Mark 4:26-34 When my brother was in high school he did an experiment with seeds. Testing water, coke, and coffee to help the seeds grow. Of course we know water works and we can correctly guess the coke just produced a toxic sludge of mud gel. But the seeds with the coffee sprung up the […]

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The battle begins with each class choosing a character and then the classes will be pitted against each other in the fight for the universe… or at least to see who can collect the most food and money for the benevolence ministry! You have until November 8th to bring in donations before the war between […]

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Mark 4:1-9 My National Geographic came in the mail this week and the cover story was on the Redwoods in California. I have tall pine trees in my yard (7 in the 75 foot range), but my trees are just babies compared to the mammoth redwoods. The tallest topping 370 feet! Of course even these […]

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Indoctrination…  Andy’s birthday was this past week—I know it slipped up on me too. So, after hearing others wish him happy birthday, I took the girls out to find a gift (Gifts make being late ok. For that matter I will take late gifts today and my birthday was 7months ago, or would it be […]

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We talked about the medical term “Failure to Thrive” on Wednesday, but I never answered what it means to “thrive”? (The medical term refers to weight gain, but we focused on general life.). We also played a game based on the clever DSRL (Double Stuff Racing League) commercials, which have risen to new levels by […]

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