Pastor’s Patter

Pastor’s Patter

Some people go to the dump and return home with more stuff than they took in the first place. The following happened to one of those people. The incident occurred near Ichon, South Korea in July, 1953. An American soldier heard a noise in a pile of trash. Curious, he...

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Pastor’s Patter

Pastor’s Patter

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28 ESV) Some people carry burdens they don’t have to. If you are walking from the parking garage toward the airport terminal and a traveling companion offers to carry one of your...

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Pastor’s Patter

Pastor’s Patter

Student to math teacher: That isn’t right! Teacher: What’s not right? Student: You said that X equals 4. Teacher: Yes, I did. So? Student: Well, yesterday you said that X equals 3. Somethings just don’t make sense. Here’s one that may not make sense to you. An angel...

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Pastor’s Patter

Pastor’s Patter

“Ossie Davis was a big man, and kind; he taught Sunday School; he was gentle with children and courteous to strangers.” * The world remembers him best as an actor, and he was a fine actor. He was also a playwright, who wrote and acted in Purlie Victorious. That’s how...

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Pastor’s Patter

Pastor’s Patter

“U.S. BANS TRAVEL AFTER DEATH” This statement was a headline on page A7 of the July 22 edition of the Lincoln Journal Star. It alarmed me! Did this recently instituted policy mean that people would have to be buried where they dropped? As I contemplated the...

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Something to think about on Memorial Day weekend: On April 15, 2002 near Kandahar, Afghanistan, a bomb was detonated by a terrorist. Four American soldiers were killed. Staff sergeant Jeff Pugmire was the sole survivor of the explosion. Six days later, he sent an...

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Pastor’s Patter

Pastor’s Patter

Fruits which are forbidden are, by nature, the most attractive.  Tobacco is one of those forbidden and appealing fruits, especially for young adolescent males. Fred and his companions, on the cusp of adulthood and desiring to exercise prerogatives pertaining to that...

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Pastor’s Patter

Pastor’s Patter

Corrie lived in a house crowded with her mother, father, two aunts, her sister, and her brother.  The occupants filled the residence in Holland to and, perhaps, beyond capacity, and their faith saturated the home with gentleness and joy. One of Corrie’s aunts, Jans,...

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Pastor’s Patter

Pastor’s Patter

The following observations were offered by Nadiia Hundert: “Today, as a consequence of an atheistic upbringing, we are knee-deep in alcoholics, drug addicts, other chemically dependent individuals, loafers, bums, criminals, savages, cruel and frightening juveniles who...

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Pastor’s Patter

Pastor’s Patter

There was nothing remarkable about our house.  It was a modest, three-bedroom bungalow. On the inside, it was furnished sparingly with 1960-era accoutrements. But after the Thanksgiving turkey had been reduced to a bony carcass and the last morsel of Mom’s homemade...

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Pastors Patter

Pastors Patter

"Lord, may my words be tender and sweet for tomorrow I might have to eat them." This pithy prayer was etched on a plastic sign, which had been given to me by a hunting buddy from Cleveland. I kept it on a shelf in my office for several years and I often wondered what...

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Pastor’s Patter

Pastor’s Patter

Pastor’s Patter Leadership.  Some people are leaders; Some are followers; Most of us seek leaders whom we can trust. Keshavan Nair wrote a book titled, A Higher Standard of Leadership: Lessons from the Life of Gandhi. The author identifies three principles of...

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Pastor’s Patter

Pastor’s Patter

Pastor’s Patter Most people think joy and happiness are the same thing. They’re not. Happiness is external and temporary. When something happens to you, e.g. winning a ball game or receiving a promotion at work, you’re happy. Some external force has acted upon you to...

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Pastor’s Patter

Pastor’s Patter

The element of surprise was essential as George Washington led his troops toward British-occupied Trenton, New Jersey. That surprise was jeopardized when a farmer, loyal to the British cause, detected the revolutionaries' advance. The farmer rushed to warn Colonel...

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