11:00 AMKen Pierpont; Psalm 27:10

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06:00 PMKen PierpontSeries: FAQ on Things to Come; I Corinthians 3:8 – 14; II Corinthians 5:10; Romans 14;10

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11:00 AMKen Pierpont; Ephesians 5:19 – 6:20

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I have waited for years for what happened last night. Kyle Kenneth, our first grandson, came to visit the Granville Cottage. He brought his parents and his little brother, Oliver. He is two years old now.
For the first time last night I told him a story and he listened intently to every word. I think he knew that he was about to be banished to bed. I finished my story and it was quiet for a second, then he said; “More ‘torries, Gampa. More ‘torries.”
Ahh, music to my …

06:00 PMKen PierpontSeries: FAQ on Things to Come; John 14:1-3; 1 Corinthians 15:51-58; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

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11:00 AMKen Pierpont; Epesians 5:18

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How often do we jump to conclusions and blame others before really examining the situation?
The irate customer called the newspaper office loudly demanding to know where her Sunday edition was.
“Ma’am,’ said the newspaper employee, ‘today is Saturday …
The Sunday paper is not delivered until tomorrow, on Sunday.”
There was quite a long pause on the other end of the phone, followed by a ray of recognition… As she was heard to mutter
“Well, now … So that’s why no one was at church today.”

Solomon wrote proverbs. Psalm 78 says stories and proverbs are a father’s tools for parenting. Now that I’m fifty, more and more I have an ear for wise sayings. I’m reaching toward the “sage stage” of my life so I am collecting wise sayings. Here is a small sample:
“Before you criticize a person be sure you walk a mile in his shoes that way when you criticize them you will be a mile a way and you will have their shoes.” — Read on a dorm room …