Tag Archives: life

My Favorite Holiday

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Don Merritt

I recall one time when I was 10 or 11, my grandmother remarked that Thanksgiving was her favorite holiday; I thought she must be crazy! You don’t get presents for Thanksgiving! Like most American kids, my favorite was Christmas and … Continue reading →

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I wasn’t going to use this one…

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Don Merritt

…but I just had to! I saw it on another site, and I saved it just because I thought it was really cool; it was not for this blog, and yet here it is. What an amazing shot! As I … Continue reading →

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The Journey: Expressive Practices

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Don Merritt

Writing In our journey of self-examination we have been looking at our spiritual practices with an eye to having an overflow of spiritual relationship with Christ so that we will have something to share with others. So far, we have … Continue reading →

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This is the day!

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Don Merritt

Have you ever kept track of how many days have been spoiled by stress, worry, discord and troubles? If we were to mark a calendar for a year, I wonder how much of our time would be wasted by … Continue reading →

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Disciple: Becoming Intentional

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Don Merritt

In our last two Disciple posts, we took a look at new ways of thinking and new priorities. I sure hope that you did the homework from last week which was to add a certain question to your daily prayer. … Continue reading →

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Amazing Love

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Don Merritt

A few years ago, an interesting thing took place in a congregation that I am familiar with. A young man came to visit on a Sunday and his life changed forever. The young man was around 20 years of age, … Continue reading →

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The Apostles’ Teaching of 2 Covenants, part 3

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Don Merritt

Introduction The Apostles came to view the Books of the Old Testament as relating to an entirely different relationship from that of the Christian. In fact, they viewed the covenants of the Old Testament as being altogether separate from Christ’s … Continue reading →

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Do we “walk the walk”?

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Don Merritt

It can be a little bit challenging for us to remember to “walk the walk” when it comes to our walk with Christ. How many of the people that you saw yesterday at church behave the same way on Monday … Continue reading →

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Sunday Class Notes: November 3

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Don Merritt

The Rest of the Story Today’s Text: Matthew 24:5-15 So much has been written of this passage! It’s kind of troubling isn’t it? Wars, rumors of wars, famines, earthquakes… what does it all mean? Surely this is talking of the … Continue reading →