Merry Christmas from the Chows

December 7, 2009
Dear friends and family,
As our family reflects on the last year it is one that has passed too fast. Our children have sprouted and have pushed the limits toward maturity while we reminisce of the days that all they wanted was our attention. It only seems like yesterday that we did our last [...]

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By Faith

There were a few peeps that requested that I post my sermon from Word of Life online. Since we don’t record them, I am posting it here. Your only problem is that I do not write it in a manuscript format. Hope you can figure it out.
By Faith…
Hebrews 11
-Today is the first Sunday of Advent
Advent [...]

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Post Thanksgiving Reflection

Sure Thanksgiving is all about being thankful for the blessings that you have and for family. I have some great memories of sitting around stuffing myself and watching football. In fact I asked my wife’s parents/ family if I could have her hand in marriage following Thanksgiving Dinner/ Lunch (it was around 2 in the [...]

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Are you trying to get something through my thick skull?

I have had the opportunity to do something that we try not to encourage our members to do… that being ‘church shop”. Or the act of checking out what other churches are doing and so forth. In some ways it is pretty cool since I get to see what other churches are doing but at [...]

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Intersting

Last night I was driving home from training all day at Macy’s and was kinda bumming about even having this job. Not because it is a job (which I am thankful for) but that its not what I am passionate about. Then this song by Bon Jovi came on the radio and was mesmerized by [...]

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Crossroads

As a person in the midst of transition, it is at a crossroads that I sit. For the past week I have been searching for a job, any job that will somehow supplement the lack of income that my family is facing. With that I have applied for anything from Aflac Insurace to College Enrollment [...]

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Retirement

A frequent conversation that I have with older adults that have retired is that they tell me that they are busier than they were when they were working. While I have had problems stretching my little brain around that, I have begun to understand what they mean. While I am not “retired” but yet hope [...]

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Day One

Sooo today was the first day of being “unemployed”. Geesh this is depressing. Let me see what is on TV? Nothing to sooth the soul like V:the Series marathon on Syfy. What is making this so weird is that I am used to being overly busy. With meeting and a To Do List that is [...]

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Trust is a five letter word

1When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra [...]

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A New Chapter

The last couple of weeks have been interesting as I have worked on transferring the many tasks and oversight of ministries that I have been involved in for the past three years. This last sunday was my last official sunday at Word of Life. And in all transitional times I am quite reflective on what [...]

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