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Author: Jan Withers

LIVING IN DENIAL

LIVING IN DENIAL…Luke 16:19-31 An elderly retired Episcopalian priest died last month who was a good friend of mine.  About 10 years ago he published in a magazine an amazing story about the events in his life from over 60 years earlier which led him to become a pastor. The events were so traumatic that, […]
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MAKING ROOM FOR LOVE IN YOUR HEART

Love the Lord your God with all your heart – and love your neighbor too, for goodness sakes – at least as much as you love yourself.  That’s a whole lotta love! Or at least it should be. Because, loving yourself does not make you a narcissist. Loving yourself at the expense of all others […]
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Lost and Found….Luke 15:1-7

Over the summer I read an article about the book Kon-Tiki and decided to rent the movie. It seemed infinitely faster than reading the book. Kon-Tiki came out 3 years ago, a remake of the 1950s original. It was really good but if you rent it, make sure you rent the English version, unless you […]
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THE NARROW DOOR IS WIDE ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US

These two nuns, who happened to be nurses in a Catholic hospital, had made a trip out to far reaches of the county to visit a patient. On the way back, they ran out of gas on a pretty deserted road. Finally, after about 15 minutes a guy in a pickup truck stopped to help. […]
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