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Archive for January, 2009

Compassion Re-Defined…

I guess I’ve been pretty surprised to learn that there are so many Christians living around Ocean Beach, and I say that because I’ve never seen a presence in the community.
I was talking to God about it the other day when I was walking to work, and I sensed God say, “Yeah, there are a [...]

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My wife amazes me…

Jessica was running a quick errand on Saturday and ended up running into a couple outside of Target.  We’d actually met the guy, Duke before.  He had a great job in construction that was cut and now he’s literally on the street trying to care for his wife who has a horrible case of diabetes [...]

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Losing ourselves to find ourselves

First, he criticized the long-term perspective of Obama’s plan, saying essentially, “He’s buying himself time, but if he doesn’t produce results in the short-run congress will turn on him.” That may indeed be true of congress, but if it’s true of the American people, we’re sunk as a nation. Unless the populace can begin to [...]

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Got a light?…

I don’t smoke. 
I wish I did.
I see all these people who share in this special community.  Some of them have found themselves on the outside looking in.  They used to be welcome inside public establishments – even airplanes – but now even outdoors they’re regulated and pushed aside to places where they can light up.
It’s [...]

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Sunday picnic…

The family and I decided we’d do an outing to the beach. It was a pleasant day sunny and in the 60’s. We decided we’d make a picnic on the beach with tea, a few PBJ’s, and Doritos. Ocean Beach has this really neat stretch of beach where you can bring your dog aptly [...]

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