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Questions are the answer?

Posted on January 23, 2014March 19, 2021 by ptsblog

Questions are the saving grace of our Wednesday night youth group at Homestead United Presbyterian Church. To provide a bit of context, our group meets at 6:00 p.m., we share a meal prepared by a gracious church member, we play an ice breaker game, and then we have an hour-long Bible study! I give a…

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In Between the Points

Posted on January 9, 2014March 22, 2021 by ptsblog

I write this as I am sitting here on the Megabus, along for the ride as it is drives toward its destinations. As I look around, there is a dense fog all around us, and the rain creates a steady pitter-patter across the glass roof. In front of me, a pair of Indians are softly…

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God Is With Us

Posted on December 27, 2013March 22, 2021 by ptsblog

  Praise the Lord!            How good it is to sing praises to our God;            for God is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.  Psalm 147:1 Singing! Christmas nights were filled with singing when I was growing up.  Several generations of my family would gather in my grandmother’s kitchen or living room and sing. As…

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