Joe Ragan

Well, LSU did Texas a favor by beating Alabama. Thanks LSU! Now, Texas has to beat A&M and then whoever is in the Big 12 championship before they can play USC (if they stay unbeaten) in the Rose Bowl. That would be one great game to see! I hope someone will [...]

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Do you hear what I hear? Probably not. Since last Tuesday evening, my left ear has been closed up. Five days of antibiotic hasn’t helped. And the ringing goes on…
The doctor here is saying I need surgery because my eardrum has burst. Since yesterday (Saturday), my ear has almost a [...]

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Day four of the great fog out. I’m beginning to think that I live in England or some other place that has fog for days. I can’t remember a time when the fog has stayed around this long.
It dissipates a little during the day, but as nightfall comes, the denseness returns.
I [...]

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I have not felt well the last couple of days. I started getting a sore throat on Friday evening and it has progressively gotten worse. I haven’t been sleeping well either. Well, this morning I woke up, opened the curtains in my bedroom (which I do every day!), and couldn’t see a [...]

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A young college student that attends Grace church invited me to his college basketball game. I had played basketball with Max and several other people on a couple of occasions. Both times, Max showed us he was better than any of us.
Well, I was excited about the prospect of seeing my first Ukrainian [...]

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The calendar reads November. I am a huge football fan. I especially love high school and college ball (they still play for the love of the game!).
The last couple of years that I lived in the Fort Worth/Dallas area I would spend most Fridays and some Saturdays going to high school playoff games. [...]

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In 1999, while a student at Southwestern Seminary, I went on a mission trip to Russia to help build a church in Volkhov. Some wonderful friends, Brenda and John Ganoe, helped sponsor me on that trip. John and I had worked together at Mardel (a Christian bookstore in Fort Worth) for a while.
John [...]

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Several times in Philippians, Paul exhorts the church in Philippi to rejoice in the Lord always! The book of Philippians is full great spiritual truths.
For example, in 1:6 “I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” [...]

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