Jeffrey C. Long

I’m back to updating my blog more frequently. Thanks to all who hung in there while I got life back together. The main thing that changed our life was my wife newly working full time for the school district as a bus driver, and my children going to school for the first time in the [...]

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Last week I had the pleasure of being the pastor of the Idaho Mennonite church’s Junior High camp. While some around me said things like “good luck with that,” I have a soft spot in my heart for Junior High students. I spent two years teaching 5th and 6th graders music. I did my student [...]

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The following sermon was preached on Sunday, July 9th, 2006 at Filer Mennonite Church. These are the notes that were used to preach from. One day the preacher stood on Laymen’s Sunday, the first Sunday in October, and preached on lay ministry. He was so stirring and persuasive that at the end, when he said, [...]

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For those of you who haven’t noticed already there is a great deal of irony between my last two posts. I didn’t even realize it when I was writing them. I’ll address the paradox in a future post, but thought I’d better clear the air that I am speaking seemingly contradictory.

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I’m taking a one month hiatus from my three sites.  Observant readers have already noticed that my posts have been sporadic.  I’ve been in the middle of buying a home and moving into it as well as other activities that have kept me away.  I think waiting for a month will relieve me of the [...]

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I’m taking a one month hiatus from my three sites.  Observant readers have already noticed that my posts have been sporadic.  I’ve been in the middle of buying a home and moving into it as well as other activities that have kept me away.  I think waiting for a month will relieve me of the [...]

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I’m taking a one month hiatus from my three sites.  Observant readers have already noticed that my posts have been sporadic.  I’ve been in the middle of buying a home and moving into it as well as other activities that have kept me away.  I think waiting for a month will relieve me of the [...]

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Prior to coming here I worked with a remarkable teacher. Together we built a choir department from 2 classes a day to 6. From 50 students to 200. More important then the numbers, students lives were changed. Not only did they get the opportunity to experience creating great music, we became a safe place for [...]

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Sometimes the simplest things make a little difference. I’ve grown tired of the squiggly red line under names and Bible references that tell me that the computer thinks it is misspelled. Mainly it clutters up my documents, but it also makes it more difficult to tell when I’ve actually misspelled something. It didn’t take much [...]

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The following sermon was preaching on Sunday, April 2nd 2006 at Filer Mennonite Church. All sermons posted are unedited from the original notes. Prior to coming here I worked with a remarkable teacher. Not only did she give her students the opportunity to create great music, her and I together created a safe place for [...]

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