My Profile Page From this profile page you can click on View More or View Journal and go to other pages. The beautiful thing about WorshipJournal is there is no limit on how much a member can sto...
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Posted On: 19:15:06 13th Jul 2010 | Comments: 0
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The Gift Parables: Introduction - The Parable of The Football GameHello to my new and potential friends, and old friends recently reacquainted!
I just wrote a letter to Tim Gates, whom I knew as a young man in Clinton, Illinois. He and a girl ...
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Posted On: 05:40:44 20th Jun 2010 | Comments: 0
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The Gift Parables: Chapter ??? - The Parable of The Weeping Woman(The introduction was written in November, 2009, before I met Mary.)
Dear Journal and Facebook friends, By nature I am a skeptic, and I am also a story teller. For no other reason...
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Posted On: 15:50:51 15th Jun 2010 | Comments: 0
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The Gift Parables: Chapter Four - The Parable of the Bloody White DressAn unexpected, irrefutable, and the most awe inspiring miracle Lynne and I have ever been an upfront eyewitness to has forever muted my criticism of Charismatics and Pentecostals.
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Posted On: 06:34:28 4th Jun 2010 | Comments: 0
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The Gift Parables: Chapter 3 - The Parable of The StoryWhen did you first hear “the Story” of a bleeding and dying man on a cross, who looked at you across the centuries and across continents and told you in your own language that ...
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Posted On: 08:49:38 22nd May 2010 | Comments: 0
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The Gift Parables: Chapter ??? - The Parable of the Angry WomanMy claim that I understand women is outrageous! But being attacked by fierce women is a great motivator for asking for God’s wisdom.
I work with perhaps one of the fiercest wome...
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Posted On: 08:43:01 22nd May 2010 | Comments: 0
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The Gift Parables: Chapter Two - The Parable of the Dingy Grey LockerGod was intervening on my visual sales pitch. He turned the spotlight away from the glass case, and turned it on a dingy gray locker.
I was longing to go back to pastoring full ti...
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Posted On: 21:57:54 12th May 2010 | Comments: 0
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The Doctor Wept!About 5 or 6 years ago Shelley's daughter Sarah had a severe car accident, and to keep the swelling from killing Sarah, the doctors took out half of her brain, actually a little ov...
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Posted On: 00:26:47 8th May 2010 | Comments: 0
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The Football GameI just wrote a letter to Tim Gates, whom I knew as a young man in Clinton, Illinois. He and a girl named Vicky seemed to be a perfect fit, so I introduced them. They just celebrate...
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Posted On: 00:20:26 22nd Apr 2010 | Comments: 1
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The Gift Parables: Chapter One - The Parable of the Glass Case (from The Shepherd's Journal, Augsut 23, 2008) Dear friends of The Shepherd's Journal:
Moses was asked once by God "What is that in your hand?" With just a simple shepherd's staff and the power of an Almighty God, Moses brough...
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Posted On: 19:08:03 21st Apr 2010 | Comments: 0
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March 21, 2010 - The Shepherd'sJournal: The Parable of the Burning LettersThe service was drawing to a close when shots rang out! An argument outside the doors of an inner city church had turned deadly. I had seen the details in a dream!
March 21, 201...
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Posted On: 13:41:13 21st Mar 2010 | Comments: 0
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WeddingOn March 4th, 2010, at 10 am Mary and I were married at the Marshall County Courthouse, in Plymouth, Indiana, USA. I know you will love her. I already do!
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Posted On: 22:04:43 6th Mar 2010 | Comments: 0
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The Chrome Plated .44 MagnumThe well muscled fellow with the bright plaid sports coat drew out the longest, biggest chrome revolver I have ever seen in real life, a chrome plate .44 magnum, and aimed it at......
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Posted On: 20:03:24 28th Feb 2010 | Comments: 0
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February 21, 2010 - The Shepherd's Journal: War of the Economies! There is another economy in this world, an economy that does not use the currency of this world, but the currency of the world to come. That currency is beauty.
Then the Jews dema...
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Posted On: 14:02:31 21st Feb 2010 | Comments: 0
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February 14, 2010 - The Shepherd's Journal: The Power of Understanding!On most days my goal is to be more like Jesus. But when I read this story, and see how the servants trusted her, and God listened to her, I want to be more like Mary.
On the...
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Posted On: 14:25:33 14th Feb 2010 | Comments: 0
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January 31, 2010 - The Shepherd's Journal: The Parable of the Stolen Torque WrenchesThe same uncle who had shot out the lights in a State Park, including the lantern being held by the caretaker, later sat beside me in college preparing for the ministry!
January 3...
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Posted On: 12:28:24 31st Jan 2010 | Comments: 0
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January 24, 2010 - The Shepherd's Journal: The Parable of the Multicolored TornadoI saw all of eternity, and in its' midst, a slowly turning tornado, which I recognized as all of time. As I gazed at this multicolored marvel, a shutter opened. I saw blue sky.
Th...
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Posted On: 20:51:03 24th Jan 2010 | Comments: 0
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october 18, 2009 - The Shepherd's journal: The Parable of the Rain Stopping, Timed to the Minute Prayers!For over a decade and a half, God has always restrained rain from falling on the events that Shirley and our congregation have prayed for, every single time, and often, TIMED TO TH...
