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Bride of Christ (2006 Ornament by FarmingtonGlenn)
2006 “Bride of Christ” Ornament by FarmingtonGlenn MARRIAGE A MYSTERY: I was honored this year to be invited by my niece Sarah to offer the mealtime prayer at her wedding banquet. As I thought about...
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Levite Lesson: Doing Church Right?
In 1st Chronicles 24 is a process near the end of David’s rule for scheduling the family of Aaron for temple duty. I suppose this is a chapter that most Bible readers read half-heartedly, or skip...
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All My Families
Ravioli makers, 2011 This Saturday, the Trevisan’s will gather to make ravioli for the annual Christmas Eve meal. It’s a wondrous and cherished tradition that we all look forward to each year. I love...
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Element #5: The Great Marriage Mystery
Waiting for the ceremony to begin Regarding marriage, “This is a great mystery…” Leave it to a man to understate the obvious, a single man at that. At least that’s what the statement looks like if...
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To Be in the land of Do
“Doing” a fountainto create a sense of Being(Photo by FarmingtonGlenn) Years ago, the organization I worked for did a study. Our goal was to figure out how to move our mission and vision forward in...
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Climate Controlled Battlefield – Church?
Ford Field, Detroit, MI Football is back. Our college football favorite is the Michigan State Spartans, the college our son attended. We were watching State’s first pre-season game last weekend...
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Thankful For Forgiveness!
Jailed by Unforgivness and “Ungrace.” I have a friend who feels like he lives under this pall related to some things that happened a couple of years ago. To his credit, he readily admits to things he...
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Known By This
Some of us are missing. Trevisan Reunion 2014 My first week of college was when I realized I belonged to an extraordinary family. My four roommates and I were talking about our respective parents and...
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Disappointment Guaranteed
Disappointment, that is I need to announce this to everyone I am just getting to know although it also applies to everyone I know well. I’m going to let you down. Might as well come clean and get it...
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Place of Grace
Former “Breakaway” leaders and students Last weekend, our church hosted a youth group reunion of former youth pastors and students who were involved in our middle school and high school youth...
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Yours, Mine and His
Yours, Mine and Ours, the movie. 1968 I’m really dating myself to admit recalling the movie “Yours, Mine and Ours” about a widower with 10 children marrying a widow with 8 children and the hilarious...
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Loners Don’t Generally Rule
My “lay-down” loner – one of very few ever I’ve had a few “lay down loners” playing euchre. Most times, I don’t have the opportunity to play a potential loner hand. An unfulfilled loner hand usually...
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A special edition post in light of an ongoing conversation. As I mentioned last week in “Present and accounted for,” our church leaders (of which I am one) are conversing about how best to nurture and...
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New cover, same message
A new bulletin cover greeted us at church last Sunday. The headline “Real God. Messy People. Changed Lives.” was followed by our slightly refreshed church mission. The cover and messaging signified a...
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Not just going, Being!
“Hanging the greens” – Grace Chapel people decorating for the holidays, 2013 I recently landed a part-time job at a hardware store. Like most retail businesses, sales volume is heaviest when customers...
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