Joshua One Ministries

Few things in the blogosphere are more annoying than bloggers who blog about the fact that they haven’t been blogging. Such blog posts are a temptation a blogger should resist with all one’s willpower. Still, I have been known to give in to temptation from time to time … so here goes anyway.
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I will be away from the blog for a long weekend. Norma and I leave in about an hour to attend a Hull family reunion in Branson, Missouri. I have four siblings and two step-siblings, so that’s seven of us, plus kids and grandkids. It has become a large family. My biggest challenge at these events [...]

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My paternal grandmother died yesterday afternoon at the age of 105. She was the oldest resident of her nursing home, and the last of my surviving grandparents. I will preach her funeral this Saturday in Arlington, Texas.
No condolences are necessary. When a person dies at 105, nobody asks, “Why, Lord? Why [...]

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In a few days I will turn 53. According to the charts, as a 53-year-old U.S. white male, I have 26 years to go. So the question for me is, is the glass two-thirds empty or one-third full?
I don’t fear death. My attitude toward death wavers between, “When it happens, it happens,” and “Bring it [...]

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I don’t care much about most holidays. Holidays bring with them many things that don’t particularly suit me. Wearing funny clothes. Rooms crowded with chattering people. Exchanging unwanted, unneeded gifts. People huddled around a television screen watching some strangers play football. None of those things particularly appeal to me.
On Valentine’s Day, however, I am reminded [...]

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