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Dedication

Posted in LeaderFOCUS, tagged on September 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Sunday, September 27, 2009
The dedication of children may be one of the best things we do in church.  Well, maybe not the best, but certainly one of the best.
It always gets me.  I’ve been sentimental all my life.  I got it from my mother.  Come to think of it, my Dad, too.  As I picture [...]

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Mr. Ayers

Posted in LeaderFOCUS, tagged , , , on September 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Monday, September 21, 2009
Steve Lopez, writer for the Los Angeles Times, needs a story.
When I first heard about him, I had difficulty understanding how a writer could possibly run out of stories.  I see them everywhere.  I wish I had more time to write all of them.  But then again, this is not a paid [...]

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The Shirt Off His Back

Posted in LeaderFOCUS, tagged , , , , , on September 14, 2009 | 8 Comments »

Monday, September 14, 2009
When Tom Chappell pulled up for a routine pick up one weekday afternoon, he was late.  He knew Phoenix pretty well after covering these streets for some twenty years, but this time, he got confused.  It was a full twenty minutes after the dispatcher told him to be there, and his passenger [...]

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Ode to Yolanda

Posted in LeaderFOCUS on September 7, 2009 | 12 Comments »

Monday September 7, 2009
With all of this talk about the health care crisis in the air and the acute need for reform, I suppose it is that much more likely that we will take the cynical view of doctors and nurses who get paid to help us get well.  We are quick to conclude “incompetent,” [...]

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