By Jayne Davis on 7/20/2010 12:07 AMAll I could think about as I entered the tube of the stark white MRI machine was Toy Story 3 - Woody, Buzz Light Year, the Potato Heads – all grabbing metal objects so they would be sucked up by the powerful magnet and avoid the fiery furnace at the city dump. I was certain the myriad of fillings in my mouth would be ripped right out of my teeth by the pull of the “strong magnetic field” that the ‘Caution’ poster in the dressing room warned me about. My morning had been frustrating enough already. I really didn’t need this kind of stress.Read More » |
By Jayne Davis on 7/14/2010 9:14 AMI think I must have been creeping out the server at the coffee shop. I was just trying to practice the spiritual discipline of paying attention to people. You know... making eye contact, calling people by name, smiling. I must not be very good at it because my favorite server stopped talking to me two months ago, about two weeks after I started being intentionally friendly. Until this morning... Read More »
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By Jayne Davis on 7/9/2010 10:42 AMBoggle, New York City, and God at work in our midst... Look from different perspectives and you see different things. Read More »
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By Jayne Davis on 6/28/2010 5:26 PMI was challenged last week by a man named Alan Roxburgh. He asked the question - "What is God up to in your neighborhood?" Where is God's presence noticeable? If Jesus were in your neighborhood, where would he go first? Why? If you asked me those questions about my own life I could tell you. If you asked me them about this church, I would have some good ideas. But my neighborhood... Read More »
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By Jayne Davis on 6/14/2010 10:52 AMWhen Don Vigus drove his red MG to town 32 years ago, carrying only a bag of clothes and water skis, he pulled his car over before crossing the Cape Fear Bridge into Wilmington and asked God to give him a servant's heart. Countless lives, young and old, can attest to the fact that God answered that prayer. Read More »
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By Jayne Davis on 5/24/2010 4:24 PMIt's been an awesome experience - gathering with 20 & 30 somethings in the upstairs room of Front Street Brewery on Monday nights in May - talking about faith and life; trying to live what we believe and think about how we live. Read More »
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By Jayne Davis on 4/3/2010 2:45 PMFor those who witnessed the crucifixion on Friday and had no idea of the resurrection to come on Sunday, Saturday must have been unbearable. Sometimes we live those unbearable Saturdays. When our world gets shaken on Friday, but we can't see the hope of Sunday. At those times, Saturday stands still. Read More »
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By Jayne Davis on 4/1/2010 1:53 PMIt's such a short passage. Just four verses. Four verbs. And Judas was done. Read More »
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By Jayne Davis on 3/29/2010 6:15 AMI love March Madness, even though my teams are out for the season. Read More »
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By Jayne Davis on 1/13/2010 11:10 AM"Many important things became unimportant today." - a Twitter post coming out of Haiti yesterday evening after the devastating 7.0 earthquake. They are profound words. And we know exactly what they mean even though we aren't there. Read More »
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