Category Archives: Spiritual

Because it takes so much time…

Posted on May 2, 2009 by Paul James

I figured out the reason I haven’t been blogging as much (and why I don’t write e-mail messages to my friends very often) — because it take so much time.  Not that I don’t have a lot of extra time, … Continue reading →

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No Shame in a Repost…

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Paul James

Afterall, I wrote it.  At Dayspring UMC we started a new staff blog.  Mondays are my day to post something and here was my first post. —- This week in the youth GRACE groups we started a lesson and discussion … Continue reading →

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Knowing My Role

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Paul James

“A religious mentality, characterized by timidity and lack of moral courage has given us today a flabby Christianity, intellectually impoverished, dull, repetitious, and to a great many persons, just plain boresome.  This is peddled as the very faith of our … Continue reading →

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Classified

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Paul James

This has become a part of Jeff Olive’s (Pastor at Dayspring UMC) blog, a series called Sermon Classification.  Each week we post our sermons online and iTunes tries to figure out the details.  It is never right but that doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Church and Worship

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Paul James

Because I can’t seem to stop talking about it.  I mentioned in a previous post that I’ve had some thoughts running around in my head lately regarding church and worship.  This is me expanding on those thoughts. If you travel … Continue reading →

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Lessons from the Weekend

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Paul James

“Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.” -St. Francis of Assisi Weekend of a Lifetime – Recap I had the pleasure of spending last weekend with 417 high school students from all over Texas and Oklahoma … Continue reading →

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