, 2012
I had to do it, but trimming trees in late July in West Texas sure feels sacrilegious -- we don't have many trees and it's a hard time for... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 15th, 2012
Our team is back from Peru and our mission to The Community. It's a long, tiring trip and an exhausting, though exhilarating, week. Many of us... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 8th, 2012
Apparently, John Mark's mother made sure he had been around great men of God from his teenage years; that's why he wanted to be a great ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 1st, 2012
The more we know about our incredible universe, the more amazing it truly is! King David, ever the observant shepherd said ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jun 24th, 2012
Seven miles down in the density of earth's deepest darkness, James Cameron steered his one man exploration submarine, Challenger Deep, into the vast expanse of the... (
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by Phil Ware — Jun 17th, 2012
The command, "Do not fear!" or "Fear not!" or "Do not be afraid!" is one of the most frequent commands in the Bible. Clearly, God ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jun 10th, 2012
Have you ever been on a cruise ship? Let me warn you, most folks who take a cruise gain 6-8 pounds. That, in and ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jun 4th, 2012
He had it all -- father of two girls, a loving wife, a TV show, editor for a high tech magazine, very respected in the high-tech community ... (
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by Phil Ware — May 27th, 2012
"How many times have I driven past that and never knew it was there?" "We've been in the same church for years, but one ... (
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by Phil Ware — May 20th, 2012
Many years ago, my dad bought a small camper trailer and we set out from Texas to go to Michigan on a family vacation... (
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by Phil Ware — Apr 29th, 2012
How do you feel about surprises? Some folks love them. Some people hate them. Some of us ... well, we hate some and love others. I've had surprises that ... (
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by Phil Ware — Apr 15th, 2012
I know, this sounds a lot like a rah-rah religious poster you'd find in a Christian bookstore that makes you feel good, but you are not sure you really ... (
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by Phil Ware — Apr 8th, 2012
Mary Magdalene wasn't even sure exactly why, but she was coming in the pre-dawn darkness to the tomb of Jesus. It was early on Sunday ... (
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by Phil Ware — Apr 1st, 2012
Nicodemus had heard a rumor that Annas and Caiphas were going to illegally call a secret night meeting of their closest allies among the ... (
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by Phil Ware — Mar 25th, 2012
What would you do if you knew you had the power and money to do anything you want & your time was short? Would you ... (
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by Phil Ware — Mar 18th, 2012
As human beings, we are all going to fail at our most fundamental human tasks: we cannot keep our bodies alive and we cannot ... (
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by Phil Ware — Mar 11th, 2012
No one is more beloved for his TV career than Mr. Rogers. His soft, direct, kind and tender words to children communicated to ... (
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by Phil Ware — Mar 4th, 2012
Why, with such a great promise, would we ever miss this opportunity? Why, with so much at stake, would we ever abuse this ... (
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by Phil Ware — Feb 26th, 2012
"Faith is the bird that sings, while it is still dark, in anticipation of the dawn." I am not sure where I first heard this or even who first ... (
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by Phil Ware — Feb 19th, 2012
They were legends in the marriage and family field. One of them, my dad's first cousin, looked at our pre-marital inventory results shaking ... (
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by Phil Ware — Feb 12th, 2012
Each moment is crowded with eternal significance, yet our eyes are often blind: we expect only what is predictable. We miss God's grace in the ... (
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by Phil Ware — Feb 5th, 2012
We were tired -- exhausted would be the more accurate description. We had just returned from a week of working with about 100 volunteer ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jan 29th, 2012
Thirteen time zones from home and suffering a bit of jet lag, I awakened early this morning at 4:00. For the next hour, I tossed and turned ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jan 22nd, 2012
We all can make a mess of things. It starts when we are young. We don't even have to try to make a mess -- it's just what we do best sometimes. And our ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jan 15th, 2012
11! "The Eleven" to be exact. That's how the apostles were known the seven weeks after Jesus' death. It was not a title of respect. Instead, it was a ... (
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