Category: Journal
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October 7, 2010
A dreary day—rain, rain, rain. Psalm 90 and Ephesians 6 for my Bible reading. Prayer time at the community center. Final preparations for tonight’s prayer meeting. More preparation for this weekend’s OBF conference. Emails. Phone calls. Boy, do my days sound basically the same after awhile? I guess that’s…
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October 5, 2010
Nothing real exciting or unusual about today, revolving around this week’s Bible class, a survey of 1 Corinthians. As is the case most of the time, I think I get the most out of these things. Feeling quite tired and worn down. These past weeks have been extremely busy, and…
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What’s Your Monday Like? Here’s Mine…
October 4, 2010 Thankfully was able to get up early-ish (6am). Read Psalm 88 and Ephesians 3. Got the kids up and going. Family devotions from Genesis 15. Prepared mailings for this week. Uploaded yesterday’s messages to the computer and then our church website. Created an entirely new template for…
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October 3, 2010
Slept in until 8am (sluggard!). Read Psalm 85 and Ephesians 2. Studied for tomorrow morning’s message (John 3:1-12). Several emails. Updated the church website (put up October’s Bible reading guide). Prepared and cleaned the Community Center for tomorrow’s services (bathrooms, fun). Worked some more on sermons. Went to Meagan’s piano…
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October 1, 2010
Read Psalms 83 & 84. Drove 40 minutes up to Mentor to teach a Bible Institute 2 ½ hour class on Exodus and Leviticus. Had some good questions, mainly around sacrifices (“could women offer them?”) and the Sabbath (“do we observe the Sabbath in some way today? If not, can…
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September 30, 2010
Last day of September, 2010! Read Psalm 81-82. Family devotions from Genesis 12. Finished notes for GLBI class on Exodus and Leviticus tomorrow morning. Final preparations for tonight’s Bible class in Conneaut. Worked on Sunday morning message (John 3:1ff). Did some studying for next week’s Bible class (1 Corinthians). Studied…
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September 29, 2010
Read Psalm 80 and Galatians 5. Family devotions from Genesis 12. We often think of Genesis as being about “beginnings,” which is true, but doesn’t really summarize the whole of Genesis. “The beginnings of Israel” is much more accurate and just as easy to remember. The Pentateuch (Genesis through Deuteronomy)…
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September 28, 2010
Good start to the day, read Psalm 79 and Galatians 4. Appreciated Paul’s comment in verse 19—“my children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you,” noting the affection, action, and aim I should have as a pastor. For family devotions we read Genesis 11,…
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September 23, 2010
Today got off to a rousing start, reading Psalm 72, which poses some good challenges to one’s hermeneutic. The meaning is plain enough—Solomon asks God to bless the centerpiece of His work in that day and age, Israel: its king, land, people, and bring non-Israelites into subjection to it. The…
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September 22, 2010
Wow, what a day. First, we read Genesis 6 for family Bible time—God’s judgment in a world-wide flood, and God’s grace and mercy through the ark. One of the kids had the best insight—“Imagine being the only 8 people in the entire world!” Josiah’s remark: “That would be freaky.” The…
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September 21, 2010
Drove out to Middlefield for supplies. Trying to print copies of literature for mailings with this printer can be a real test of patience. It frequently doesn’t pick up the paper in the feeder, going through a whole cycle of attempts, before it beeps and says “no paper.” I have…
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September 20, 2010
I read 2 Corinthians 8-9 for my morning Bible reading, and we read Genesis 4 together as a family. We learned from Cain how sin can affect our “countenance” (we had fun doing different “countenances” such as happy, sad, anger, quizzical, etc) and noted God’s word to Cain in verse…
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September 18, 2010
Today Andy and I helped Trisha’s brother, Dan, pack his truck up for their move to PA. I’m thankful for the good weather! We’ve personally moved in just about every kind—including a snow storm! When we moved from Michigan to Ohio 5 ½ years ago, we unloaded our truck on…
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September 17, 2010
Up and going early today, a lot going on. First to Middlefield to bring Meagan to a babysitting job, then return home to study. Sent Trish, Meagan, and Hannah Ring off to Peniel Bible Camp for the Ladies’ Retreat. Study. Emails. Pizza with the family for dinner (Friday night tradition!).…
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September 15, 2010
Read Psalms 60-63 this morning. “O God, You are my God; I shall seek you earnestly; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for Your, in a dry and weary land where there is no water,” and the superscription states that David was in the wilderness of Judah when…
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September 14, 2010
Read 2 Corinthians 1-2 this morning—great chapters, noting especially these verses: “For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ” (1:5) “Thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma…
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September 11-13, 2010
Saturday the 11th was spent catching up from the previous day’s trip to Grand Rapids and getting ready for Sunday (morning worship, afternoon service, getting the community center ready, and evening service at Tri-County Bible church in Madison). Sunday the 12th – morning service (John 1:43-51), afternoon service (review survey…
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September 10, 2010
Drove to Grand Rapids, MI for a Greenfield reunion (they call it a rebellion, haha), then after the reunion was over we drove back to Orwell. That about sums up the day!
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September 9, 2010
After getting the kids up and out of bed I zoomed up to Madison for a quarterly pastors’ fellowship meeting. Subject was on worship, led by friends Chris Anderson and Joe Tyrpak. They’re building is coming along! On the way home I got a call, “Honey, could you pick up…
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September 8, 2010
As a family we read Genesis 2 before school started, noting how it is a “zoom in” of the sixth creation day, focusing especially on the pinnacle of God’s creation, man. Josiah got quite a kick out of how Eve was made, and my ladies noted that females naturally have…
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