• What To Include in the Family Letter
    Dec 16 2025

    This will be my last video devotion for the year. Next week I will be focused on planning the Christmas Eve worship at Ascension and the following week we will have grandchildren here so I’m taking a little time off.

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    3 mins
  • Sure You Don't Need Anything?
    Dec 12 2025

    I have reached that point in my life where I don’t need Christmas gifts.

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    4 mins
  • Comfort & Encouragement that Never Leave Us.
    Dec 9 2025

    The front arrived on schedule. More windy than icy. More blustery than wet. Front porch wreath blown off the wall. Welcome rug covered with leaves blown off the river birch.

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    3 mins
  • I Do Pastoral Counseling Different Now
    Dec 5 2025

    There’s a problem with giving just a little information in that it is not the whole story. Yes, the 5 love languages book is helpful, but it’s just a little bit of the whole story. Helpful and in the right direction but it is far from complete.

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    7 mins
  • Happy Pardon Day
    Nov 25 2025

    In all of my years I’ve never seen a turkey get the axe at the Rose Garden.

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    3 mins
  • Why Can't You Just Grow Up!
    Nov 21 2025

    There is an article in Psychology Today this week entitled, “8 Ways to Be an Adult” and I think that most of us could benefit from its suggestions.

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    7 mins
  • Play On Repeat
    Nov 18 2025

    Fifty years ago, I bought my first vinyl album. I still have it. Any guess who the band was and the name of the album? Too many to choose from, right?

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    4 mins
  • The Cure For Burn Out
    Nov 14 2025

    Working for wages leads to burn out. Jesus offers a very different motivation for work.

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    6 mins