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The Starfish Story

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In my weekend services this Sunday I intend to reference the familiar “starfish story” along with the question, “Where is God calling you to make a difference?” You’ve probably read this story or heard it paraphrased in sermons or motivational speeches, but I thought you might enjoy reading it again…

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Where was God at the Boston Marathon?

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Where was Jesus when multiple bombs exploded along this year’s Boston Marathon route, shattering loved ones’ hearts and instilling fear into an already anxious culture? Where was He ten days earlier when Pastor Rick Warren’s son took his life into his own hands? Where was He during recent tsunamis, natural…
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Bursting bubbles

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Grace Church Summer Reading Program: The Hole in our Gospel—week 2  Thoughts from the Prologue I tried to get out of the Prologue and in to the 1st chapter of The Hole in our Gospel this week but I couldn’t do it. I was too gripped by Richard Stearns’ metaphor…
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Eustace and Aslan

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“Strictly speaking he began to be a different boy…the cure had begun.” So ends the chapter in C.S. Lewis’ The Voyage of the Dawn Treader wherein the self-centered, scornful Eustace Clarence Scrubb is transformed in to a greedy dragon and then ultimately healed by Aslan. Following is an excerpt from…