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This past weekend, I had the privilege of speaking at Church of the Suncoast.  I spoke on Communion.  I have not spoken at theSuncoast before, so I was a little nervous.  Add to that, several volunteers were either out of town or they, or their kids, were sick at home.  There was a LOT of [...]

I know that it’s been a few days (or weeks) since my last post, it’s been wild. I’ve been swamped and trying to get my “sea legs” at the new job. But it’s been very eventful and a blessing. Sid and I accomplished several goals last week: we sent our first mortgage payment in 10+ [...]

Anyone who knows me, reads my blog, my Twitter, or my FaceBook, KNOWS I am in love with all things Disney.  Well, not so much anything Disney that ends with ‘Montana’, ‘Jonas’, or ‘Pherb’.  But most anything that relates to the Magic Kingdom, has me at ‘Hello’.  So, when I got a copy of Mousejunkies!: [...]

The one question I was asked most often during the 10 months of unemployment was, “How are you surviving?”  And the answer was: Sarah worked 7 days a week at 2 different jobs.  Monday through Friday she worked as a bookkeeper, Saturday and Sunday she was a receptionist.  Because of her working 7 days a [...]

In Harry Beckwith’s Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing, I was reminded that I am selling (evangelizing) something invisible: God.  You can’t see, smell, touch, taste, or hear Him, but He is there.  He’s everywhere…but He IS invisible.  And using the secular terminology, if you are in ministry, you are a service [...]