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Essay: Servant Leadership–What is it Really?
Servant Leadership–What is it Really? Jan. 16, 2024 We often hear that leaders in the church must be “servant leaders.” You do not find this term explicitly stated in the New Testament. You find the term for servant — diakonos: a servant, minister; Greek διάκονος . [i] This term was used to describe various …
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Poem: American Dream
American Dream
Poem: Mold the Clay
Mold the Clay I took the clay— So soft and pliable, Pushed and molded— Impressions reliable! Set it aside ‘til it grew cold. Now it is set With nowhere to go. Blessed with a child So clean and pure. Gave him to God To clean and cure. Only a short while With …
Poems: Love One Another
Love One Another
Commentary: Have We Been Pursuing the Wrong Thing?
Have We Been Pursuing the Wrong Thing? Have we been pursuing the wrong thing? In what area of our life do you ask such a question? I would say in “church” and in society as a whole. How so? You ask. It is easy to see in society, but not so easy in “church”. Society …
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Essay: Almost Home
x Almost Home Jan. 2021 “‘Almost Home’ came out of a conversation between Mercy Me front man Bart Millard and a pastor pal of his. Millard’s friend has been in ministry for a long time; in fact, he was once the singer’s youth pastor. The pastor admitted to Millard that ministry is hard and he …
Commentary: Shame — Why Should We be Ashamed?
Martha’s Poem this week is entitled “Shame”. That is shame on America. The essay is on what we Christians can learn from how political action is accomplished. This week we went to see the movie “The Sound of Freedom’–by the same studio of “The Chosen.” It is how we in this country have allowed human …
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Commentary: Keeping God Real
The Poem Martha posted today was the question “If God is Real.” My essay is about the folly of personal agenda’s and the hubris of leaders. I submit there is both a correlation between these two and a possible root cause. In our society today both Christians and non-believers typically act as if they are …
Poem: If God is Real
If God is Real If God is real, Can He love me? I’m full of sin And wish to be free. Though I’m not worthy, Christ longs for my heart. Left God in Heaven To come do his part! God is so gracious— Longsuffering and kind. Everything good Comes from the Divine! Stretch so …