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What Then? | Thoughts on the Edge (of Town)
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Thoughts on the Edge (of Town). June 21, 2015. Last week we talked a bit about paying attention to wisdom, God’s wisdom not our own, as the smart play. God leads us to be wise because it helps to keep us out of the trouble we manage to get ourselves into. And when we do get into trouble, and we all admit that we do on occasion, we were created by and serve a God of second chances. Good deal. What then shall we make of the words of wisdom that seems to contradict what we know to be otherwise? Probably not...
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7 Reasons for Church Decline and How to Address Them | Thoughts on the Edge (of Town)
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Thoughts on the Edge (of Town). March 16, 2015. 7 Reasons for Church Decline and How to Address Them. A friend of mine commenting on the reality of church. An astute commentary not centered on the idea of ‘growth’ but instead being real and authentic. I sat across from someone I didn’t know at a recent church luncheon that was open to the community. We introduced ourselves. She soon found out I was the pastor. After some conversation she said,. This is what I think:. 1,467 more words. Be well. G. The Oth...
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Living Water in Unexpected Places | Thoughts on the Edge (of Town)
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Thoughts on the Edge (of Town). March 26, 2015. Living Water in Unexpected Places. Please note, the reading for this sermon is John 4:1-42 but is interwoven throughout the sermon rather than being read in it’s entirety beforehand. Audio http:/ www.buzzsprout.com/33052/257861-living-water-in-unexpected-places.mp3]. He’s the living water? What is that about, she wonders as she points out that he has no bucket? Here’s the kicker to this story. Historically we’ve made the woman at the well a prostitute a...
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Thoughts on the Edge (of Town) | Occasional meanderings from just outside Lincoln | Page 2
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Thoughts on the Edge (of Town). September 29, 2016. How Did I Recover? September 25, 2016. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Rollercoaster. September 20, 2016. Voter ID Laws Are Unnecesary. September 18, 2016. September 11, 2016. September 4, 2016. Forgiveness and Then Some. August 28, 2016. Newer posts →. An Everyday Kind of Jonah. What Does God Need From Us? What Exactly Is Religious Liberty? The Other Side of Heartbreak. Preaching On the Edge (of Town). An Everyday Kind of Jonah November 6, 2016.
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February | 2015 | Thoughts on the Edge (of Town)
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Thoughts on the Edge (of Town). Monthly Archives: February 2015. February 26, 2015. Water – Essential to Life. February 22, 2015. February 19, 2015. February 16, 2015. Don’t Pitch Your Tent. February 16, 2015. What Is This Lent Thing of Which You Speak? February 9, 2015. I Wish You Enough. February 3, 2015. I Admit It, I Broke the Rules and Read the Comments. An Everyday Kind of Jonah. What Does God Need From Us? What Exactly Is Religious Liberty? The Other Side of Heartbreak. What Does God Need From Us?
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Lance Ferguson | Thoughts on the Edge (of Town)
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Thoughts on the Edge (of Town). Author Archives: Lance Ferguson. November 6, 2016. An Everyday Kind of Jonah. October 30, 2016. October 23, 2016. What Does God Need From Us? October 19, 2016. What Exactly Is Religious Liberty? October 16, 2016. The Other Side of Heartbreak. October 10, 2016. What Exactly Did You Expect? October 2, 2016. The Trouble With Cheap Plastic Silverware. An Everyday Kind of Jonah. What Does God Need From Us? What Exactly Is Religious Liberty? The Other Side of Heartbreak. The Bib...
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The God of Second Chances | Thoughts on the Edge (of Town)
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Thoughts on the Edge (of Town). June 15, 2015. The God of Second Chances. How many of us heard this text and thought it was talking about ourselves. The reading starts out,. Created me at the beginning. Of his work,. The first of his acts of long ago. Kind of sounds like it’s talking about me, doesn’t it? The truth is, today’s story is talking about, and from the perspective of, wisdom. Audio http:/ www.buzzsprout.com/33052/281346-the-god-of-second-chances.mp3]. Then God said, Let us. Is there anyone her...
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May | 2015 | Thoughts on the Edge (of Town)
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Thoughts on the Edge (of Town). Monthly Archives: May 2015. May 31, 2015. A Scary Kind of God. May 24, 2015. Power of God Stuff. An Everyday Kind of Jonah. What Does God Need From Us? What Exactly Is Religious Liberty? The Other Side of Heartbreak. Preaching On the Edge (of Town). An Everyday Kind of Jonah November 6, 2016. Reformed and Transformed October 30, 2016. What Does God Need From Us? October 23, 2016. The Other Side of Heartbreak October 16, 2016. What Exactly Did You Expect? October 10, 2016.
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June | 2015 | Thoughts on the Edge (of Town)
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Thoughts on the Edge (of Town). Monthly Archives: June 2015. June 21, 2015. June 15, 2015. The God of Second Chances. June 7, 2015. An Everyday Kind of Jonah. What Does God Need From Us? What Exactly Is Religious Liberty? The Other Side of Heartbreak. Preaching On the Edge (of Town). An Everyday Kind of Jonah November 6, 2016. Reformed and Transformed October 30, 2016. What Does God Need From Us? October 23, 2016. The Other Side of Heartbreak October 16, 2016. What Exactly Did You Expect? October 10, 2016.
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Power of God Stuff | Thoughts on the Edge (of Town)
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Thoughts on the Edge (of Town). May 24, 2015. Power of God Stuff. Today is the final major holiday in the church calendar. We begin the church calendar with Advent and have our first major holiday Christmas. That’s Incarnation, God With Us in human form. Then we have Easter. Resurrection. Life after death. The promise of eternal life. And today is Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit to the people who followed Christ. All this together is power of God stuff. We, and many other communities of faith ar...