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Scripture:  Luke 4:14-30 In 1962, Dick Rowe, an executive responsible for signing new talent, sat through an audition that he found mostly unimpressive.   The band had a sound that was different, especially for what was trending in the U.K. music scene at the time.   Rowe rejected the band infamously saying, “Guitar groups are on their … [Read more…]

Scripture:  John 2:1-11 I know it is still over six years away, and a lot can happen between now and then but our family has plans penciled in for the last couple of weeks of July 2028.   In July of that year Los Angeles will be hosting the Summer Olympics.   Abigail loves the Olympics and … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Acts 8:14-17 In 1919 shortly after the end of World War I the army commissioned the Cross Country Motor Transport Train.  The mission was to take a convoy of military vehicles across the country from New York City to San Francisco.   The mission was two-fold.  First it was an endurance stress test for the … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Ephesians 3:1-13 In general we love a good mystery.  One of the consistent, enduring, and endearing qualities of humanity is that we are insatiably curious.   We want to know how things work, we want to know why things are the way they are, and we want to find answers to what we do not … [Read more…]

Change is a constant in life.  This has always been true, but it feels like the past couple of years this has been especially true.  Covid-19 brought about a huge disruption and a lot of change all across the board.  The chaos that the pandemic brought is likely not over.  Changes that were temporary have … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Luke 2:41-51 It was a beautiful Spring Saturday in 2014.  At this time Connor was four and was enjoying the weather playing outside.  It was my job to keep an eye on him while also doing some Spring Cleaning.  In doing so, I left the backyard to take something or another to the front … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Luke 1:39-45 I do not remember my exact age at the time, but I remember being a child in the basement at Milan UMC for children’s church one Sunday.  It was around this time of the year, and the teachers had decided for this particular Sunday we were going to sing Christmas Carols.  We … [Read more…]

Scripture: Philippians 4:4-7 From October 22nd until now if you ended up on the Hallmark channel then there was most likely a Christmas movie on.   Christmas movies has kind of become “their thing” after all and they have really invested into them.   This year alone, the Hallmark channel is premiering 41 new Christmas movies, which … [Read more…]

Scripture: Luke 3:1-6 It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go.   However you decorate for the holiday there is a good chance you have everything up by this point.   The way that some of these decorations have evolved is interesting to me, because they have moved a long way from where … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Luke 21:25-36 For a lot of people warm pajamas, hot chocolate, and a Christmas movie is the recipe for a perfect December evening.   There are a lot of Christmas movies to choose from, and I imagine everyone has their favorites.   There are no shortage of Christmas movie lists out there that attempt to rank … [Read more…]