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The Turning Point In My Life, Part 2
(This is part 2. Part one is here.) I walked into my first dealership one January morning and with a whirlwind of energy, greeted the parts manager with a smile: “Hi, I’m Roger Knowlton with Premier Autoware. I’d like you to have one of my pens – careful it tends to develop feet and walk… Continue reading
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The Turning Point In My Life
I sat waiting at the Illini Orange Canteen. The smell of fall was in the air at the University of Illinois. I had squeezed 4 years into 4 ½, and now the time had come to go out into the “real world.” I would be graduating in December. I spent many hours at the Illini… Continue reading
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How We Are Outwitted By Satan
We are often confused about the main way the enemy of our souls attacks us. Now I’m sure that he comes against us in many different ways, all of which I myself do not know; but I think we too often imagine Exorcist-like warfare with crosses held high and twisting heads as in the movie. And while… Continue reading
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Praying for a Baby, Part 2
(This is part 2. The story of our early struggle with infertility begins here.) Okay, logic said, we definitely needed to keep this thing under wraps. We had a history, after all, and telling people would just lead to awkward conversations should the dreaded loss come our way again. But it came to me one… Continue reading
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Praying for a Baby
“You should know that I’m not much of a handyman,” I told Bill. “My wife can’t count on me to do much of anything around the house.” There’s the old chestnut that says honesty is the best policy, and if we were going to be offered this position managing the self-storage units called The Padlock,… Continue reading
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Why Does God Want Us To Appreciate One Another?
He does, you know. But why? It was on an ordinary Friday evening a few weeks back that Edgewood Community Church organized its first volunteer appreciation night. What a great time. There were gifts and prizes (waterparks and a kindle and gift cards and even a prime parking spot). There was tasty food served by handsome,… Continue reading
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Would You Know My Name…?
After Eric Clapton’s son Conor died tragically in 1991, the singer wrote a beautiful song asking a haunting question, a question that I believe many have pondered through the years: Would you know my name If I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven? Tears in Heaven, Eric… Continue reading
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The Most Important Worship Service Attendee
Shortly after I became a Christian in 1982, my friend Lore told me she knew of a church that I just had to visit. The name of the church was Willow Creek Community Church, a new “mega-church” which had started in the mid-70’s and was a “new way of doing church.” Though it was almost an hour’s drive from our… Continue reading
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As Wise As Ever After 84 Years…
From the blogging files – a story that I thought might merit a retelling – from January of 2014… We had quite a celebration this past Friday night. Mom turned 84. Annie was out of town, but the rest of us made big plans to take the birthday girl to Culvers where she enjoys Root beer… Continue reading
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Should All Christians Speak in Tongues?
I found a book in the garage attic today: Pat Boone’s: Pray to Win: God wants you to succeed. If not quite a classic, it was still one of the first Christian books I ever read as a new believer, and aside from teaching me about prayer, it also made me wonder if I was missing… Continue reading
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