November 2024 Blog Posts (10)

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Another airport scene.

Another opportunity.

Truth is, I'm always looking for…

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Grade school memories . . . hmmm, how are yours? Do you remember when teams were picked for kickball? First one kid was chosen, then another . . . while you waited and waited, maybe just not as athletic as the other kids. At…

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Who calls your cadence?

Most of my life I lived in military towns - Navy for the first half,1 Marines for the latter. When I lived in San Clemente2 we regularly heard artillery…

Scriptural Readings:

Proverbs 9:10

What if living in fear was the only path to a fulfilling and enjoyable life? The only driving force to gain success. It has an eerie quality to it. Correct? There is something weird about telling us what to do that we would never want to experience our entire life. Is it essential to start with fear? Fear is something no one wants to experience from beginning to…

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If you are new to Morning Briefings, you might not know that I love engaging with people from all walks of life at my gym, in the grocery store, and on the airplane--maybe especially on the airplane because there is a since of…

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I was up most of the night, watching the presidential election returns in the USA. For days I had been praying that God would keep the elections honest and fair; after that, I entrusted the rest to God, knowing he could use either candidate for himself in…

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As chaos abounds, so goes our anxiety.  No matter where you are in the world, you cannot help but feel the uncertainty of so many things. We do not help ourselves by checking our devices every little while for updates on the election, the Middle East,…

Unexpectedly, I found myself on a cross country flight to Utah, and as I was waiting for WiFi power so I could write, I worked on a crossword puzzle. One of the clues got my attention: I walk around like everything's fine, but deep down, inside my shoe, my sock is sliding off. hmmm....

I love that.

Friends, let's get back to Jesus on the shore of the Galilee, where he has had a very eventful day. The crowds…