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After being posted for a month, we move our "coffee brews" into this folder. Discussion on these items is disabled.

Document Are you Insane?
Although many of claim to not be insane... is that always the case?
Document Are you a 'Mighty Warrior'?
Down in the bottom of a winepress we find Gideon. What was he doing? Hiding. And how did God address him? Mighty Warrior.
Document Mentors
You're going to need a tape measure for this thought. Please go get one right now before reading on. :) No, really... go get one.
Document The Power
What can prayer do? Quite a bit actually...
Document Time to Re-Register!
What?!? I thought I already registered on this website!
Document Aware
Today's question is simple: Are we aware?
Document Teamage
You & God. A team. Isn't that a cool concept?
Document Retreat
Were you at retreat? Help me write this week's thought!!!
Document Holding the Cup
Using 'the Cup' as a metaphor for our lives, what does it mean to hold our cup? Why don't we do it more often?
Document Lifting the Cup
Are you brave enough, real enough, vulnerable enough to CHOOSE to lift the cup? Remember the cup is our lives, our very selves. This is not easy.
Document Drinking the Cup
The title of the book is 'Can You Drink the Cup?' That is the question posed in this third and final section of Nouwen's book.
Document December
Can you say, 'December is H...E...R...E'!
Document Words
There is great power in our words.
Document This Is It...
Hey friends, my last Thought of the Week for a few months...
Document The Barber
A short but GREAT story on why there is so much pain in our lives.
Document Undecided
Some poetry from kennyD
Document Stressed?
"Not seeing the BIG picture?"
Document I'm BAAAAACK!
So good to be back!
Document Regional Main Event
It's always a hoot: pyro, fireworks, games, talent, worship ~ aka. Scot Mortimer, the drive, the 'abduction', the memories.
Document Class of 2008
Leave some words of love and encouragement for our recent graduates!
Document Perfectly Right vs. Perfectly Related
"What does that mean?" Oh, so much! "How does it apply to my life?" In countless ways!
Document A Network
Do you feel connected? Do you realize that you're a part of an incredible web of people?
Document Left Out
Sometimes it feels like there are so many of the things we miss out on. What's the cause?
Document Generosity
'What the world needs now, is...'
Document Wants
Have you ever thought about what you want?
Document Summer's Here
It is summer and it is ABOUT TIME!!
Document God's Will
Here's a little thought by somebody else. It's something that students think about all the time. I wanted to hear what you think...
Document Impact
What impact do you have?
Document Save Dodgeball
Okay, here's the scoop...
Document Praise the Lord!
Look up and look out, you're missing it!
Document Success
How do you define success?
Document Quick Check-Up
How's your summer going...?
Document Here we go!
No better way to start of the year...
Document Space for God
I read this last week. It hasn't left me. I gotta share it. I wish I wrote it. I HAVE to live it.
Document Serving
Find it tough to know how to help people out? You're not alone.
Document What Would You Ask?
A random sometimes-silly-sometime-serious sampling of questions that I would ask God.
Document A Connection
Hi Friends... It's good to be connected...
Document Oh, my...
This has been a crazy last couple of weeks...
Document What?! Are Ya Kidding Me?!
We all complain, right? It’s just human nature.
Document BlueTooth
You know those annoying little devices that some people wear on their ears... Yeah, I got one of those.
Document the Journey
Can you trace a path of where you've been?
Document Rhyme Time in Prime Time
A Centralia Student Ministries' Christmas Poem
Document The Blanket of White
I love it when it snows.
Document Happy New Year
Welcome to 2009!
Document What Gift Were You Most Excited About...
... giving? I want to ask you to share some Christmas stories, not about things you received, but about things you were able to give.
Document Rhythm
Have you ever noticed that life is full of rhythm...?
Document Creating Community
What would it take...?
Document Update...
Okay... we're going like 90... are you missing it?
Document Need Cash?
We offered a fundraiser... with unfantastic results.
Document Social Experiment, Number Two
Did you try the complaint fast? Here the sequel... Totally different than the first, but it'll change your life. And possibly someone else's.
Document Thanks
I want to encourage you to do something we don't do enough.
Document A Little Break
So a break involves two parts, right? Let me explain...
Document A New and Fresh Beginning
Time travel will never really actually work..., but if it did?
Document Regional Main Event
This week we leave for Nampa. If you're going... it's gonna be schweet! If you're not, we'll miss you!
Document Requirements?
What does God want most from you and me?
Document Margins
You know what margins are, right? They are the part of the paper that... oh, wait... I guess I'll type this down below. :)
Document Sign up!
Some old deadlines are coming due. A new one too.
Document A Day of Service
Were you a part of it? I hope you were.
Document Beginnings and Endings
Yup... the official end has arrived. But I guess that means a beginning is here, too!
Document I ~ Am I really supposed to stop praying...?
It's not really about trying harder.
Document II ~ Question: What is your life?
Answer: A vapor.
Document III ~ CRAZY Love
Whenever the title of the chapter is the same as the title of the book, that's your clue to PAY ATTENTION!
Document IV ~ Me being spit out of the mouth of God is not a fun word picture
I don't want to be saliva.
Document V ~ Here you go, God. You can have the rest of me... the leftovers.
Could this be pleasing to God or to anyone?
Document VI ~ If you could have heaven...
...with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth...
Document Beginnings
Draw a deep breath in through your nose. Do you smell it?
Document Hope
There is ALWAYS hope... always. ... At least... I hope there is. :)
Document Holidays
I love this time of year. Don't you?
Document Pickiness vs. Gratefulness
Seattle Missions Day is always an eye opener for me...
Document Focus
I've been blessed with poor eyesight. ... Well, I guess we all have.
Document Loretta
A friend...
Document BLANK
Hi.
Document The first coffee brew of 2010
How do you sum up a year?
Document One Less Name
What are your names? What do they mean?
Document When Darkness Hits
We all have times in life when the darkness comes. What do you do when that happens?
Document Attitude
Your attitude should be the same as that of _________?
Document They Take Work
If they didn't, they wouldn't be so valuable!
Document Spreading Some Colorful Cheer
So I want to tell you a little bit about our project last night: passing out helium balloon at local parks.
Document And It's Over
People across this country and around the world can return to normal sleep cycles. For it has happened... the Olympics are finished.
Document Decision
I thought about writing about this... and then I wondered... maybe... well... Shoot. I don't know.
Document Writing Prompt I...
Finish this sentence...
Document Holy Week
Have you begun to consider what next week will hold for you? I challenge you to do just that...!
Document Fresh Starts
Have you ever felt like it was time for a fresh start?
Document REGIONALS!!!!
We're going. We're going soon. I CAN'T WAIT!!!
Document Remembrance
Remembrance is...
Document A Tribute
This is a short tribute to CSM's graduating class of 2010.
Document The Quest to BE
A few thoughts inspired by our time in Nampa this weekend.
Document I.D.
What is your I.D.?
Document The Home Stretch
I feel it. It is finally here.
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