Entries by Josh Rice

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Operator

Good morning church family, “I’m sorry,” the disembodied voice on the other end of the line begins, “but the person you are trying to reach has a voicemail box that has not been set up yet. Please try again later. Goodbye.” When she’s done giving me the bad news – and it’s always a woman’s […]

October 19, 2024 by
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Taking the Roof Off of this Thing

October 13, 2024 Genesis 8:6-12 At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made and sent forth a raven. It went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth. Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had […]

October 13, 2024 by
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Disturbing the Peace

October 6, 2024 John 2:1-11 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, […]

October 6, 2024 by
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Cutting Back the Puckerbrush

Good morning church family, Just shy of the turn that would take him up the Stage Road and past the church, Sandin heard sirens wailing from behind. Easing the right-side tires onto the soft shoulder, Sandin looked in the rearview mirror and saw a Bolton town cop car kicking up dust and closing fast on […]

October 5, 2024 by
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Correcting our Farsighted Vision

September 29, 2024 Ecclesiastes 9:13-18 I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me. There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it. But there was found in it a poor, […]

September 29, 2024 by