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That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched — this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. — 1 John 1:1Please notice that our faith has roots in experience.We don’t believe some spiritual-sounding idea that somebody cooked up a long time ago. The message came to us become someone had a life-changing experience with God.When I was a little boy, my grandparents told me not to touch the cookstove. Why? Because somebody touched it, and somebody got burned. My grandmother offered…

Dear Sisters,My daughter is in grad school at Berkeley, California. She said this past weekend San Francisco hosted an annual tradition – part run, part walk, part city-wide block party. It’s called the Bay to Beach or something like that.Evidently it’s like a huge pot luck and costume party with a bit of a 5K tossed in. Runners and walkers start at the bay and cross the city, ending up at the ocean side a few miles away. People dress and run or walk in wild costumes. It’s a lot of fun.Some time ago, a few folks decided to dress…