Here’s the text of the message from this morning. I usually don’t prepare a manuscript, but this one was a little different. Scroll down to the end of the post for the audio version.
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I got an email from an old friend late last week. He tells a great story. I thought I’d share it with […]

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I think we’re going to incorporate some elements of Festivus into our Advent assemblies at Garnett.
One thing we may do is take some time during an upcoming assembly for the “The airing of the grievances.”
The way I see it working is that we’ll have an open mic and anyone who wants to can come up […]

Forget about making a donation to the Human Fund. Check out this great gift idea from Mark Moore.
I’m about to help you out here with an amazing idea for your Christmas shopping. You know that nagging problem of what to get for the person who has everything? Well, this should solve that […]

There were ten chairs in the celestial pressroom, arranged in a semicircle. The podium was front and center. Angels began to trickle in and fill the chairs. None of them knew why the meeting had been called.
Several minutes later the side door to the pressroom opened and in walked […]

Luke 1:5-25
It was Zechariah’s big day. His name was drawn to go into the temple and burn incense at the altar. He would be only one veil away from the Holy of Holies. Geographically speaking, this is as close to God’s Presence as he was ever going to get.
Once inside the temple, […]

How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
Psalm 13:1-2 (NIV)
How long O Lord?
It’s a gut-wrenching question that keeps turning up throughout the Scriptures, […]

He appeared outside one of the main entrances to the Woodland Hills Mall on the Friday after Thanksgiving. He had frizzy, red hair and a beard to match. He wore bright green overalls and a white undershirt.
When asked, he would say that his name was John.
“Like, as in ‘The Baptist?’” asked a teenager […]