I Have Moved

I can now be found on Facebook at DMC Resources. You will find daily postings in Proverbs, as well as weekly stories telling of the encounters that individuals (including angels) had with Jesus in the gospels. And then I add whatever else may come to mind!

All of my writings can be found at the website www.dmcresources. Be on the lookout for a new book, The Problem of Good: When the World Seems Find without God. P&R is scheduled to publish it August 1014. Besides myself, contributors include Steve Lawson, Sean Lucas, John Leonard, Ruth Floyd, David Skeel, Gene Veith, and Paul Tripp.

DMC News Move

DMC News has moved over to Tenth Presbyterian Church's website at www.tenth.org.

Worship in Burundi

Our partners serving in Burundi have just posted music they recorded during a recent church service. It's so joyful you must listen!

Preschool Open House, October 24

Tenth's new preschool got off to a great start in September. It has combined a literature-based curriculum with the Music Together program to provide a rich learning environment for kids. The small size gives the program a warm, intimate feel and children receive lots of individual attention. 

The preschool has just announced that next year it will be adding a five-day Pre-K class. If you'd like to learn more about the program, meet the staff, and tour the room, plan on attending the Open House, next Thursday, October 24 from 7-9 pm. For more information, visit the preschool website.

Potential Traffic Difficulties this Sunday

The AIDS Run Philly will take place this Sunday, Oct. 20 and may affect your commute to morning services. Please refer to this website for more information: www.aidsrunphilly.org.

Managing Stress and Anxiety

There are still a few seats left for the Saturday morning seminar, "Managing Stress and Anxiety." The website says this is an activity of the Nurses Vocational Group. That's a bit misleading: it's not just for nurses; anyone can come. The nurses are hosting this for the rest of us, because they are concerned about how stress may affect our health.

Arlene Navarro and Christine Hayner, both counselors at 2200 Arch Counseling Services, will facilitate the session which runs from 9-11 am. We are offering it at no cost. but space is limited to thirty participants. If you'd like to come, please register here.

Proverbs Moved

The proverbs devotions have been moved to the new Tenth website at www.tenth.org. Around mid-day today, the transition of the new site will take place.

The Website is Upon Us

After more than eight years of blog posts, DMC News has reached its final day of posts. Not that I am ceasing to blog, but that my blog posts will move to the new Tenth website that begins sometime tomorrow. It is fitting then that I fly away tomorrow across country to Phoenix to refresh my creative energies. I am scheduling the Proverbs posts, so that they continue while I am away.

So beginning sometime around mid-day tomorrow, you will be going to www.tenth.org to find blog postings.
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Good Sense and Anger

Proverbs 19:11

Good sense makes one slow to anger,
and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Here is a good measure for how much good sense you have: How do you respond to offenses? Are you quick to retaliate? Do you quickly throw back a verbal jab? Do you get easily flustered? Do you dash off curt emails or text messages? Then good sense is lacking.
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Missionopoly 2013

Register for Missionopoly on Saturday, November 2 at 5 PM, as part of our annual Global Outreach Conference!
Join the fun game of one-on-one interaction with our global partners as teams traverse the giant monopoly board. Try ethnic foods, get your passport photo taken, learn about least-reached people groups, and experience the cultural implications of tea! Teams of five or six will visit partner spaces and earn stickers. The teams collecting the most stickers will be entered to win prizes.
See how God is building His kingdom throughout the world!

Liberia Christmas Shipment

New Hope Liberia is collecting items for Tenth-supported orphans in Liberia for Christmas. Items needed are laptops, composition notebooks, pens, flip flops, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soccer balls, coloring books, crayons, summer clothes, socks, athletic shoes, black dress shoes for school, first aid items, aspirin, and cough syrup. All items must be dropped off in 3 West by 12:30 p.m., Sunday, November 3. For more information, please contact Bruce.

What is Fitting

Proverbs 19:10

It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury,
much less for a slave to rule over princes.

It is not fitting for a fool who has done nothing to earn or deserve wealth to live in wealth. Like a pig with pearls, he will treat his wealth with disdain, not merely indulging in worthless pursuits, but turning what is beautiful and noble into base objects. There is something to appreciating what is of value and beauty. Unlike the tragic figure who appreciates such things, but cannot restrain his vices, the fool neither appreciates what is good nor recognizes his vices.
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The Liar's Destiny

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who breathes out lies will perish.

This is the same proverb as 19:5, except that it spells out what is alluded to in the previous one which states that the liar will "not escape." He will perish. However much he may try to lie his way out of such a destiny, his lies only serve to secure that destiny. Punishment will come; judgment will take place and the verdict will be death.
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