This is the last day of August and most of us are starting to think about fall. Technically, it’s not here for another three weeks or so but let’s face it, when you wake up and it’s 49 degrees outside,…
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This seems to be my month for hearing about new things having to do with numbers. Last time, it was the 8-1-1 day celebrated on August 11th! Who even thinks of these things? But another interesting phenomenon has crossed my…
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It seems to me that every year we are told that we have more odd things to celebrate. Many of them, including the one I am writing about tonight, are celebratory days I have never even heard of before this…
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Last Thursday, August 7th, we lost one of our most famous astronauts. James Lovell, Jr. died in Lake Forest, IL at the age of 97 and thus ends his tenure as the oldest living astronaut. Lovell was in line to…
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Years ago, during the Vietnam conflict in the 1960’s, Vice Admiral James Stockdale, a fighter pilot in the Navy, was shot down over North Vietnam and captured as a prisoner of war. In fact, James Stockdale was the highest ranking…
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I was recently coaching a church staff member from a local congregation and we decided to have our discussion in the church library. I have been working with her on the topic of leadership and before we were to get…
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Tuesday, I took Janet to the dentist for her regular six month checkup. The good news is that everything was fine - perfect, in fact. But I always worry about trips to the dentist. The truth be told, I have…
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Okay, I’m not kidding. I found out something new this week. I learned that part of our insufferable heavy duty heatwave is, in part, due to living in the Midwest with untold thousands of acres of corn growing throughout the…
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Early this week, my ministry partners and I were having one of our Monday morning conversations when someone brought up the memory of the saying, “Kilroy was here.” I couldn’t help but be transported back to my childhood when Dad…
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