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Failure
Apologies for the late post, I suppose I've failed today! Last week, we talked about success. We used David's attitude as he faced...
Mark Parker
Oct 14, 20231 min read
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Success!
Have you ever had a big victory? Not a win that is random, not by chance, not a drawing or a guessing contest. Something big. Something...
Mark Parker
Oct 7, 20231 min read
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Don't touch that!
I can't write this without thinking about my grandkids. If you put a plate full of identical cookies on the counter and tell them to get...
Mark Parker
Sep 30, 20233 min read
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Faith and Cinderblocks
Have you ever looked at a cinderblock? It's really just a lot of tiny little pieces of other things (rocks, sand, cement) all pressed...
Mark Parker
Sep 9, 20231 min read
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All of my fears like Jericho walls gotta come down,
I met a guy last week for three minutes while in line paying for gas. He told me everything wrong with the world in that three minute...
Mark Parker
Aug 12, 20231 min read
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There's gold in them thar hills!
Au. Element 79, rom the Latin Aurum. Melts at 1947 degrees, boils at 5137 degrees. It's electron configuration is [Xe]4f145d106s1. It's...
Mark Parker
Aug 5, 20231 min read
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Get in the boat
It's been a wild few weeks for me. Well, let's make that months. Nah ... years! But that's not a bad thing. My daily life is a...
Mark Parker
Jul 29, 20231 min read
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The Three Bears
As I thought about this one, I was reminded of the three bears. You remember the tale, it's too hot, it's too cold, it's too this or...
Mark Parker
Jul 15, 20232 min read
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Money
In 2020, an "interest free payment pause" was initiated for student loan repayment as part of the covid stimulus package. Last week the...
Mark Parker
Jul 8, 20232 min read
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Happy Father's Day!
Wow. Being a Dad, what an adventure! It's Saturday morning for me, this is one of the quietest times I have. A good time to sit,...
Mark Parker
Jun 17, 20232 min read
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The Final Plague
When we started this recent study in Exodus, I initially read through all the plagues. As the weeks have passed I have read them again...
Mark Parker
Jun 10, 20231 min read
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So much more
Do you ever feel like God isn't listening? Like the world has forgotten you. Like everything is all out of sorts and there isn't a...
Mark Parker
Apr 22, 20231 min read
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Uncertainty
Last week we discussed Egypt and we saw how the Israelites, even though they had been saved from the drought, found themselves in a land...
Mark Parker
Apr 15, 20232 min read
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Egypt
When you think of Egypt, what is the first thing you think of? Sand? Pyramids? The Sphinx? Do you think about bricks, or the Nile, or...
Mark Parker
Apr 1, 20231 min read
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The history of the ENTIRE WORLD !!!
Well, not really. But a good discussion of the Israelites in the Old Testament is a pretty good start. I started this week with the...
Mark Parker
Mar 24, 20232 min read
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Blessings abound
Ever felt blessed? I mean truly blessed. Not the "I made the light before it turned" kind of blessed but the "I seem to never get...
Mark Parker
Mar 18, 20232 min read
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I am the bread of life
John 6:35 is no doubt one of the most quoted verses in the entirety of scripture. "And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he...
Mark Parker
Mar 4, 20231 min read
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Are you sure this is part of the plan ??
Do you ever look up and think "Is this part of the plan?" Ever wonder if the grass will be greener, the waves a little smoother, the...
Mark Parker
Feb 25, 20231 min read
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Why is the road sometimes rocky?
Have you ever sat down for a few minutes with the TV off, no computes, no phone in your hand and really thought about the last year of...
Mark Parker
Feb 18, 20231 min read
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Artificial Intelligence
Well that's a strange title. It's almost an oxymoron. I love discussions about where we are, came from, are going, what has shaped us,...
Mark Parker
Feb 10, 20232 min read
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