Entries by Josh Rice

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The Brush Pile

Good morning church family, Standing on his back deck; sipping his morning coffee and surveying the yard, Warren Butterfield was wondering to himself, “When is the best time of year for a family of red squirrels to go homeless?” Warren was in his pajamas but had put his coat on before stepping outside. Steam poured […]

November 30, 2024 by
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Fishers of Men

November 24, 2024 Matthew 4:18-22 While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately they left their nets […]

November 24, 2024 by
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Why Churches Burn Out

November 17, 2024 Revelation 2:1-5 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but […]

November 17, 2024 by
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Dump Run

Good morning church family, Matt Munger never read a thing aside from the essays and articles his teachers assigned for him to work on in school. And work it was. Every paragraph was agony for Matt as he tried to get something out of words that drifted off the page and seemed to swirl about […]

November 16, 2024 by
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Pity the City

November 10, 2024 Jonah 3:10-4:11 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. And he prayed to the Lord and said, […]

November 10, 2024 by