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Month: February 2024

A Bend in the Road

A Bend in the Road

Years ago, when I was an assistant pastor in Virginia, our lead pastor preached a powerful sermon titled “A Bend in the Road.” In the message, he wisely taught that everyone is either about to go into a storm, in a storm, or just coming out a storm, so we’d best be ready for the next “bend in the road.”  Fifteen years have gone by, and I still think about that sermon. As a lead pastor now, I often get…

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Stand Firm!

Stand Firm!

Well, I’ve taken a month off… so this is my first blog of 2024 and if January is any measure, we’re in for a bumpy ride this year. On the global front, there’s a war in Ukraine about to enter its third year and the devastating Israel / Hamas war is entering its 5th month.  US and British warplanes are hitting Houthi rebels in Yemen who are taking potshots at commercial shipping lines in the Red Sea and the US…

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