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I recently had a conversation with a person who left our church because our church is not “white” enough for him.
We think generosity is about money and material things. The reality is material generosity can be a smoke screen to what generosity is
Uncertainty Is The New Certainty
It’s amazing that when we move from trial avoidance to trial embracing, everything changes. Instead of the trial making our life a misery, it has the opposite affect – it refines us, makes us stronger, gives value to our lives.
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Ben Harper and Christine
As he began to sing the song “She believes in me”, and the words began to impact me, I knew what he meant. I have been blessed enough to have been married to a woman that has believed in me and… that’s beautiful, she’s beautiful
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The Lady in Seat 1A
I don’t like to talk to strangers on an airplane.
But Christine does!
Anyway, there was an elderly lady sitting by the window (1A), with her wrist heavily bandaged
This old spinster had recently had a shoulder operation. The surgeon nicked a tendon nerve affecting the movement in her hand
One Life – Doing My Best To Make It Count!
Yesterday’s Message at Grace Yesterday was quite a big day for me. I shared a message about my change of role at Grace. For those who are not familiar with my role at Grace Family Church, let me give you a quick update. Christine and I started Grace in 1992. We have...
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Preachers ‘n Sneakers – material wealth of Pastors?
The other day I made a “money joke” with some of our staff members. It was about how Pastors use their positions to “fleece” people for money. One of my colleagues urged me not to even joke about this and referred me to this fast-growing Instagram account, PreachersnSneakers.
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