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Rev. Jay Noll
Jan 17, 20192 min read
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
37.2 trillion. That’s how many cells scientists estimate make up the average human body. Can you imagine? Not only that, but do you know...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Jan 10, 20192 min read
The Most Significant Change in History
Change. Some people love it, some people hate it. No matter which side of the coin you land on, change is a regular part of life as we...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Jan 4, 20192 min read
Need a Crutch?
“Pop!” That’s what I felt in my ankle when I stepped off the side of the road and found myself falling to the ground. Then, pain so great...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Dec 28, 20182 min read
I Hurt When You Hurt
“Wack!” I felt the baseball hit me in eye and the next thing I knew, I was lying on the ground. The coach had chosen me to be the...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Dec 20, 20182 min read
From the Belly
Have you ever noticed that not all laughs are the same? Some are on the surface, as if just to be polite at a joke that someone told....
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Rev. Jay Noll
Dec 13, 20182 min read
A Magnificent Display
The bright colors danced on the wall as I held the round, crystal-like candle holder up in the sunlight. I enjoyed taking it off the...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Dec 6, 20182 min read
Advent: As It Was Meant to Be
“Advent.” The word literally means “coming.” Society often uses the term to describe the coming into being of something new, like the...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Nov 16, 20182 min read
The Most Unlikely People
Every once in a while, someone will catch me off guard by doing the exact opposite of what I thought they might do. Jesus often did this...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Nov 8, 20182 min read
"Do It Again!"
A little boy was at my house one day and he spilled a cup of water. I quickly started to wipe up the water with whatever I could find...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Oct 26, 20182 min read
The Framework for Life
It is fascinating to watch someone build a house from the ground up. Many stages make up the process, but one especially important stage...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Oct 18, 20182 min read
Growing Pains!
Ohhh, the pain was intense! I was a young person at the time, and did not understand where it was coming from. I hadn’t injured myself...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Oct 11, 20183 min read
Seasons of Loss
“I am sorry, but your mother has died.” This was the news I found myself having to deliver to a young lady in the hospital waiting room....
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Rev. Jay Noll
Oct 4, 20183 min read
"You Want Me to Do What?!"
“That’s impossible!” I could see these words in the two little eyes that were looking up at me. I had asked the little girl to jump from...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Sep 27, 20182 min read
Dot-to-Dots
Dot-to-dots. At first, they look like speckles of ink splattered randomly across a page. But, as they are connected in the correct order,...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Sep 21, 20183 min read
Barely Making It
It was so sad! Today, as I was driving on the interstate in Portland, I saw a wounded squirrel in the middle of the two southbound lanes....
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Rev. Jay Noll
Sep 12, 20182 min read
Faithful When You Fail
The speed and the noise was exhilarating! No falling asleep here! I was in my late teens and working at a race track in Upstate New York....
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Rev. Jay Noll
Sep 5, 20182 min read
Traffic Calming Devices
Traffic calming devices. I had never heard of such a thing and when local law enforcement posted on Facebook that they had installed them...
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Rev. Jay Noll
Sep 1, 20182 min read
Sit in the Pain
"Sit in the pain." That is what a friend told me one day as we talked about a common loss we experienced. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? Who...
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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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