Randy McKenzie
Creating Space for God
The soul is like a wild animal - tough, resilient, and shy. When we go crashing through the woods shouting for it to come out so we can...
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Randy McKenzie
- Jul 27, 2022
- 3 min
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up. 1st Thessalonians 5:11 NIV
I grew up in a housing project. It was a large group of apartment buildings in Kentucky. We moved there when I was 3 and lived there...
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Randy McKenzie
- Sep 15, 2021
- 3 min
50 Years Later
At the end of August, Gwendolyn and I made a trip back home to see our families and also to attend my 50-year High School reunion. Some...
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Randy McKenzie
- Feb 10, 2021
- 4 min
Walking With God
We all know the story of Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit. Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God...
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Randy McKenzie
- Nov 3, 2020
- 3 min
It's What's In the Inside That Counts
Forrest Gump: My momma always said, “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” It appears mysterious,...
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Jared Stern
- Jun 26, 2020
- 4 min
A Distinguished Dad
What makes a person a great dad? Looks? Personality? This blog gives a few basic principles that will help make you a distinguished dad.
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Jared Stern
- May 3, 2019
- 5 min
A Wife of Abandon
One character who often gets overlooked in the Bible is Sarah, Abraham’s wife. She appears from time to time in Genesis, but often...
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Jared Stern
- Mar 28, 2019
- 6 min
Restoring Relationships – Thoughts from the book of Philemon
God made people to be relational; to be surrounded by friends and family and have a sense of community. We are all wired this way. I...
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Andrew Nichols
- Feb 15, 2019
- 2 min
A Thousand Times Spartacus
Let me explain my unusual title. This is a phrase that a friend and I came up with back in the day. We were both writers and musicians,...
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Jared Stern
- Jan 18, 2019
- 3 min
Active Grandparents
The older a person gets, the less active they become. That’s a statement a lot of people don’t like to admit. It’s frustrating when tasks...
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Ron Smals
- Nov 2, 2018
- 3 min
UNTIL DEATH DO US PART
Once upon a time a knight in shining armor picked up his princess on his white horse and they got married and lived happily ever after. ...
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Jared Stern
- Oct 19, 2018
- 4 min
Overparenting
At what point does it become too much? This is a question that I have often considered as a parent. It is a constant struggle that...
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Jared Stern
- Sep 7, 2018
- 4 min
Responding Instead of Reacting
One of the greatest a challenges that a parent faces in life is reacting vs. responding. I have seen it time and time again. Their...
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David Lewis
- Aug 24, 2018
- 6 min
Restless Minds
So, I’m not a blogger. Never have been. Never thought I would be. The prospect of writing down whatever was on my mind never really...
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Shawn Mason
- Aug 21, 2018
- 5 min
Trying Terrible Twos
The following post was reposted with permission from Shawn Mason, Operation Barnabus leader, because of its relevance to Jared Stern's...
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Jared Stern
- Jul 27, 2018
- 4 min
Is God Using Me?
About two weeks ago as a church, we came together and put on Vacation Bible School for our community. One of the main ways that churches...
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