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Everyone is a father….

Last Sunday at Unity Center, we celebrated Father’s Day. Peeling back the typical associations we have with the word “father” — maleness and parenting and age-difference and such — we acknowledge joyfully that each and everyone of us shares the traits associated with fatherhood: love, strength, wisdom, protection, and comfort. And we share these traits […]

Posted on June 19, 2012 at 10:27 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Joy is ours to make

I went for an early (read, before-it’s-too-hot) run this morning. On Monday runs I push my smile harder, more often. The Monday Syndrome was hard at work on the minds — and the faces — of most of the drivers this morning. Smiles seemed miles from the fronts of their minds. (Here’s something to think […]

Posted on June 11, 2012 at 3:30 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Answering God’s Calling: What does it take?

I’ll bet like me you’ve called someone and had them answer their phone before you even heard it ring. I imagine expressing my surprise to the called friend and hearing them say in response, “Oh, I was expecting your call!” Can you imagine telling God, “Oh, I was expecting your call.”? We can expect God’s […]

Posted on June 3, 2012 at 10:57 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Jazzed with irrepressible joy!

Our church, Unity Center – A Church of Positive Prayer — opens every service with the Unity Daily Word. Last Sunday, May 20, the daily word was Joy and the subtitle: Jazzed with irrepressible joy! Too rich to pass by, it became title and theme for the Sunday lesson. What is Joy? We typically think […]

Posted on May 21, 2012 at 9:11 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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