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My Top Reads of 2016

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Joe Chambers

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.~ Mark Twain Every year’s end I post a list and summary of my top ten reads for the previous year.  In doing this I have to be … Continue reading →

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The Name

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Joe Chambers

​You shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” – Matthew 1:21 I performed a wedding for a couple who lived in Tacoma’s hilltop area and they had a baby in which they wanted to … Continue reading →

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The Wonder

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Joe Chambers

“My soul magnifies the Lord…For He who is mighty has done great things for me…  ~ Mother Mary Growing deep inside Mary’s body was the Son of God.  His eyes were being formed, his dimpled little hands were growing, and … Continue reading →

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Overcoming a Joyless Christmas

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Joe Chambers

Let every heart Prepare Him room ~ Isaac Watts I love to laugh, tease others, and delight in life—but as a rule, I run a low-grade melancholic fever.  I suppose it’s part of my temperament. Or it might be the … Continue reading →

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Here Comes the Judge!

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Joe Chambers

Judge not, that you be not judged.~ Jesus Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we … Continue reading →

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The Loss

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Joe Chambers

And he was there in the prison.  But the Lord was with Joseph …  Genesis 39:20-21 There is nothing we would like to avoid more if we could than a crisis. But what if we could? Imagine that you had a child, and when that … Continue reading →

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The Struggle

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Joe Chambers

Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day. Genesis 32:24  “. . . together through ages of the world we have fought the long defeat.” ~ Galadriel Jacob is one of our ancestors … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to My Sons

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Joe Chambers

Love suffers long and is kind… bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. ~Saint Paul “What punishments of God are not gifts?” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien. I know you are looking at what happened last Tuesday and … Continue reading →

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Clinton, Trump…Or?

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Joe Chambers

For God is not the author of confusion but of peace… Let all things be done decently and in order. ~ Saint Paul “Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.” ~ Alexander Solzhenitzen Of two … Continue reading →

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The Journey

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Joe Chambers

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.  Hebrews 11:8 There is a difference between an adventure … Continue reading →

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