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  • Knowing Christ in the Waters of Kiddie Pools

    Knowing Christ in the Waters of Kiddie Pools

    I had a peculiar dream a few nights ago that I just can’t shake. In it, I was in my back yard during the summertime, hanging with many people whom I know to be Christians. It was hot, so I decided to set up two kiddie pools. One was a small wading pool of about 9 inches…

  • Advent 2012: Boring Through the Ashes

    Throughout the Midwest , we are slowly losing our trees because of a bug.  Emerald ash borers have infested and plagued several states for many years as they methodically annihilate ash trees, leading to the depletion of forests, the removal of perfectly healthy trees from landscapes and statewide bans on the transport of firewood from unsanctioned sources. These…

  • Advent 2012: Nothing Like the Real Thing

    …let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there…