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Abundant Provision

Many moons ago, HC Maples gave me a blackberry cane. Since I don’t trust my gardening abilities, I planted it next to my back door so I would remember to water it. Within a few years, the brambles took over the sidewalk, covering the path to our back yard.   The next year, we moved a few slips to a narrow fence row near our garage. Once again, the blackberries flourished. They grew, multiplied, and provided more fruit than we could imagine. Last year, we had berries in the...

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Maycember

Maycember.  That’s what we started calling it in our home.  I’m pretty sure I first saw that title somewhere online.  I’m not sure who to give credit for that description but it feels accurate.  This season leading up to summer has all the busyness of December but without the cookies and presents to entice you along the way.  As a father with three kids in school, the last month has been filled with numerous end of year programs, recitals, field...

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Living in Community

The past few years, one of the things on my bucket list has been to see the giant sequoia trees at the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. These majestic trees can grow 350 feet tall. They are massively huge and strong. Yet their strength isn't from deep roots. Their strength comes from the many trees around them. Unable to survive alone.... ever, they grow in "tribes" or communities giving each of the trees around them strength and support.    The body of Christ is like that...

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