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Gifts for Everybody!
“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit, and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord, and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.” ~~ 1 Cor 12:4-6 In my actively practicing carboholic years, I loved going to the mall…
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Hard Work, Community & Individual Success
“To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.” ~~ 1 Corinthians 12:7 “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” President Obama lit up the ratio and TV talk shows a while back with this statement because 60% of Americans…
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Going Onto Beautiful
“Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one.” ~~ 1 Corinthians 9:25 The 30th Olympics has opened in London complete with fireworks,…
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Pearls and Other Treasures: How Far Will We Go to Find Them?
“The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great price, he went and sold all he had and bought it.” ~~ Matthew 13:45-46 In the 1980’s, the price of oil dropped like a stone and the private school in Texas that depended on wealthy oil…
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Hunger Games and Religious Famine
“Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God.” ~~ 1 Corinthians 2:12 I spent two days last week listening to my favorite seminary professor, friend, bog Irishman and…
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