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My father died on March 20. He was the oldest of four and, in our family, the last of his generation. My brothers, sister, and I are now the ones responsible to continue the legacy of faith we received from our forebears. I pray that [...]

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I’ve heard the assertion several times, “Since God instructed us to not worry about tomorrow (Matthew 6:34), it violates His will to plan for retirement.”
Can this be? … MORE

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The return address read “Internal Revenue Service.”
Oh, no. What does that mean?
I opened the envelope to read the summons. My wife and I were invited to meet with an IRS representative to discuss a tax return filed two years earlier. We were being audited… MORE

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Of Papa.  A psalm.
O LORD, you have given me a two-year-old who knows everything I do.
He knows when I sit and when I rise;
He perceives my thoughts of escape from afar.
He discerns my going out and my lying down;
Nothing eludes his scrutiny.
He chooses the topic of conversation
and tells me when my response is incorrect.
He refuses [...]

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The full-color graphic on the front page of the Kansas City Star was nothing like I expected for a Thanksgiving Day (2009). A tiny, token cartoon turkey sat on the top of the narrow left column. In contrast, a large graphic splattered two-thirds of the [...]

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I listened to a lively conversation today. A man who attends a Church of the Nazarene, but doesn’t consider himself a Nazarene, raised the matter of the “rules” of the Church of the Nazarene in issues such as drinking alcoholic beverages. He said that he doesn’t have any problem with having a beer, [...]

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Our eagerness to serve masked our lack of experience and know-how. Here we were—ten members of a Work & Witness team in a foreign land with the responsibility to set about 2,400 square feet of porcelain floor tile. After a quick training session, a couple [...]

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I stood in the exhibit hall at the 2009 General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene in Orlando. As I gazed across the large room, I heard someone say, “Hello, partner.” I turned to see my friend, Francisco Cardona, from Guadalajara, Mexico. We embraced, [...]

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My niece, Shela, listens to Matt Case, a mid-day DJ at Spirit 105.3 radio in Seattle.  One day her five-year-old son, Samuel, wanted to call in to tell Mr. Matt a joke. That has developed into quite a relationship.  Mr. Matt gave Shela a private phone number so “Buddy Sam” can call anytime he has [...]

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For months, the financial crisis has dominated the news. Pundits speculate on the bankruptcies of automakers and the ripple effect it may have on the economy. City officials look closely at foreclosure rates in their neighborhoods, calculate the shock on city budgets and services, and [...]

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