Month: April 2025

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Phyllis Wingo: Participation Trophies and Finishing Well

A Celebration of Life Service for Mrs. Phyllis Wingo (1937-2025):

Apr. 7, 2025

When my two youngest girls were barely old enough to stand on their own two feet, they began, what would become a long career in dance. Around the ages of 7 and 8 years old, they entered the world of competition dance and became members of the competition dance team at their dance studio.

I was ignorant and naive about this new world. Now, I know better, and try my hardest to avoid any type of thing called a dance competition. I don’t have time to elaborate, but the best description I could provide you would be a combination of the Bill Murray movie, Groundhog Day and artistic purgatory.

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The Victorious Church: Learning From the Seven Churches of Revelation – Revelation 3:1-6; 14-22 – The Churches at Sardis and Laodicea

SARDIS (3.1-6)

A little background concerning the church at Sardis:

  • About 30 miles SE of Thyatira, a city located in a fertile area (thus commercially important), but was really known for their dedication to the arts, especially music. One might think of Sardis as an ancient New Orleans. Much of the “entertainment” found on Bourbon St. could be found in Sardis as well.

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