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19 Years Ago

by Craig Finnestad September 11, 2020

So hold the babies and anybody you love a little tighter. Do something daily to unite. Avoid saying or typing anything that unties. Believe the Gospel and accept the peace Jesus offers.

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Four Ways to Have a Lousy Christmas

by Craig Finnestad December 5, 2018

This month at The Water’s Edge, WE are preparing for a pretty good Christmas. Not an attempt at a perfect Christmas filled with stress and disappointment. But a pretty good Christmas. A Christmas that we buy less but give more.…

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Four Ways to Be a More Interesting Person

by Craig Finnestad October 8, 2018

My oldest son is looking at colleges and majors these days. Next year he’ll be at a school somewhere studying something. Don’t know where or what. One of the majors he is interested in is communication studies. I was looking…

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The Supreme Court and Sunday Morning Worship

by Craig Finnestad October 2, 2018

I had a colleague ask me late last week how I was going to address the events in Washington D.C. during Sunday morning worship. I told her I wasn’t. My sermon on kindness was done. Got a baptism scheduled. Going…

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Thoughts on the Election

by Craig Finnestad November 11, 2016

So I will write about the election. I’m a pastor and people are hurting. I have heard from hurting people who voted for Hillary Clinton. They are concerned about the future of our country. I have heard from hurting people…

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I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out. -John Wesley

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