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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Is the One I love everywhere?
—Rumi Jeremiah 2:4-8, 11b-13; Hebrews 13:2-3 and Luke 14:10-14 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost See if you, too, resonate with this little childhood memory. When I was growing up, we knew much better than to let the expression “Oh, my God!” … Continue reading
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The Power of Love
Jeremiah 1:4-10 Luke 13:10-17 To paraphrase a story shared with me recently, one Sunday morning an incredibly disheveled woman entered a relatively prosperous church. She looked and smelled as if she had neither had a bath nor a change of … Continue reading
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The Fire Next Time
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 Luke 12:49-51 “I have come to cast fire upon the earth—would that it were already kindled! … Do you think I have come to give peace to the earth, to smooth things out, to make everything nice? … Continue reading
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Faith on the Edge of the Diving Board
Psalm 46 and Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Have you ever thought about how much faith it takes to jump off a diving board? for the very first time? when you are only about five years old! Maybe … Continue reading
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