Friday, November 28, 2008

Friday Top 10: Best Things About Thanksgiving

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1 - An Excuse (as if one is needed) to thank God 2 - An Excuse to spend time with family 3 - Lots and lots of football 4 - Turkey (yum!) 5 ...
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Monday, November 24, 2008

Thanksgiving Letter to JUMC

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I am a firm believer that God is very active in today’s world, still moving in exciting ways and often doing the unexpected. Because I belie...
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Friday, November 21, 2008

Friday Top 10: Study Bibles

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1 - Reflecting God Study Bible (NIV; Zondervan/CHP, 2000) - out of print 2 - Wesley Bible (NKJV; Nelson, 1990) - out of print 3 - Oxford ...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Excerpts from Church Conference report

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Church Conference for JUMC held at First Bethel UMC, 7 PM, 11/4/08 “…holiness befits your house, O L ORD , forevermore.” – Psalm 93:5 It is ...
Friday, November 14, 2008

Friday Top 10: Best Records in Rock and Roll History

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1 - "Good Vibrations" (1966) by the Beach Boys 2 - "Be My Baby" (1963) by the Ronettes 3 - "Like A Rolling Stone...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Home from Jumonville

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I returned home today from Jumonville , a beautiful camp and retreat center which is an important part of the ministry of Western PA Confere...
Friday, November 07, 2008

Friday Top 10: Best U.S. Presidents

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1 - Abraham Lincoln 2 - George Washington 3 - Theodore Roosevelt 4 - Ronald Reagan 5 - Franklin Roosevelt 6 - James Polk 7 - Andrew Jackson ...
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

A Prayer for Presidential Leaders

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Gracious Heavenly Father, whose glory is in all the world: We commend this nation to your merciful care, that, being guided by your Holy Sp...
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Saturday, November 01, 2008

Halloween 2008

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Christian, Kate, Claire, Elliot (2), and our Jack O'Lanterns
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Friday, October 31, 2008

Friday Top 10: Greatest Monsters

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1 - Count Dracula / Vampires 2 - Frankenstein's Monster 3 - Werewolves 4 - Kong 5 - Wicked Witch of the West / Witches 6 - Ghosts 7 - M...
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Friday, October 24, 2008

Friday Top 10: Scariest Movies Ever Made

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1 - Scott of the Antarctic (1948) 2 - Psycho (1960) 3 - Jaws (1975) 4 - The Blair Witch Project (1999) 5 - Phantom of the Opera (1925) 6 - ...
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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Retreating

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I attended a retreat near Ligonier, PA this week with other United Methodist pastors from Western Pennsylvania Conference. Entitled "Th...
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Friday, October 17, 2008

Friday Top 10: Best Trick-or-Treat items to receive

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1 - 3 Musketeers 2 - Hershey bar 3 - M&Ms 4 - Bottle caps 5 - Kit Kat 6 - Pop rocks 7 - Peppermint Pattie 8 - Plastic spider rings 9 - ...
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Western PA Conference Clergy retreat

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Tomorrow, I'll be heading out of town for a few days in order to participate in a retreat with our Conference clergy, entitled "The...
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Sunday, October 12, 2008

Natural Church Development

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Western PA Conference has used the "natural church development" program extensively in the last decade or so. Pioneered in wester...
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Friday, October 10, 2008

Friday Top 10: Worst Trick-or-Treat items to receive

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1 - Necco wafers 2 - Bible tracts denouncing Halloween as Satanic (just turn off your porch light and don't participate, folks; it'...
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008

"All Together Now" movie

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Friday, October 03, 2008

Friday Top 10: Paul Newman movies

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1 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 2 - Cool Hand Luke (1967) 3 - Hud (1963) 4 - The Sting (1973) 5 - The Hustler (1961) 6 -...
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Caesar, mammon, and all that

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News outlets have inundated us with coverage of the current financial and economic woes of Wall Street and other world markets; it's be...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

Farewell Paul Newman

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God bless Paul Newman (1925-2008). Paul Newman was one of filmdom's greatest actors. Nominated for bunches of Oscars (he was awarded 3)...
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