Learning Through Play: The benefits of fresh air, laughter, and imagination
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jlivas9
- Sep 27, 2022
- 8 min
Living as Self or God Made- By Pastor Tom Engel
At one time, but I’m not so sure now, Romeo and Juliet in high school was required reading. How much of the story do you remember? Here’s...
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jlivas9
- Sep 19, 2022
- 7 min
Check Writers and Diaper Changers- By Pastor Tom Engel
Back at another church where I served, there was a retired couple, Bob and Sigrid. They were missionaries for most of their marriage of...
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jlivas9
- Sep 15, 2022
- 7 min
Keep On, Keeping On- By Pastor Tom Engel
During the late seventies and early eighties, did you stick to a shaggy beard, wearing flowers in your hair, and did you proclaim that...
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- Jun 6, 2022
- 4 min
Making Most of Moments - By Pastor Thomas Engel
How many pictures are on your phone? I did a search: the average person has 630 pictures and 24 videos. My sister has over a 1,000...
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- May 30, 2022
- 6 min
Haven't Finished...Yet - By Pastor Thomas Engel
Obviously, it’s Sunday morning. I know it’s Sunday because we are in worship. If it was Saturday, we would be cutting the grass, and if...
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- May 23, 2022
- 8 min
At a Snail's Pace - By Pastor Thomas Engel
Getting to the end of May and the start of June, we are seeing young people graduating from school, and with their new degrees, they will...
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- May 16, 2022
- 8 min
Heaven's Not So Far - By Pastor Thomas Engel
For all the talk we do about heaven, we don’t have an exact picture of what heaven looks like. Most of our pictures of heaven come from...
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- May 9, 2022
- 7 min
Functional Believer - By Pastor Thomas Engel
Most people want to be functioning at a high level most of the time. It’s how we get things done. Hour after hour, day after day, we are...
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- May 9, 2022
- 7 min
A Life Complete - By Pastor Thomas Engel
In a past congregation that I served, there was an elderly man named Arnold. I’m sure each member in the congregation would agree that...
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- May 2, 2022
- 7 min
I Wish I'm There - By Pastor Thomas Engel
What time in history would you would like to go back and visit? Are you a big baseball fan? What baseball legend would you like to go...
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- Apr 19, 2022
- 8 min
Early Riser - By Pastor Thomas Engel
When Jesus was before Pilate at his trial, we have to remember that not everyone in the crowd was shouting, “Crucify him!” There were...
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- Apr 4, 2022
- 8 min
Stepping that Next Step - By Pastor Thomas Engel
I think I can say that we all have felt at one time or another the strain of stepping that next step. I can say that we have all been in...
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- Mar 28, 2022
- 7 min
You Don't Want to Miss This - By Pastor Thomas Engel
As crucial that current world events are to our present moments, our immediate days ahead of us, and to far future times, we need to...
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- Mar 21, 2022
- 8 min
Only What You Can Do - By Pastor Thomas Engel
Admittedly, I’m beginning with some illustrations that are well-worn. I’ve read them in various places over the years, and I’m sure that...
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- Mar 14, 2022
- 8 min
When Necessary, Repeat - By Pastor Thomas Engel
What’s you favorite song, and how many times have you heard it through the years? One of my favorites is Gladys Knight’s “Midnight Train...
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- Mar 7, 2022
- 8 min
Got a Deal for You - By Pastor Thomas Engel
I’ve a friend who is a history buff, and he always says, “Money has ruined everything.” Looking back through the centuries, my friend...
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- Feb 22, 2022
- 8 min
Happily Ever After... By Pastor Thomas Engel
It has always been a topic of debate if art mimics life or life mimics art. Henry James wrote that the novel is “a direct impression of...
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- Feb 14, 2022
- 7 min
Seeing the Good - By Pastor Thomas Engel
When you are going through a difficult time, you call up an urgent session of your support team made up of your two best friends to meet...
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- Feb 7, 2022
- 5 min
Oops, I was Wrong! - By Pastor Thomas Engel
We all make mistakes at sometime or another. Right? I can type with all of my fingers, but in just a few sentences of an email, typos...
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