Tag: Peter
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Keep on. The Search Isn’t Over.
by Dennis Gladden, By Green Pastures, ©2026 (Aug. 19, 2026) — Once and done. This was the mantra of us programmers during the 1980s and ‘90s at the insurance company where I worked. No wonder, given the complicated web of systems we had to maintain. In the beginning, each line of business—property casualty, life, disability,…
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#7 A Practical Guide for Living by Faith
by Dennis Gladden, By Green Pastures, ©2026 (Apr. 15, 2026) — Life is daily. Get up, get ready, attend to business, wind down, and rest. Do it again tomorrow. Think of the dailiness that Abraham, the father of faith, endured. We meet him when he is 75. Before that, just hundreds of days. One day,…
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Living Parables #3: Jesus Builds Faith from a Morning’s Chore
by Dennis Gladden, By Green Pastures, ©2025 (Mar. 2, 2025) — Peter and John were on a mission they had performed nearly as often as they had birthdays. Jesus had sent them to prepare for Passover. They were to find the ingredients for the evening meal and the lamb for the sacrifice. But before they…
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They Will Be Glad You Left a Clear Testimony
by Dennis Gladden, By Green Pastures, ©2024 (Sep. 21, 2024) — The political cartoonist and I had different views about the afterlife. Every December for several years, he drew a panel that featured stars on a black background, each with the name of a celebrity who had died that year. Regardless of how they had…