Pastor’s Blog
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Nov '17
Veteran’s Day Prayer – Oh God our Help in Ages Past
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Nov '17
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:13, NV)
Below are selected verses of the Veteran’s Day prayer I shared at the 2017 Blue Ash Veteran’s Day program. Please join me in praying for all military personnel, past and present, that God’s grace may sustain them throughout the days and years to come.
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Nov '17
Does your spouse know what your think of them? Compliments are key to a happy marriage.
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Nov '17
I was stumped by a question I read the other day. “When was the last time you complimented your spouse?” I couldn’t answer the question.
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Oct '17
Being God’s Friend
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Oct '17
The bible tells us that Jesus called his followers friends. How can we return the friendship?
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Sep '17
Teaching Children Through Stories and Repetition
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Sep '17
My wife Cathy is an amazing mother. I marvel as to how easily she relates to our children and grandson. Recently, I overheard Cathy reading the children’s book, The Cookie Store Cat, to our twenty year-old daughter. I wasn’t surprised. Courtney is still a child at heart and Cathy relishes the role of storyteller.
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Aug '17
![By Evan Nesterak (White supremacists clash with police) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.stpaulcumc.org/hp_wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1024px-White_supremacists_clash_with_police_36421659232.jpg)
To Prevent Another Charlottesville, Begin Where You Are
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Aug '17
I find myself still stunned following the tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend. The first question that leapt to mind was, “When will the hatred and violence stop, O Lord?”
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