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Christmas Update

12/21/2007

My son, Paul, arrived home this week. He has been in Baghdad, Iraq for the past 15 months as a soldier in the US Army and this Sunday after service we are having a church luncheon to celebrate Paul’s safe…

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Over $1Million of Faith-Work Served!

12/11/2007

I’m excited to announce that we have just passed over the one million dollar mark in value of food distributed through the Family Table CAP program in the past four years. Thank you, Jesus! This really marks an important point…

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Brain Sludge

11/30/2007

Humor columnist Dave Barry writes about a term called “Brain Sludge” coined by scientists to describe the vast collection of odd things the brain chooses to remember, instead of useful information. For example, if you take any group of one…

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The Traditions of Christmas

11/14/2007

The power of a tradition is that it memorializes something considered important or sacred and is a way that ancestors communicate with their descendants. For example, old European and earlier American society gave us many of our most wonderful Christmas…

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Always Mardi Gras and Never Lent

11/08/2007

Our culture reminds me of Mardi Gras, where spectators line up along the street each night, intoxicated by drink and the spirit of the celebration while watching a parade go by. Mardi Gras parades include floats, marching bands, costumes, glitter,…

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My Latest Books

11/07/2007

I am in the middle of revising and editing a bookfor the series Pure Gold Classics (PGC), publishedby Bridge-Logos publishers. The book by Arthur W. Pink is titled The Sovereignty of God and was originally written in 1918. This is…

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Thoughts on Aron Ralston

11/06/2007

The Discovery Channel broadcasted a show highlighting the experience of Aron Ralston, the young hiker who severed his own arm to get free from a fallen bolder after being trapped in a Utah canyon for five days. Tom Brokaw conducted…

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Integrating Faith and Education

11/06/2007

Catskill Mountain Christian Academy (CMCA) is currently in our thirteenth year of high powered, high quality, academically excellent, intellectually stimulating and spiritually uplifting Christian education. Our pre-K through 12th grade students continue to score well above the national average across-the-board…

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Louvre Painting at CMCC

11/06/2007

In 2006 an amazing painting by Lawson was donated to CMCC, and it hangs behind the pulpit in our Chapel. It is approximately ten feet long and depicts the scene from Luke 7: 36-50 where the sinful woman washes Jesus’…

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