near for him to be taken up, he set         suffering and death, but also glory.  


But nevertheless, Jesus and his           -    -  Even so, Jesus replied as he did,


       - natingly enough, it’s not by mis-               Needless to say, the man did not,      -


 of someone coming to Jesus, Jesus                            and say goodbye to his family. And Jesus’ reply to that man in verse 62 is our theme for Synod. Je-                 agricultural imagery to convey a very important message. A mes-  all pay very close attention to. I’m not a stranger to agriculture, myself. One of my grandfather’s         


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then ran a country store. At one time almost        -  a long time.        -   So, I’m no stranger to agriculture. Why,


        surrounded by peach orchards in Spartanburg,    until you’ve done that.


But over the last 4 years, I’ve had the honor of serving as pastor at Old


   


- -            


   or harvested, or hay that needs to be cut and baled. Or even chickens, tur-    


               


                                


              


       other, you’ll never get anything done. And soon enough, neglect takes its continued on page 14


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