Eyes Wide Open

Hebrews 13:17 (NRSV)
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls and will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with sighing–for that would be harmful to you.
I recently co-conducted a Memorial Service for a 97 year-old man and it […]

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First off, my wife is stellar. Really. She does a great job capturing the weekly happenings of the “Oklahomans” in our family blog, The Melting Pot. If you haven’t checked it out, you should.
(hey, what about a little Vietnamese and North Dakota in this pot? what should we add next? lol!) […]

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Romans 12:6-8 (NRSV)
We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; [7] ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; [8] the exhorter, in exhortation; the giver, in generosity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.
Today continues a series of posts on […]

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In case you haven’t noticed, Eyeswideopenblog.com recently underwent a bit of a face-lift. The template is a WordPress theme called Cutline 3-column split.
The banner pic at the top of the page is an image taken by my good friend Paul McEntire. Any guess on whose little foot you see hiding in the […]

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Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.

Here is a typical conversation concerning a child that one is likely to hear at a family gathering:
“Oh, he’s just like his Father!” says one Auntie.
“I think […]

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This is just plain sad…
Couple seek lost dog given away

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