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Bruce Frogge
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I am a human being, spouse, parent, friend, pastor, and someone trying to strive toward a better-than-average mark in all those ways of existing because I believe Jesus tells me a story that I, alongside every other person, is loved beyond measure.
November 26, 2025
Yesterday’s Etching on the topic of a green smoothie spilled everywhere in my kitchen was written early in the day on Monday, so before we experienced tornados in our area. A number of people, including a few who experienced some damage from...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM
November 25, 2025
I buy some smoothies every month from a place called Daily Harvest. I like the healthiness of the ingredients, and there is one in particular that I was looking forward to having this month. It is a chocolate mint, with spinach and banana. I...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
November 24, 2025
Prayer for the Week:
This Land Belongs to No One
By Hila Ratzabi
This is a portion of the prayer. You can find the full...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
November 23, 2025
The British journalist, Katty Kay, said, “Everybody fails; it’s no big deal. It’s what being human is. Don’t let that stop you from taking risks.” In tomorrow’s sermon, we are going to be looking at the story of Peter walking on water. We so...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
November 22, 2025
This Sunday is Thanksgiving Sunday because the Sunday immediately after Thanksgiving is the first Sunday of Advent. The second part of that statement was sort of difficult to type as I don’t feel quite ready for the Advent Season to be here...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
November 21, 2025
What do you do as a person of faith when you experience something that is really quite offensive, yet you realize that for one reason or another, others could not see it? And still others were simply too nice to say something. How do you go...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
November 20, 2025
I pulled up a video of one of my former professors, Rev. Dr. Newell Williams, who went on to become President at Brite Divinity School from 2003 - 2022 (new President is Rev. Dr. Stephen Cady, who preached at CCCC during my sabbatical). I had...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
November 19, 2025
I’ve always been captivated by the simple yet profound words of Mother Teresa, including, “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” I’m certain there are examples of people who went from zero to full-speed...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
November 18, 2025
On Sunday morning, as I was running from my Bagels with Bruce to the office to prepare to preach at the Traditional Service, Guy Johnson Jr. came over to give me a hug just outside the office door. I know his hugs always come with prayer...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Prayer for the Week: We offer our prayer to you, O God of Miracles. Today, we do not pray for the little things, though they are deserving of our attention and our best wishes. Today, we bring our focus upon those things that deeply trouble the world, grieving...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
November 16, 2025
Yesterday, I attended a gathering of churches that participated in the Woodlands Pride Event last month. It was a wonderful and very helpful conversation, as each congregation is in a different place in its journey. In some situations, the...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
November 15, 2025
There is a word used in a lot of Christian circles these days. The word is deconstruction, or specifically the deconstructing of faith. A lot of people who grew up in what they might now call an unhealthy or damaging form of Christianity find...
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November 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
November 14, 2025
James Fowler is still considered the guru of faith development, even though he died ten years ago. He was a professor at Emory University in Atlanta. For Fowler, there were six stages in faith development, plus a “pre-stage,” which is birth...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:33 AM
November 13, 2025
So yesterday, I was standing next to someone who said, “Tomorrow is Friday the 13th!” There was definitely some spookiness in her voice. The third person standing there said, “No, it’s not! It’s Thursday the 13th.” The person who had...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
November 12, 2025
A few years ago, I encountered a young person who asked me if Jesus had bad breath. Before I could respond, one of the adults in the room intervened with a bit of indignation, asserting, “The Son of God does not have bad breath.” What...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:39 AM
November 11, 2025
A political advisor by the name of Del Bigtree said in the last couple of days, “God is an anti-vaxxer, and he needs you to speak up.” Now, without allowing my emotion to burst forth in a mix of laughter and rage, let me address the...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
November 10, 2025
Prayer for the Week: For all the good work being done in your name, O Merciful God, we shout: Thank you! For all the acts of kindness that reflect your heart, we sing songs of thanksgiving. For all the expressions of generosity that change...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
November 9, 2025
As I have been meeting with the Board and Staff of the Christian Church Foundation, I must confess feeling a bit awestruck by these folks—smart, talented, insightful, and often raising good questions about things that slid right past me. At...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
November 8, 2025
I am currently in Tulsa, OK, for the Christian Church Foundation Board Meeting. Yesterday afternoon, I went back to my hotel room during a break, and I flipped on the TV. It was the last 10 minutes of the 2012 movie, “The Best Exotic Marigold...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
November 7, 2025
I’m going to request your prayers as we seriously begin the Search & Call process for an ordained youth minister. We are immensely blessed to have Rev. Amber Mattingly to serve as our Interim Youth Minister. She has her first official meeting...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
November 6, 2025
So yesterday, I was driving through Oklahoma City, on my way to a Board Meeting of the Christian Church Foundation. On the outskirts of OKC, I noticed a billboard that said, “Jolly Goat Garage Doors.” I did a double take as I initially thought...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
November 5, 2025
Have you ever thought about the gap between what is easily forgiven and what you find nearly impossible to forgive? To be honest, I had not really pondered it before, yet a few weeks back, I was listening to a podcast and something the person...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
November 4, 2025
As a minister, I often encounter awe-inspiring moments within the church that are either challenging to share or, due to confidentiality, I simply cannot disclose. Yet despite the difficulties, I want to express my profound astonishment and...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
November 3, 2025
Because of the way we do worship, with me running between services, I have not actually participated in the naming of the Saints in worship for five or six years. Though each year, I take the time to watch both services, specifically listening...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
November 2, 2025
There is a florist on Louetta Road that has a sign outside that reads:

God Bless America
Help Wanted

I’m pretty sure we are to read those as two separate statements, but since I’ve understood the phrase, “God Bless America” as a sort of...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM