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Tim McClendon

@tmcclendon

Potter, Pastor at St. John's UMC, Aiken, Husband, Dad, Mac Mac, Lover of Mt. Mitchell and the New River, Huge Gamecock fan

 Aiken, SC
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Needing Prophets! wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…
Needing Prophets!

Needing Prophets!

This Sunday’s AFC and NFC football championship games will determine who’s in the Super Bowl. It’s the first time since 2009 that neither Aaron Rogers or Tom Brady aren’t playing. Instead there’s 4…

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Remembering 9/11 wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…
Remembering 9/11

Remembering 9/11

Twenty years ago, September 11, 2001, 3,229 people lost their lives to terrorism. Most of us remember exactly where we were we heard the news or tuned into the newscasts. It was a national tragedy …

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Is Ignorance the Enemy at the Gates? wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…
Is Ignorance the Enemy at the Gates?

Is Ignorance the Enemy at the Gates?

As we have watched scenes in Afghanistan, it feels very literally like “the enemy is at the gates.” Many of us already feel besieged by COVID. The Coronavirus has caused all of our feelings to be s…

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Reflection on Afghanistan, COVID and Leadership wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…
Reflection on Afghanistan, COVID and Leadership

Reflection on Afghanistan, COVID and Leadership

Everything about Afghanistan has confirmed my strong conviction that sacrifice, duty, and leadership count. God bless the families of fallen service men and women who have made the supreme sacrific…

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Reopening after COVID is HARD!

Reopening after COVID is HARD!

Do you have any frenemies? You know what I mean, family members, friends, or others that just get under your skin? You are friends, but they are just as easily classified as enemies. Passive-aggres…

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Mother Church and Mother’s Day wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…

Mother Church and Mother’s Day

“What have you done to Mother Church?” rings in my ears. I’ve heard those words preached recently by a passionate Roman Catholic priest on the internet. Lots of people have been concerned about the…

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The Cowboy Code Speaks to the Church and Culture wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…
The Cowboy Code Speaks to the Church and Culture

The Cowboy Code Speaks to the Church and Culture

I’ve seen bulls duke it out and butt heads. Goats, too, and it doesn’t take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep, and neither species is very high on the smartness scale. Growing up with a D…

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The Cowboy Code Speaks to the Church and Culture wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…
The Cowboy Code Speaks to the Church and Culture

The Cowboy Code Speaks to the Church and Culture

I’ve seen bulls duke it out and butt heads. Goats, too, and it doesn’t take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep, and neither species is very high on the smartness scale. Growing up with a D…

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Winter Ends, COVID Continues, yet JESUS Wins! wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…
Winter Ends, COVID Continues, yet JESUS Wins!

Winter Ends, COVID Continues, yet JESUS Wins!

Lent has begun and I’m having a bit of PTSD. No kidding, but aren’t we all? It has almost been a year since this pandemic started. Our last “normal” worship service was March 15, 2020. I remember h…

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Valentine’s Day and a “New Baptized” Church wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…
Valentine’s Day and a “New Baptized” Church

Valentine’s Day and a “New Baptized” Church

I love the church, particularly the United Methodist Church, though I am reminded of Juliet’s words to Romeo: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet…” I…

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Identifying Your Highest Values wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…
Identifying Your Highest Values

Identifying Your Highest Values

So far 2021 feels like 2020 part two. This has been an emotionally draining time for all of us. We can identify with the excerpted words of Psalm 13: “How long, O Lord? How long must I wrestle with…

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The Pecking Order and a Possibility for Peace wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…

The Pecking Order and a Possibility for Peace

בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃ isn’t Greek to me, but it is Hebrew, and to follow it, you must read it from right to left. If we were to read this in English, it …

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A Civil Body Politick wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…

A Civil Body Politick

The Pilgrims and Indians make a great tableau to consider for Thanksgiving, but the peace between the two groups didn’t last long. Massasoit and Squanto of the Wampanoag tribe had already been on t…

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Being Christ-Like in a Crisis wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…

Being Christ-Like in a Crisis

Red states, Blue states, and purple states abound. The same is true for people. If there is anything this election has taught us is that Americans are all over the map in our convictions. In spite …

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Election Day Observations wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…
Election Day Observations

Election Day Observations

I’ve voted and am proudly wearing my complimentary sticker on my shirt. I have no illusions about whether or not we’ll know anything about who won the election by tonight. Exit polls are about as r…

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Schilling’s Bloody Sock the Bridge to History wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…

Schilling’s Bloody Sock the Bridge to History

Due to our COVID environment and political season, there’s a wave of selfishness and pride that is running rampant across the land. COVID has us in survival mode, hunkering down in our bunkers hoar…

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Immortalizing Your Life wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…
Immortalizing Your Life

Immortalizing Your Life

Double standards, no standards, hypocrisy, and selfish narcissism are just a few of the things that absolutely get my goat these days. No one seemingly wants to accept responsibility for their acti…

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Passive-Aggressive Types and Sweet Revenge wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…
Passive-Aggressive Types and Sweet Revenge

Passive-Aggressive Types and Sweet Revenge

There are a lot of anxious people around. With all of the fear-mongering with the election coming up, there are plenty of upset people. The stock market is diving and the death rate is climbing. Be…

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The Best Laid Plans wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…

The Best Laid Plans

Cubic Feet per Second or CFS is how people measure how fast the flow of a river is. Thanks to COVID and all of the issues our society is facing, it feels like we’re in a flash-flood, and the CFS is…

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Human Connections Make for Human Correctness wtmcclendon.wordpress.com/20…
Human Connections Make for Human Correctness

Human Connections Make for Human Correctness

According to Mark Twain, “Sacred cows make the best hamburger.” Everyone has their own list of what’s sacred and what is profane. That rugged individualism has been exploited by the pandemic and ou…

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