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Continue reading →: Building BridgesIn the south central San Luis Valley, in the city of Alamosa, Colorado, is an unassuming beige house with bright red trim and a gravel front yard. A sign posted out front reads: “La Puente Home, Emergency Shelter, Community Meals: Lunch 12 PM, Dinner 6 PM”. This was the site…
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Continue reading →: Being a Tree is Hard“Don’t break your wrist” isn’t advice you want to hear; but that was the advice I was given a few years ago while helping plant native tree seedlings on mt fiancée’s family’s farm. I had just been handed the auger drill used for digging holes in the ground, and keeping…
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Continue reading →: This Pilgrim JourneyOne right turn was enough to send everything awry… During my first summer as a Boy Scout, my troop went on a hiking trip to the National Military Park in Shiloh, Tennessee. Our goal was to complete a 14-mile hike through the park in an effort to complete the hiking…
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Continue reading →: Pay it ForwardThere was a young man who was attending church one Sunday, and when the offering plate was passed to him, he dug into his pocket, pulled out a quarter and dropped it in. Not wanting to belabor the process, the young man quickly moved the plate onward, but as he…
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Continue reading →: What Are We Waiting For?Like many of you, I have spent the past few weeks baking cookies and various treats for neighbors, friends, and family in anticipation of the Christmas holiday. I’ve always enjoyed baking and have fond memories of helping my mother bake Christmas cookies every year- she would make hundreds, sometimes even…
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Continue reading →: Winterizing the GardenIt’s that time of the year again… It’s time to winterize the garden. I must admit, this is one of my least favorite annual tasks- not because it is dirty or cold, but because it is much less hope-filled than the spring task of laying the garden and planting the…
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Continue reading →: Do Pumpkin Pies Float?Do pumpkin pies float? Last weekend, I had the privilege of journeying with the church’s middle and high-school youth to Mound Ridge in Saint James, MO for a weekend service retreat. On Saturday evening, they split into two teams and had a fierce trivia competition, and one of the…
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Continue reading →: Sunrise People…I would not usually consider myself a sunrise person. There is a lot of work involved in being a sunrise person. You normally have to wake up very early, go to a faraway spot, stay awake while waiting in the darkness, and hope that all the effort was worth it.…
Hi,
I’m Matt
Welcome to the TASK– an ongoing mission to testify to the gospel of the grace of GOD.
As a pastor and a preacher, I love to tell stories- and I have a passion for using my stories and life experiences, however exciting or mundane, to highlight the grace and love of God in everyday life!
I hope you find these writings, many of which were originally prepared as sermons, meaningful and faithful. Thank you for stopping by!
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