Author Archives: patricia.werner

Running with the Bulls

Most people are somewhat familiar with the annual Pamplona festival, made famous by Earnest Hemingway in his novel “The Sun Also Rises.”  Every year thousands of runners flee in front of dozen of charging bulls on their way to the more »

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Too Much!

Not long ago, Kaylee Reynolds received a summons for jury duty.  There was only one problem:  she wasn’t old enough to read it.  As the article reads, “The 2-year-old has quite a few years to go before she reaches the more »

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Why Me?

I used to frequent a doughnut shop near my house to get some reading, planning, and sermon prep done away from the office.  It gave me some great opportunities to talk with the owner, a Cambodian man who was really more »

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You Can Pray

Do you remember when that major highway bridge collapsed into the Mississippi river near Minneapolis a few years ago?  Watching the video from the horrible event, you could see the bridge in the water with vehicles strewn all about.  You more »

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Your Name

She had been found at a mall in 1994, well-dressed and carrying an empty purse.  She had been disoriented and unable to speak.  Her fingerprints turned up nothing.  Since it was unclear if she was a U.S. citizen and eligible more »

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Took Him at His Word

Any parent can imagine how it might have happened… With a worried and weary look on his face, the dad feels his son’s head for what seems like the hundredth time.  It’s still burning up.  Yesterday it was just a more »

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TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

Have you ever checked your mail and found an envelope which advertises a virtually free getaway on a cruise or at a fancy resort?  It’s addressed to you (or some guy named “Current Resident”) and promises you amazing delights for more »

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You are a Soul

The famous lay theologian C.S. Lewis made an excellent point when he said, “You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.” You only need to look at the magazine rack in line at the grocery more »

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The Touch

A book I once read, called “Simple Church,” told the story of orphans in countries like Romania and Russia where the ratio of adults to children is dismal.  The authors wrote, “A decade ago journalists first entered these orphanages.  They more »

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Finish What You Started

In 1796, Gilbert Stuart, America’s leading portrait artist at the time, began a portrait of George Washington.  It has served as the model for President Washington’s picture on the dollar bill.  It is incredibly famous and now resides in the more »

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