getting out the WORD
the 6th sunday after epiphany the PRAYER. . . O God, the strength of all who hope in you, because we are weak mortals we accomplish nothing good without you. Help us to see and understand the things we ought to…
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the 6th sunday after epiphany the PRAYER. . . O God, the strength of all who hope in you, because we are weak mortals we accomplish nothing good without you. Help us to see and understand the things we ought to…
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Reflecting on the JourneyChurch isn’t merely a people.Church is a people with something to believe in! I don’t know if we’ve always been this way, been this way right from the start … or if somehow, somewhere along the line,…
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Romans 8. 31-39Faith isn’t, foremost and first, about heaven.It’s about love! The song was released over thirty years ago, now. About the time I was halfway through my first call. It was a country song. A sad country song as…
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the fifth sunday after epiphany the PRAYER. . . Lord God, with endless mercy you receive the prayers of all who call upon you. By your Spirit show us the things we ought to do, and give us the grace…
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1st Corinthians 2. 1-12 [13-16]Believing begins and ends at the Cross! It was my first year at seminary. I was at the library studying. Studying, that is, until I needed a break. It was then that I got up and…
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the presentation of our lord the PRAYER. . . Almighty and ever-living God, your only-begotten Son was presented this day in the temple. May we be presented to you with clean and pure hearts by the same Jesus Christ, our…
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1st Corinthians 1. 18-31Church begins and ends at the Cross! I guess I’d been here, for five or six years, when I wrote an opinion piece for the Reporter Telegram. Not a letter-to-the-editor, but a guest column for Friday’s religion…
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the 3rd sunday after epiphany the PRAYER. . . Lord God, your lovingkindness always goes before us and follows after us. Summon us into your light, and direct our steps in the ways of goodness that come through the cross of…
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1st Corinthians 1. 10-18Faith – and church – begins and ends at the Cross! According to The Handbook of Denominations in the United States, there are over two hundred – count ‘em, two hundred distinct Christian bodies, here in America….
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Reflecting on the JourneyThe church “is” to proclaim and administer god’s love! Why church? Why this church? This congregation? Granted, if it weren’t here, I’d have to find another job. Find another way of making a living. Of making a…
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