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Month: December 2022

What to get Someone who has Everything

What to get Someone who has Everything

One of the annual struggles of the holiday season for us is finding a Christmas gift for our parents. Maybe you have the same problem.  Last night Pam and I sat flipping aimlessly through endless screens of “suggestions” from Amazon.  It’s challenging because my parents and Pam’s dad don’t need anything.  In fact, they’re at the stage where they’re downsizing and giving away… not accumulating.  Every year they say, “Oh, no need for a gift, we don’t need anything. We know…

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The Power of Your Testimony

The Power of Your Testimony

Two weeks ago at Bethany, we concluded our fall sermon series, “Right Where You Are.”  And hands down, the highlight of the series were the personal testimonies that accompanied each sermon.  It was super encouraging.  Every week for 13 weeks ordinary men and women from our Bethany family shared about deep struggles and blessings in life and how God is using them to transform their lives and impact their world. Through the fall I kept an informal tally of some…

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I Don’t Know What I Don’t Know

I Don’t Know What I Don’t Know

Sorry for the delay this week, but I had the exact same experience that Sandy shares in her story below. And try as I might on Tuesday, I couldn’t get my head around writing a blog. ******* A devotional by Sandy Martin This may sound like an unusual title for a devotional. So, let me share the unusual story that goes with this unusual title. I was in my “50’s” and headed for my first routine colonoscopy. I had met…

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