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Posted On: 20:39:10 24th Jan 2010 | Comments: 0
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December 13, 2009 - The Shepherd's Journal: The Shepherd's HeartLynne had just given her consent to try to go through the flooded underpass, when she screamed “Stop!” and pointed ahead. When I looked very carefully, I noticed – a car ante...
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Posted On: 11:02:25 24th Jan 2010 | Comments: 0
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January 17, 2010 - The Shepherd's Journal: The WitnessStand over the very still sleeping form of Mathew, so very quiet, and whisper his name “Mathew.” his eyes will pop open like toast pops out of a toaster! He looks up to see who...
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Posted On: 23:41:22 17th Jan 2010 | Comments: 0
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December 27, 2009 - The Shepherd'sJournal: Defining GraceThe Divine Power of Defining
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"
Because you and I are children of ...
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Posted On: 14:06:05 27th Dec 2009 | Comments: 0
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December 20, 2009 - The Shepherd's Journal: An Outdoor Worship Service for Shepherd'sSo we turned the heavenly lights on, and we gave them the works! The shepherds sat quietly at first, but after a really good part, like a cherub solo, they would jump to their feet...
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Posted On: 14:11:39 20th Dec 2009 | Comments: 0
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November 22, 2009 - The Shepherd's JournalThe most spectacular miracle that I never saw happened when a weeping young woman asked me to pray for grace to rain on her dying friend!
I received word that the farmer who had s...
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Posted On: 13:01:21 22nd Nov 2009 | Comments: 0
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October 25, 2009 - The Shepherd's Journal: The Parable of the Boatload of Snow! The Parable of The Preacher's Daughter and the Yard SaleHow much snow does a boy think that he needs from God so he can enjoy his snowmobile? The forecast was for 4 or more inches. But he needed a boatload!
A littler while after Shirle...
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Posted On: 02:49:01 25th Oct 2009 | Comments: 0
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October 4, 2009 - The Shepherd's Journal: The Company PicnicIf I could have remained quiet, I would not have been put on the spot! But I must speak what I have seen, and what my heart believes!
BUT WHEN HE PRAYS, HE MUST BELIEVE AND NOT DO...
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Posted On: 15:00:38 4th Oct 2009 | Comments: 0
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September 20, 2009 - The Shepherd's Journal: Farmer John and the Thirty Rainy DaysJohn told me it was my job to pray for rain. I couldn’t recall ever having that class in Bible College.
“He makes the rain to fall on the just and the unjust alike.”
Farmer...
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Posted On: 07:14:10 20th Sep 2009 | Comments: 0
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The Shepherd's Journal - August 9, 2009I hung up the phone in alarm! If those dreams were true, we would have to move! We decided not to call!
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. Then h...
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Posted On: 23:31:45 8th Aug 2009 | Comments: 0
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The Shepherd's Journal - July 26, 2009: The Barber's ChairMen in white coats were taking off the top of my head. I was seated in a barber’s chair. “It’s negative!” were the words that echoed through my mind as I woke up with a sta...
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Posted On: 07:45:52 26th Jul 2009 | Comments: 0
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The Shepherd's Journal - July 12, 2009: The VolvoGod revealed His awesome power to me in a simple dream that involved my friend Darrell, and a Volvo.
The Shepherd’s Journal
July 12, 2009
Jesus sent two of his disciples, sayi...
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Posted On: 13:49:18 12th Jul 2009 | Comments: 0
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The Shepherd's Journal - June 28, 2009: Wesleyans, Chrismatics, and PentecostalsThe most spectacular miracle Lynne and I have ever been an eyewitness to has forever muted my criticism of Charismatics and Pentecostals.
June 28, 2009
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Posted On: 07:34:36 28th Jun 2009 | Comments: 0
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The Shepherd's Journal - June 14, 2009: Windows of Light!It says in Romans 1 that if we refuse to be thankful, our foolish heart is darkened, so the reverse should be true, if we are thankful in all things our heart is enlightened. It's ...
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Posted On: 07:58:10 14th Jun 2009 | Comments: 0
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The Shepherd's Journal, June 7, 2009 - Humble Tools of GraceProudly we rely on our skills, our talented, our educations, and we overlook the humble tools of grace that God places within the grasp of every humble servant.
June 7, 2009
The ...
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Posted On: 07:26:31 7th Jun 2009 | Comments: 0
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The Shepherd's Journal - Simple Observations!Have you ever noticed that it rarely rains on a Sunday School picnic?
The Shepherd’s Journal – May 31. 2009
I have stumbled into the most profound truths after making a simpl...
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Posted On: 07:44:27 31st May 2009 | Comments: 0
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The Shepherd's Journal - A Troubador's PrayerLord Jesus, we emulate and imitate the world class, the best of the best. But it’s the amateurs that have your commendations and your blessing.
May 24, 2009
The Shepherd’s ...
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Posted On: 07:30:59 24th May 2009 | Comments: 0
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The Shepherd's Journal - The StoryWhen did you first hear “the Story” of a bleeding and dying man on a cross, who looked at you across the centuries and across continents and told you in your own language that ...
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Posted On: 07:25:25 17th May 2009 | Comments: 0
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