Prayer

Bev and I went to see the Merry Wives of Windsor at Applegate Park on Saturday. We sat in our lawn chairs and watched the wonderful free performance.
After the play we got to visit with several friends, including some new friends we’ve just made. That conversation got my attention.
The person I was talking [...]

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Trip to Auburn

This past weekend was busy beyond belief because we had two major events occurring Saturday and Sunday.
The first event was the Playhouse Merced Gala which was scheduled for Saturday evening. It was held at the Boys and Girls Club.
On Friday night we got possession of the Boys and Girls Club and could start unloading [...]

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Diva in the House

We’ve got a Diva in the house now. Bev auditioned recently for Fiddler on the Roof, and got a role. She will be playing Yente, the Matchmaker.
She is enjoying the process of putting together live theater. The first couple of nights were used to work through the music, especially the group numbers. [...]

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Diva in the House

We’ve got a Diva in the house now. Bev auditioned recently for Fiddler on the Roof, and got a role. She will be playing Yente, the Matchmaker.
She is enjoying the process of putting together live theater. The first couple of nights were used to work through the music, especially the group numbers. [...]

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The Global Rich List

I find that it is quite easy to feel sorry for myself when I use myself or people I consider to be more privileged than myself as points of comparison. Grumbling issues for me can include a wide variety of things.
That was until I went to the Global Rich List website. The website [...]

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The Global Rich List

I find that it is quite easy to feel sorry for myself when I use myself or people I consider to be more privileged than myself as points of comparison. Grumbling issues for me can include a wide variety of things.
That was until I went to the Global Rich List website. The website [...]

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Simple Church

I just finished reading Simple Church by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger. I’ve been reading it for a couple of weeks, and I am greatly impressed by its profound treatment of simplicity. Rainer and Geiger concluded as a result of a lot of research that simple churches grow more and are healthier than [...]

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Simple Church

I just finished reading Simple Church by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger. I’ve been reading it for a couple of weeks, and I am greatly impressed by its profound treatment of simplicity. Rainer and Geiger concluded as a result of a lot of research that simple churches grow more and are healthier than [...]

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Nevada Church

I’ve had a hunch about evangelism for several years. My hunch was that what normally masquerades as evangelism is really something quite stilted and odd. I tried some of it, and I was never satisfied with the results.
And then I met Jim Henderson. Jim put into words things I had only felt [...]

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Nevada Church

I’ve had a hunch about evangelism for several years. My hunch was that what normally masquerades as evangelism is really something quite stilted and odd. I tried some of it, and I was never satisfied with the results.
And then I met Jim Henderson. Jim put into words things I had only felt [...]

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