Hurdling with Grace
Have you been to a track meet? What is your favorite event? One of my favorites is the hurdles. The runners shoot out of the starting...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Jun 17, 20212 min read
Flexible or Bent Out of Shape?
“Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape.” That is what a wise person in my first congregation would tell me...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Jul 7, 20202 min read
Never Closed
The church was never closed. Yes, you heard me right. The doors of a building were closed, but the church itself never was. “How can this...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Jun 6, 20192 min read
Flying Together
The flock of birds caught my attention. It was intriguing how there were so many, yet they flew in perfect unison. Together, they formed...
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Rev. Jay Noll
May 16, 20192 min read
Spiritual Amnesia
“Who are you?” the little girl asked her father. She had fallen from a horse and was suffering from amnesia. You have probably watched a...
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Rev. Jay Noll
May 9, 20192 min read
Giving Up to Gain
What are you willing to sacrifice? The actors in the Avengers movies made sacrifices to play their roles. They worked long hours, endured...
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Rev. Jay Noll
May 2, 20192 min read
Walking through Quicksand
Trying to walk through quicksand—that is what it feels like when you attempt to make it in your own strength through a difficult...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Apr 25, 20193 min read
A Safe Space
I couldn’t wait for their visit! That is how I felt as a child when I heard that my grandparents who lived 300 miles away were coming. I...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Apr 18, 20192 min read
The Event that Shook the World
On February 15, 2013, the sound of an explosion shook parts of Russia, collapsing walls and shattering windows. A meteor had entered...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Apr 11, 20192 min read
Which Study Bible Should I Use?
Lying next to me is a catalog for Bibles. This particular catalog is 68 pages and is entirely dedicated to the written Word of God. The...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Apr 4, 20193 min read
Why So Many Bibles?
Why are there so many Bibles to choose from? I recently preached the importance of having a daily quiet with God and focused part of the...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Mar 28, 20193 min read
How Do You Look?
One day I was driving in a large city when a gentleman crossing the street caught my attention. He wasn’t wearing a shirt and it was...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Mar 14, 20192 min read
When Life Is Low
“I loathe my life....” These are not exactly the most encouraging words from the Bible...or are they? Let’s step back and look at the...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Mar 8, 20193 min read
Tents and Longing for Home
Thump, thump….Grrrrr….We were awakened in the middle of the night to hear a bear just outside our tent. When we arrived earlier that day...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Feb 28, 20192 min read
The Ride of Your Life
One day, 21-year-old Ben Carpenter experienced something he did not expect. As he was crossing an intersection in his electric...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Feb 21, 20192 min read
Finding Life
A number of years ago, outside the house where I was living at the time, stood dead stalks of the previous year’s plants. They did not...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Feb 14, 20192 min read
A Reason to Celebrate
No one wants to be alone, at least not forever. We long for companionship in some form or another, whether it is a soulmate to share life...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Feb 7, 20193 min read
Early Spring?
It feels like Spring! At least it did earlier this week. In the 50’s, sun shining, Punxsutawney Phil’s shadow was missing. Things were...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Jan 31, 20193 min read
A Second Chance
Have you ever needed a second chance? You blew it and deserved whatever consequences were coming your way. We have all been there to one...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Jan 24, 20192 min read
Remember and Pray
Life is hard. I have faced my share of difficult times, and I am sure you have, too. As rough as life seems at times, though, I step back...
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Hurdling with Grace
Have you been to a track meet? What is your favorite event? One of my favorites is the hurdles. The runners shoot out of the starting...
Flexible or Bent Out of Shape?
“Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape.” That is what a wise person in my first congregation would tell me...
Never Closed
The church was never closed. Yes, you heard me right. The doors of a building were closed, but the church itself never was. “How can this...
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