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Life on life
Ministry – including evangelism — is people touching people – life on life. It is not just disseminating information. You can do that with a piece of paper or a book or a website. It is faith working itself out … Continue reading
The Starbucks crowd
It was a most unusual memorial service — a celebration of strangers. They were strangers, not to each other, but to the family that had suffered the loss. They came by invitation, not by name. Their invitation was a poster … Continue reading
I know who you are
Today’s Catch comes by way of a story sent in by one of our members as told by an ER nurse. It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s, arrived to have stitches removed … Continue reading
God and country
Tomorrow, as a country, we in America celebrate our independence from England. That seems a little hard to say, since we have lots of friends in England now. That fact itself is an illustration of how relative these matters of … Continue reading
Time and attention
God doesn’t desire more of our time sometimes; He desires more of our attention all the time. Ever feel frustrated because you hear messages about getting closer to God and you definitely desire this for yourself, but you are inundated … Continue reading
Family tree
I attended a 50-year reunion this weekend. You are starting to do a little math right now as you try to figure out what type of reunion this must have been. I’d like to say it was my Kindergarten reunion, … Continue reading
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Looking and living
U2 recorded at least two different versions of the song that was the theme of yesterday’s Catch,“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” Thanks to David, my pop music/gospel connection to Canada and a regular Catch reader, we’re going … Continue reading
Still haven’t found what you’re looking for?
A while ago I received an email from one of our readers who has been corresponding with me off and on for a while. He is a person who does a lot of thinking, and as a result, belief comes … Continue reading
All the lonely people
Following is what I believe to be one of the most poignant tributes to loneliness and isolation ever to be chronicled in a popular song. The song only makes an observation. It makes no conclusions except for the tragic: “No … Continue reading
Send me
When bad things happen send me. I received a nice note from Pam about my Catch last week on theological conundrums. She mentioned that her pastor often talks about how the world is “subject to gravity and meteorological activity and people’s … Continue reading
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