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Seeing God and Surviving!
(May 11th, 2012) by Don Reigstad
I was recently asked, “How can someone see God and live when Scripture seems to deny the possibility?” Well, it is true that In Exodus 33:20 we read God telling [...]
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Woman Needs Rescue – At South Pole
(May 5th, 2012) by Don Reigstad
NBC’s Anne Thompson, recently reported on Renee’ Nicole’s life-threatening predicament. Renee, a 58 year-old working in Antarctica at a station funded by the National Science Foundation, had a stroke and [...]
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Madonna Derides Free Gift
(April 29th, 2012) by Don Reigstad
Have you heard about Madonna? It’s all over the internet. Madonna, the Material Girl, derided a fan’s gift of flowers. Apparently unaware that her microphone was still on, Madonna thanked [...]
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Trouble Remembering?
(April 21st, 2012) by Don Reigstad
Recently the Harvard Health Publications issued an article on “Seven Common Memory Problems”. Transience: Use it or lose it. Absentmindedness: Thinking about something else. Blocking: It’s at the “tip of [...]
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The Way of the Cross
(March 27th, 2012) by Don Reigstad
Perhaps you’ve heard the Latin phrase, “Via Dolorosa”. Literally, it is “the way of suffering” (i.e., the way of the cross). For generations, Christians have traced this path to Calvary [...]
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Spiritual Apnea
(March 25th, 2012) by Don Reigstad
They could not sleep in the same room. More specifically, she could not sleep in the same room as her husband. I met this lovely couple in a nursing home [...]
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TV Meteorologist gets it wrong!
(March 13th, 2012) by Don Reigstad
We don’t expect meteorologists to always get it right. We do, however, expect them to be truthful. The Associated press ran this story on September 14, 2011. A New York, [...]
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Dead People Making Money
(February 10th, 2012) by Don Reigstad
Some people earn more after they die. According to Forbes Magazine’s annual survey, Michael Jackson has already made close to half a billion dollars since he died. Elizabeth Taylor has [...]
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Ice Sculptures
(January 24th, 2012) by Don Reigstad
The rest of the world must think us northerners a little loony. We carve and sculpt ice! My wife and I have seen the ice sculptures in Rice Park, St. [...]
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The Bread Man
(December 23rd, 2011) by Don Reigstad
Has the bread-man come? One of our parishioners used to stop by a bread store before coming to church and picked up day old bread for the staff. Most Sundays [...]
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