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"1776" • July
3, 2005
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"Who's
to Blame?" • March
6, 2005
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"The
Great Temptation" • February 13, 2005
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"Dare
to Hope" • December 25, 2004
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"Road
Back to Joy" • December 19, 2004
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"Palm
Pilots and Eternity" • September 12,
2004
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"The
Empowered Community" • April 18, 2004
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"If
Someone Gives You a Compliment Say, 'Thank You'
and Be Quiet" • December 28, 2003
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"To
Fly or Not to Fly" • November 16, 2003
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"Sell
All That You Have? • October 12, 2003
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"Law,
Love, and Our Life Together" • August,
2003
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"The
Mystery of Prayer" • May 18, 2003
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"God
was Lifted Up, and God Lifts Us Up" • March
30, 2003
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"A
Mixed Bag of Sundays" • February 2,
2003
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"…and
the darkness has not overcome it…" • December
24, 2002
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"God’s
Christmas Choice" • December 22, 2002
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"Use
It or Lose It" • November 17, 2002
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"The
Lord's Prayer--Forgive Us Our Sins..." • October
20, 2002
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"Is
It Enough?" • July 28, 2002
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"Grief and Hope" • June 16, 2002
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"The
Abundant Life of the 23rd Psalm" • April
21, 2002
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"While
It Was Still Dark" • March 31, 2002
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"When
They Know They are Blind, They Will See" • March
10, 2002
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"Living Water"• March 3, 2002
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"What Would Jesus HAVE Me Do? • January 13, 2002
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"The Feast of the Epiphany" • January 6, 2002
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"There Is Hope!" • December 16, 2001
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"One on One" • November 25, 2001
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"Two Very Different Men" • October 28, 2001
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"A Time to 'Sit Shiva'?" • September 30, 2001
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"This Above All" • September 9, 2001
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"MoneyMoneyMoneyMoneyMoney" • August 5, 2001
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"Who Are Your Heroes?" • July 8, 2001
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"Repentance: The Key to Forgiveness" • June 17, 2001
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"Community:
Where the Holy Spirit Hangs Out" • June
3, 2001
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"The 'Christian Dilemma'" • May 6, 2001
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"Living the Risen Life" • April 15, 2001
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"A Prescription for Spiritual Health" • February 4, 2001
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"God's Light and Love Pours Into Our Souls" • January 7, 2001
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"Reflections on the Feeding of God's People" • April 2, 2000
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"My Sins Are Forgiven? What Sins?" • February
20, 2000
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"You Are Called" • January 30, 2000
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"Hay and Stars, Part 2" • December 26, 1999
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"Hay and Stars, Part 1" • December 25, 1999
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"Apocalypse Now" • November 14, 1999
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"The Wedding Feast: Does God Discriminate?" • October 10, 1999
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"If Your Brother Sins Against You?" • September 5, 1999
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"Facts, Truth and Faith" • August 1, 1999
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"Baptized Patriots" • July 4, 1999
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"Judaism, Christianity & All Other Faiths: Same Mission!" • June
13, 1999
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"Is Doubt Always a Bad Thing?" • April 11, 1999
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"Life is God's Will" • March 21, 1999
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"From Fear to Light" • February 14, 1999
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The
Peace of God ...
We are now headed for Advent, which besides being about preparing
for Christmas, is about the end of the world as we know it. ...
Roses
and Thorns
We are always “becoming.” This is reflected in the
statements, “God isn’t finished with me yet,” and “I
am a ‘work-in-progress.”...
He
Is Risen • April 20, 2003
Easter is the hope that God offers during bad times, a light in
which we
can believe even while we're still in the darkness...
Father
Knows Best • March 30, 2003
I write this on the eve of war. A wise person told me today that
another wise person had told him...
Why
We Need Lent • March 2, 2003
Lent is the account of the last and most difficult journey of Jesus'
life. Lent is also about the difficult journeys in our lives....
Today
and Always • January 12, 2003
When I was 19, I told my Uncle that I intended to be a writer.
He, in his usual provocative and challenging way, asked, "What
have you written?...
GivingThanksGivingThanks • November
24, 2002
A whole book about giving thanks. I remember it from so many years
ago because it seemed to me to be a great feat...
Forgiveness • October
20, 2002
Forgiveness. Forgive and forget. I will forgive you but I won't
forget. 70 times 70. I know God forgives me but I can't forgive
myself...
A
Time of National Mourning • September
12, 2001
We have watched pictures for years of other countries, other peoples,
suffering the effects of war: violence, horrible deaths, grieving...
Y2000 • January,
2, 2000
If you will look up you will see the date, January 2, 2000...
Our Collect for Today is... • October
24, 1999
. . . make us love what you command...
The Writing on the Wall? • August
22, 1999
Shootings, week after week. Lives ended. Lives ruined. Traumatized
people of all ages...
Gobbledygook? • July
18, 1999
Hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience...
...a
World of Safety, Security and Predictability • June
6, 1999
It was the final session of a small bereavement group series, facilitated
by a
renowned Pastoral Counselor and Seminary Professor...
Life, In All Its Fullness • April
11, 1999
We are now in the Easter season of the Church year. It lasts from
Easter Day to the Day of (the Feast of) Pentecost...
Lenten
Thoughts • March 7, 1999
The last shall be first and the first
last." "He who
exalts himself shall be humbled and he who humbles
himself shall be exalted...
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