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Rod Loy

I am here for Friends

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Phil Mickelson!

Music:

Anything but heavy metal!

Movies:

Not a movie watcher - can't sit still that long. But, I like James Bond

Television:

24,Numbers, The Unit

Books:

I really like the Bible

Heroes:

Rendi used to be my hero. This week? Bubbles is my hero!

My Blog

Urgent Prayer Request

Happy New Year!  I pray God's best for you and your family in the coming year. The New Year brings heart breaking news from our missionary family in Kenya.  Controversy over the election ha...
Posted by Rod Loy on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:30:00 PST

We get used to seeing it in the news and forget it is real people

I was with my friend in New York City this week.  He is a missionary to Iraq.  Tuesday night, 30 minutes before dinner, we received the news from Iraq. Maybe you saw it on TV - two Iraqi wom...
Posted by Rod Loy on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:26:00 PST

Thoughts on expectation and hunger

It's fascinating to me - the connection between our own expectation, our hunger and the work of God in our lives.  When we are hungry for more of God, when we expect to encounter Him, we do. I wo...
Posted by Rod Loy on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:22:00 PST

Peace

Peace - when you get right down to it, it's what everyone is looking for, what everyone is longing for.  Peace. Peace - that sense of settledness Peace - calm even if surrounded by turmoil Peace...
Posted by Rod Loy on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:00:00 PST

The HEMI Awards

Last night, we had the HEMI (Honoring Everyone's Ministry Involvement) awards ceremony at our church.  It's such a fun night - people wearing their awards clothes, laughing, clapping and cheering...
Posted by Rod Loy on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:39:00 PST

Running out of gas - almost!

Me and Pastor Steve were driving back from Dallas today.  The trip computer said we had 60 miles to empty.  It was 55 miles to the town I wanted to stop at.  We decided to see if we cou...
Posted by Rod Loy on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:09:00 PST

On attitudes

Attitudes are a funny thing.  I am trying so hard today to fix an attitude I know isn't pleasing to God - and it isn't pleasing to me! I'm not really sure why it's so hard for us to fix a bad att...
Posted by Rod Loy on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:33:00 PST

More on Worship

Last night we had a cool service at chuch.  We were caught up in worship, lost in His presence.  Pastor Steve and I have been talking about that kind of moment for several weeks.  We ha...
Posted by Rod Loy on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:18:00 PST

Reflections on Worship

This week, I've just felt drawn to the sanctuary, with such a longing for worship.  I'm praying - that His presence will fill our sanctuary, our services, and our souls - that we will be forever ...
Posted by Rod Loy on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:24:00 PST

God and the Rain

I have a good friend named Timothy.  He is a junior in high school.  Timothy is an amazing thinker, writer and Christ-follower.  I read his blog this morning - it is so Wow that I decid...
Posted by Rod Loy on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:31:00 PST