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Restore the Garden

  • February 20, 2021
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One of the things I hear from so many people is what is my purpose? Why did God put me here? I think we can find the answer when we look back at the story of creation. God created us in His image, to connect to each other and to him, and to care for his creation. We are all creators. And rightfully so because we are made in the image of our Creator. We are made in the image...

The Vine Project

I called it “The Vine Project.” It sounds like a cool, new program at church or a new group on Christian radio, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, it was just me, traipsing through our woods in rubber rain boots with a pair of borrowed gardening shears, trying to free my trees from thorny vines that had grown around them. After six years of unintentional neglect, these vines weren’t going down without a fight. It started when my neighbor knocked on my door...

The Speaker of the House and our President

  • October 13, 2020
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Some time ago our President gave a speech. A man and a woman were sitting behind him. It was painful to watch. The man sat there stoically and never flinched. The woman was a bit more uncomfortable. It was obvious, she DID…NOT…WANT to be there. She fidgeted, looked away, looked up and looked down. Sitting there watching it unfold I had a thought. “How awful it must be to be her.” If she acts respectful – 1/2 the country will...