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• Six Symptoms of Spiritual Heart Failure

  Posted on September 8, 2017 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

  I was on the tennis court, ready to receive serve, when I felt dizzy. The next thing I hear is the staticky radio voices of emergency personnel as I am being wheeled on a gurney to the waiting ambulance. That set me on an unplanned crash course on heart disease that included knowing symptoms of […]

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• Resourcing Gospel Conversations

  Posted on August 19, 2012 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    I’m not sure resourcing is an actual word but since any noun can be verbized nowadays, I’m sure you get the idea.  When we talk to people about the gospel, it is helpful to have something to put in their hands to reinforce the conversation. Some of you are aware of my recent hospitalization […]

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• When Pastors Panic

  Posted on July 30, 2012 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    On Tuesday, May 8th of this year I sent an email from my hospital bed to the congregation I serve as a pastor.  The previous Thursday I had collapsed on the tennis court and been taken by ambulance to the hospital.  That would be the entry way to a slew of tests to figure […]

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• Finding Time to Pray

  Posted on July 24, 2012 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    All of us admit to the need to spend more time in prayer. The question is, where do we find the time? Some might insist that we always find time for what we want to do.  Yes. And no.  There are some non-negotiables like work and sleep, surrounded by other things not necessarily on […]

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