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Grandpa and Gram Gram

September 8, 2024 By PastorJWMacFarlane

Since 1978, we have celebrated on the first Sunday of September after Labor Day a particular group of individuals that make up over 80 million of our population.  They go by many different names:  Nana and Papa, Mawmaw and Pawpaw, Meme and Papaw, Gramms and Gramps, Grammie and Grampie, Gam Gam and Pop Pop, or… Read More »

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Love of God

September 7, 2024 By PastorJWMacFarlane

While on vacation this past summer, we spent a couple of those days in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area.  I like to gawk at churches, looking at their property, and reading their signs.  One church’s sign really caught my eye, and I found its message a bit baffling.  The message said: We love because He first… Read More »

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Reading. It’s Fundamental

September 6, 2024 By PastorJWMacFarlane

How many of you would like to take the day and spend it doing nothing else but reading?  For some of you, that is a horrific thought.  You take time to read this devotional and your Bible but even that is a bit of a struggle because you just don’t enjoy reading.  Others of you… Read More »

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Late Again!

September 5, 2024 By PastorJWMacFarlane

Early is on time.  On time is late.  Late is – well, unacceptable!  Does anyone else live by that same philosophy?  If so, today is a day that is going to send you over the edge.  Perhaps you should take some medication before reading this.   Today has been designated National Be Late For Something Day. … Read More »

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Saint

September 4, 2024 By PastorJWMacFarlane

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born on August 26, 1910, in what is now considered North Macedonia.  At the age of 18, she joined an Irish Catholic order in India and took her vows to become a nun in 1931.  Agnes would teach for 17 years in a Catholic school before feeling like there was more… Read More »

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Strange People

September 3, 2024 By PastorJWMacFarlane

As Americans, we have some customs that seem very peculiar to the rest of the world.  Ashely Lez of autoguide.com wrote an article detailing some of our idiosyncrasies.1  For instance, we smile at strangers.  Why do we do that?  Do we know them?  Will we ever see them again?  No.  But, in America, we do… Read More »

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Labor Day

September 2, 2024 By PastorJWMacFarlane

There is a lot about today that is oxymoronic.  It’s Labor Day, a day to celebrate the American worker and their achievements.  In so doing, we are celebrating the job that the worker gets to do.  However… Most employees would rather not be working today. If they must work, they want to get paid at… Read More »

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Where’s Wooly?

September 1, 2024 By PastorJWMacFarlane

For several weeks in June and July, Ontario, Canadians were on the lookout for two escapees on their way to execution.  The truck was hauling them along with others who were about to see their end in this world.  While it’s not certain how the escape happened, the hunt was still on at the time… Read More »

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The Leading Cause of Death Among Children

August 31, 2024 By PastorJWMacFarlane

President Biden along with many liberal lobbyists are making the claim that “more children in America die of a gunshot wound than any other reason, that’s stunning and that is sick.”1  According to sources, 1,600 children died in 2023 from gunshot wounds while 6,192 were shot.2  There is no denying that this is tragic.  One… Read More »

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Snubbed

August 30, 2024 By PastorJWMacFarlane

On June 14, 1775, the Continental Army was created and by June 19th, George Washington was commissioned as “General and Commander-in-Chief of the army of the United Colonies and of all the forces raised or to be raised by them”.1  Washington accepted this position and declined a salary.  He just wanted to serve his country.… Read More »

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