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One Eternal Presence: Other Resources

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One Eternal Presence: A Surprise Visit

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Last week I was in Estes Park, CO with a group of pastor colleagues for a third annual Pastor Theologian Retreat. It is a week of fellowship, hiking, and conversation around a reading list of books we’ve all had for months ahead. It truly is a week of sabbath, study and nurture. This year the retreat could not have come at a better time. It was the day after doing my brother’s funeral and burial that the retreat began. This usually means wildlife has been sighted. For several hu...

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One Eternal Presence: June 2015

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015. I just read a daily blog from Brian Johnson titled "Let's Change Poison Into Medicine." In it he shares this wisdom from another author, Alex Lickermann:. Believing in your ability to transform poison into medicine when you don’t know how, and often won’t except in retrospect, is difficult, I admit. But that’s the confidence you have to find. That’s the confidence that represents your greatest defense against discouragement.”. Without getting into the particulars of current even...

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One Eternal Presence: April 2015

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015. The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief corner stone. After this, I spent a couple of days visiting my brother and two sisters who all live in the town where I grew up. When I'm there, my brother and I usually take a few hours and ride around the county and visit old family sites, especially the cemeteries where our parents, grandparents, and other ancestors are buried. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Sin - To Be or Not To Be? Regardless...

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One Eternal Presence: Closure

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. I picked up a bread clip and put it in my pocket,. The small plastic square with a slit and hole. Lay there on the dinning table with no bread bag in site. What would it do now? It had fulfilled its purpose, kept the bread fresh until the last piece. Was spread with butter, peanut butter, mustard, or mayonnaise. Now it was just another piece of plastic. Headed for the trash or recycling bin. Instead it went into my pocket. As a reminder of closure. Before they become stale.

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One Eternal Presence: Prayers at U.S. House of Representatives

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Prayers at U.S. House of Representatives. During my years as a pastor in Washington, DC, one of the benefits of proximity to the U. S. Capitol was the honor of an occasional invitation to serve as Guest Chaplain for the U. S. House of Representatives and deliver the opening prayer. It was always a moving experience regardless of one's political persuasion. May 12, 2015. Read the prayer here. See C-span video here. May 12, 2015. Read the prayer here. See C-span video here. December 19, 2013. March 18, 2013.

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One Eternal Presence: August 2015

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015. A person can accumulate a lot of stuff over a lifetime. In preparation for moving, I'm spending a lot of time these days going through stuff, both at home and at work. Among many reactions to the things I'm finding, two seem to come to the forefront. The first is - "Why in the world do I still have this? Old bank statements, 3.5 floppy disks, photos of people I don't know, playbills, church bulletins, ticket stubs, and so much more. The simple question is: Does it bring me joy?

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One Eternal Presence: December 2014

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Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Tonight at midnight people around the world will commemorate the passing of one year and celebrate the beginning of another. Large crowds will gather in public spaces, friends will come together at parties, many will spend quiet evenings at home while counting down the last few seconds of 2014 and reveling in the first moments of 2015. In its own way New Year's Eve is a global day of clensing and atonement, a day of death and resurrection, a day of darkness and enlightenment...

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One Eternal Presence: September 2014

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014. 8220;The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg; and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.”. James Allen, from As A Man Thinketh. The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field…". Jesus, Matthew 13:24. You get the idea. I think you'll be surprised at how many fulfilled dreams surround us! The news around our hous...

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One Eternal Presence: May 2015

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Thursday, May 28, 2015. It's The Little Things. From one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded.". Jesus, Luke 12:48. A simple question that I wish I had stopped and asked him began to turn in my craw and began to ask more questions like: "How many times have I seen the exact or similar thing happen in our neighborhood? I know the disconnect and discord between law enforcememt and some communities is far more serious than little things like parking places and u-turns, but it had to s...