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Some Lenten Reflections on Forgiveness
The idea of forgiveness is so ingrained in our cultural and religious traditions that it is easy for us to overlook what an extraordinary idea it is. Although we tend to separate out “forgiving” and...
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Daily Devotional: “Once We Were Strangers”
“Once We Were Strangers” Richard L. Floyd “You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” —Deuteronomy 10:19 The various summaries of the law in the Bible include...
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“The God of the Far Off” Toward the Ministry of Inclusion
What an extraordinary week this has been for our country! The great Swiss theologian Karl Barth liked to admonish the church that it must read both the Bible and the newspaper, because we Christians...
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“Holy Weeping” A Sermon on Romans 12: 9 -18 and Revelation 21:1-4
Our two scripture readings today both speak about crying. The first reading speaks to the church on earth today, what I was taught as a child to call the church militant, and the second reading speaks...
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“Of Fig Trees and Second Chances” A Sermon on Luke 13:6-9
Author T. C. Boyle has an intriguing short story entitled “Chicxulub.” Chicxulub is the name of an enormous asteroid (or perhaps a comet) that collided with the earth sixty-five million years ago on...
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“Helping those who have no helper”
“For he delivers the needy when they call, the poor and those who have no helper.” —Psalm 72: 12 Psalm 72 begins “Give the king your justice, O God.” It implies that justice is a God-given matter, and...
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“A Continual Course Correction” A Devotion for Lent
“A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind and went.” —Matthew 21:28,29 Repentance...
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“Who is my Neighbor?” A Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Amos 7: 7-17 Luke 10:25-37 Once a lawyer approached Jesus to test him. I’ve had some experience with this as my son is a lawyer. You all know my daughter, Rebecca (the pastor here). Her older brother,...
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