Pastor Linda Settles
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving is one of my most favorite holidays. There’s not much expectation – no gifts to bring, no cards to send (although I thank...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Nov 20, 2021
- 2 min
A LEGACY OF GIVING
Let the giving begin! Or should I say let it continue. Something happens in November. People turn their minds toward giving. Some folks...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Nov 13, 2021
- 2 min
Veterans Sunday
I had the honor of visiting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier a few years ago. It was an awe-inspiring moment. The solemnity, the austere...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
Surviving Loss: All Saints Sunday
This Sunday we will celebrate All Saints Sunday. A day when Christians celebrate the lives of precious saints who have gone home to...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Oct 30, 2021
- 3 min
Surviving Fear by Dr. Linda Settles
Horror movies, haunted houses, full-face masks! ‘Tis the season to SCARE! My brothers would always ask me, as I was trembling in fear at...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Oct 16, 2021
- 2 min
Surviving Shame
Shame on you! There was a time when that phrase made us stop in our tracks. We felt bad for doing something and we felt shame for doing...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Oct 9, 2021
- 3 min
Surviving a Heart Attack
“Sometimes I’m terrified of my heart; of its constant hunger for whatever it is it wants. The way it stops and starts.” – Edgar Allan Poe...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Oct 2, 2021
- 3 min
The Invitation: To The Table
10/02/21 I love to eat! Whether it’s Cracker Barrel’s pancakes, or Longhorn’s ribeye, or my own slow cooker pot roast – I love good food!...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Sep 25, 2021
- 3 min
The Invitation: To Serve
09/23/21 We have so many choices in life, don’t we? There are a gazillion brands of toothpaste, cereal, and even toilet paper to choose...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Sep 18, 2021
- 3 min
The Invitation: To Give
“I have no gift to bring that’s fit to give a King,” spoken by the little drummer boy. These lyrics from a cute Christmas song ring in...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Sep 11, 2021
- 2 min
The Invitation: To Follow
THE INVITATION: TO FOLLOW 9/11/21 Back in the day, I can remember being so excited at getting my official membership certificate for the...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Aug 27, 2021
- 4 min
It all Goes Back In the Box
“He [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created,...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Aug 20, 2021
- 3 min
Name That Tune
“Oh, how I love Jesus. Oh, how I love Je-su-us. Oh, how I love Jesus because He first loved me.” Did you read that or did you sing it? If...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Aug 12, 2021
- 3 min
Worship Lyrics for November 21, 2021
Psalm 95 1 Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before him with...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Aug 12, 2021
- 2 min
When it all Falls Downs
I remember playing games with my big brothers. They were six and eight years older than me, wiser and more mature (so they thought!), so...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Aug 6, 2021
- 3 min
The Missing Piece
Does anyone love puzzles as much as I love puzzles? I suppose it was my mother who got me hooked on them as a child. She also loved...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Jul 31, 2021
- 3 min
The Game of Life
There was a board game that we used to play as children. It was called The Game of Life, later shortened to just Life. Each person had...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Jul 21, 2021
- 1 min
Closed for Self-Care
Hello Family! By the time you read this, I hope to have a grandbaby (or two) in my arms! It’s been 2-1/2 LONG years since we’ve seen Eli...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Jul 9, 2021
- 2 min
A Crood Life
07/08/21 There was a popular show “back in the day” titled The Beverly Hillbillies. Perhaps you remember Jed Clampett, Granny, Jethro &...
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Pastor Linda Settles
- Jun 26, 2021
- 2 min
Resting on the Edge
06/25/21 Have you heard the story of the little boy who fell out of the bed? When his mother asked him what happened he said, “I guess I...
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