949AFC120409 Happy Aloha Friday, Beloved! Today I am thinking about waiting. We are just days away from Christmas 2009, it is the Advent Season, and we are waiting for… Hmm, what are we waiting for? When I was a kid … Continue reading
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948AFC112709 Happy Aloha Friday, Beloved. Here is another gift from an MBN member. Please remember that “regifting” is perfectly acceptable in the MBN. Shopping for “The Holidays?” Look around wherever you go, and you will see …. I saw Jesus … Continue reading
947AFC112009 Happy Aloha Friday, Beloved! Today I am thinking about you. There is a place in my heart for each of you. This means that it is not really my heart, but our heart. Here is a little story by … Continue reading
One quiet note If it is a gift, then it is in poor taste. Burdens like this are unfair somehow. I keep it only because it was given to me and I would not offend the Giver by laying … Continue reading
AFC110609 Happy aloha Friday! Today I want to say thank you. From time to time someone will tell me, “I sent that one to my brother (or my son, or my friend, or my dad, or …).” I really appreciate … Continue reading
944AFC103009 Happy Aloha Friday! Today’s message is a pair of stories about birds. There once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small New England town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty, … Continue reading
942AFC101609 Happy Aloha Friday, Beloved! Here is a great little story sent to us by an MBN member who asks that we share it with family and friends. The Duck & the Devil There was a little boy visiting his … Continue reading
941AFC100909 Happy Aloha Friday! Today’s note will be a bit abbreviated (ok, who said “HURRAY!”?) because I’m getting set to go to Denver. In fact by the time you read this I will probably be in Denver for a short … Continue reading
940AFC100209 Happy Aloha Friday Beloved. This is been a tough week in the Pacific. Pacific. It seems ironic that the ocean named “Peaceable” should experience so much violence. Samoa. Sumatra in Indonesia. Philippines. Marianas. Guam and Saipan. All have experienced … Continue reading