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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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Benediction for the Waiting Ones

Posted on December 18, 2013March 22, 2021 by ptsblog

An Advent litany from the Northumbria Community’s Celtic Daily Prayer reads, God of the watching ones, give us Your benediction. God of the waiting ones, give us Your good word for our souls. God of the watching ones, the waiting ones, the slow and suffering ones, give us Your benediction, Your good word for our…

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