Sports Fans Listen Up!

April 28, 2023 Sports Fans Listen Up! I watched the first round of the National Football League draft last night and I was quite surprised. Three of the first five or six draft picks were quarterbacks. But the fourth quarterback from Kentucky did not get picked in the first twenty-three picks. It is sure interesting…

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Jumping the Fence…Successfully

April 27, 2023 Jumping the Fence…Successfully For some reason today I thought about a time when I was taking a shortcut home from school when I was in third grade and I decided to walk across a pasture to take a short cut. Short cuts can be very intriguing but also very hazardous. As I…

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Food for the Soul

April 26, 2023 Food for the Soul Recently I sat down for a great meal that my wife had prepared. I confess, I didn’t show my appreciation like I should have. It takes a lot of work to prepare a great meal and I know some people never do it or don’t know how. But…

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Where the Music begins

April 25, 2023 Dan Adler, a longtime friend of Ruby’s Pantry, started a special music ministry in an old milk factory in Anoka, Minnesota and called it Heart of the City’s “Music Factory!” I was there on Sunday night to hear Fernando Ortega who had a wonderful concert. Although they sell tickets for their events…

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Music Speaks to Hearts

April 24, 2023 Music Speaks to Hearts Last night my wife Lonna and I attended a concert at the Heart of the City Music Factory in Anoka, MN listening to Fernando Ortega, a well-established gospel singer. He is now going to turn sixty-seven years old. As I have gotten older, I really appreciate listening to…

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It’s Sunday… God’s Day!

April 23, 2023 It’s Sunday… God’s Day! Too often we have just taken Sunday as any other day of the week but that is not the way God set it up to be and we should recognize this. Sunday was set apart to be different and a day of rest for all of mankind but…

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Listen to Your Heart

April 22, 2023 Listen to Your Heart When God is directing us, He does not always use other people to do that. Often, He just has the Holy Spirit speak to our hearts and we are given the responsibility to listen and respond. God never lies to us so when we feel led to do…

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Empty is Just Empty

April 21, 2023 Empty is Just Empty When I was driving my car the other day, I realized that there was a sudden blaring sound coming from it and a light on my dash that said fuel shortage. It was a loud, blaring unkind sound that let me know the car was hungry for more…

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What’s the Hurry?

April 20, 2023 What’s the Hurry? This morning I was driving down the freeway to my office and five vehicles passed me like I was standing still. I thought I must be driving slowly but when I looked at my speedometer I was driving I was going seventy four miles per hour. It was a…

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The blood Doesn’t Stop

April 19, 2023 The blood Doesn’t Stop I had an incident today that was quite unexpected and surprising. I had a scab on my arm by my wrist that developed over the past few days and it was healing up very good. I had no idea where it came from or how I got cut…

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