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I am enjoying this book and agreeing with it (like "yes!", "write on"...laughing that Jesus wouldn't get hired because he was single...silly but prob would be true). There are some parts that uses particular language to describe leadersh...
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Growing Up Content And Without the Gadgets
I don’t remember much of my childhood. I have faint memories. From these memories I know I was content. I have shared my experience growing up in El Salvador up to the age of 10 with my children and students. Yes, times are different, I get it, but children today have much much more than […]
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Our Son’s Graduation, a reprise.
I wrote a poem in April 2010 before he was out of High School, and our son started school August 23. Tomorrow he graduates. But here some thoughts I wrote in August as well. They are still true today. 17 years ago and 9 months I saw you for the first time, it was the […]
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Graduation, The Acts of Releasing and God’s Providence
Almost three years ago we made our first trip to Washington DC as our second born took wings to study as far away possible from us. We had encouraged him to stay local but all efforts failed. He opted for a private university in the hub of DC. I remember that weekend and how hesitant […]
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The goatee Analogy: We are Never Satisfied
I like to grow my goatee. I like to shave it. So I did yesterday. It is interesting that at home, my wife and children didn’t even notice. Much the same at school with my students. Few did, then they all told each other and complained. They said they preferred me with a goatee. Yet […]
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The Wounded Healer
I have just started reading a book titled “The Wounded Healer” by Henry Nouwen. This book’s title has always captured by attention so I finally bought it and started to read it. The introduction asserts that if we (e.g. ministers, pastors) are to serve others, we need to be the “wounded healers.” In other words, […]
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The Pain of Death in the Death of Christ
Yesterday as I was coming home from the dentist, the pain I had experienced when she cleansed my tooth and caused me to shed a few tears made me realize how little I know pain. I consider myself a wimp when it comes to pain. Then I was reminded of the pain of death, not […]
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I needed a father
Today my father died. Even though he abandoned us when we were children, he is the man God chose to bring me to life. I have never written about it anywhere, but I have always thought about the role of fathers and dads in their children. I have also done a bit of reading about […]
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Audio Recordings
Here are some of my iTunes podcasts links. All of my audio fies can also be found at us.archive.org. Here is the RSS feed. Series on Acts (at Village Church): Acts 1– Preparing to be WitnessesActs 2 (Part 1) – The Beginning of the ChurchActs 2 (Part 2) – The Beginning of the ChurchActs chapter 3 – The […]
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The Sovereign God of History – Reflecting on 1 Kings
I am reading through the books of Kings in the Bible. I just finished 1 Kings. This book along with others are considered historical, more precisely dealing with the relationship of Israel (the divided Kingdom, which was a direct result of Salomon turning away from God) and God. It is easy to read these books as […]
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