While We Wait
Christianity involves a lot of waiting. The big wait, of course, is the wait for Jesus to return as promised in scripture. Jesus told...
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Apr 11, 20215 min read
Sermon for April 11- "A Gracious Return"
John 20:19-30 We recently concluded a study concerning the various atonement theories in Christian theology and scripture. The word...
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Mar 27, 20212 min read
Lenten Meditation: March 27
Today is the eve of Palm Sunday. This week we have been reading the stories of Jesus entry into Jerusalem with an emphasis on what is...
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Mar 26, 20213 min read
Lenten Meditation: March 26
It is the Friday before Palm Sunday. We have been looking at the story of Jesus triumphal entry as it appears in each of the four...
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Mar 25, 20213 min read
Lenten Meditation: March 25
The four Gospels are like a funnel. At the beginning the differences between them can be wide and round. But as they progress, the...
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Mar 20, 20214 min read
Lenten Meditation: March 20
Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled John 14:1-14 Jesus said: “Do not let your hearts be troubled.” The fourteenth chapter of John, from...
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Mar 18, 20213 min read
Lenten Meditation: March 18
Today I received my first Covid 19 vaccination I am obviously grateful for the opportunity. I am in reasonable health, not yet 65, yet I...
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Mar 17, 20212 min read
Lenten Meditation: March 17
It seems a silly question. After all, look at the world around us. Wars wage. Children starve. Human rights are violated. The question...
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Mar 16, 20213 min read
Lenten Meditation: March 16
A strange thing happens in the middle of Chapter 16 of the book of Acts. The narrator suddenly shifts from the third person to the first...
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Mar 16, 20213 min read
Lenten Meditation: March 15
John presents us with many a compelling story, but none so well crafted as the story of the blind man receiving sight in chapter 9. ...
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Mar 13, 20211 min read
Lenten Meditation: March 13
The scripture reading for Sunday, March 14 contains both the familiar and the unfamiliar. The familiar is the declaration that God so...
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Mar 12, 20212 min read
Lenten Meditation: March 12
Yesterday was the half-way point of the Lenten Season. Day 20. How is it going? Two things seem clear to me—I need a haircut, and 40 days...
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Mar 10, 20213 min read
Lenten Meditation: March 10
The plot of Jonah is among the most familiar in the bible. God calls Jonah to go to Ninevah and proclaim their immediate destruction if...
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Mar 9, 20213 min read
Lenten Meditation: March 9
This passage strikes me as funny that Jesus’ response to the request of the Greeks who wish to see him is this somewhat lengthy oration...
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Mar 9, 20213 min read
Lenten Meditation: March 8
Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” 34 But they were...
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Mar 6, 20213 min read
Lenten Meditation: March 6
Behold, how good and pleasant it is when [we] dwell together in unity! Psalm 133 Jesus did many remarkable things while upon the earth....
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