Good morning River and others who might be joining us as we “gather for scattered worship” For introverts…social distancing doesn’t qualify as hardship…for extroverts…it’s very painful. I was talking with…
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Proverb 7: A Story of Avoidable Destruction Hey River Family. My Name is James Smith and Terry asked me speak today. First, Terry is not Sick! He had a preplanned…
“Old Town Road” set the all-time record last year for the most weeks as a number one song on the Billboard’s top songs…19 weeks. It was controversial in that it…
Build at River update: Build faith/build community -Encouraged and happy to say we are schedule to begin Aug 1 -Money given to the project along with money in reserve we…
INTRO: Here’s the bottom line for today: Our hearts are the command posts(explain) of our lives…our hearts(explain) set our life direction and we can through consistent and wise choices determine…
2.16.20 Proverbs 3 Baptism: Louisa Stirtz and Zach Pearson I’m going to make an extended announcement for the New Membership Seminar next week(not to be confused with the Member’s Meeting…
Cognitive Reframing…fancy phrase for changing your thinking about something. One of my favorite scenes from any movie is from We Were Soldiers Once…based on the true account of Lt Col…
Last week I heard a briefing from an expert on what is called a mass casualty event, or a CBRNE event…chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear, explosive …one that devastates a city…
Momma don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys don’t let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks…let them be doctors and lawyers and such. Solomon didn’t write…
Abu Graib (gra-eb) Was a notorious Iraqi prison under Sadaam Hussein, it became even more notorious on an international scale in 2003 while under American supervision. That year reports of…
It is often joked that men don’t read instructions, they just start putting toys, furniture, machines together…the result is a bag of left over pieces. Generalizations like this are not…
-AF school taught us a model for leadership called Read/Act -This is also commonly called Situational Awareness or SA: -Ability to see and respond appropriately based on the circumstances or…