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Faith Focus: Take a lesson from individualistic hummingbirds and work together
As I sit here by the bay window overlooking our lawn and the river, I am seeing a new and unique power shift take…
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Faith Focus: Conspiracy theories and the Christian testimony
Solomon, in his book of Proverbs, had much to say about different characters he had come to know along the way, many of them, to put it kindly, "not so bright."
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Faith Focus: Pastors and members should let preachers’ kids be kids
Children of preachers have a unique life. When a man heeds the call to ministry, and a wife willingly joins her husband in ministry, children are plopped into all of it with no say in the matter.
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Faith Focus: Happy 250th, America, and thank you for being you
It was predictable, really, that my weekly "A few early morning pics from CBC" on my Pastor Bo Wagner Facebook page this past Sunday drew scrutiny and criticism. Any time I ever post anything showing symbols of America, it happens.
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Faith Focus: A very real leap of faith
You should know that not much scares me. I have had guns pointed at me on multiple occasions, had a knife in my face, been bitten by a huge copperhead, stood in front of thousands of people who did not know me to speak and earned a black belt in Japanese Shotokan, meaning that I got beaten to a pulp by a bunch of better black belts than I will ever be.
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Faith Focus: Biblical lessons can come from unexpected voices
It has been four months since I last rounded up my mental squirrels. Further, the news of the past few weeks has added a few bunnies, gerbils and perhaps a weasel or two to them, so I need to get all of them corralled.
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Faith Focus: Dealing With Church Hurt, Part Two
In last week's column, I began to deal with the issue of church hurt. I pointed out that in some cases, the church hurt card is merely an excuse for wanting to live a sinful life without anyone being allowed to speak against it, but in other cases, it is a real hurt brought on by real unkindness and/or unbiblical behaviors and attitudes from those who damage the sheep rather than caring for the sheep.
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Faith Focus: Dealing with church hurt
It may have been around longer, but it has only been in the past few years that I began to hear the term "church hurt."
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Faith Focus: Maintaining the important old stuff
I did not lose my lunch. Let's go ahead and answer that question right off the bat. I did consider it, though. People who have never been in a two-G rolling dive have no idea what that can do to a person's stomach.
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Faith Focus: Like Johnny Cash, I’m proud of that ragged old flag
He does not often fall silent, my father-in-law.
