This is an excerpt of a post from 2015 after the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. It is timely for two reasons. First, Dylan Roof was convicted and sentenced to death this past week for these murders. Second, there...
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Loving and Faithful
"The Return of the Prodigal" by Soichi Watanabe This post is a first person telling of two of Jesus' parables. It is in conjunction with the sermon series I am doing on the Brief Statement of Faith. The focus this...
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Except for Jesus
What do a demon-possessed pagan man, a chronically-ill outcast woman, and a young girl have in common?
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A Simple Thank-You
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said, “A youth here has five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that for a crowd like this?” Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of...
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Mid Advent: Waiting
Virgin, Vie de Jesus Mafa Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months, and then returned to her home. – Luke 1:56 (CEB) This time of year, we are doing a lot of waiting, and these days until Christmas can seem...
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To Endure
From the top at Qumran (looking towards Jerusalem). On the climb up Qumran - I was amazed how these flowers persevered amidst the rocks and desert. When a great crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one...
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The Body
A little later Jesus went to a city called Nain. His disciples and a great crowd traveled with him. As he approached the city gate, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she...
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Are we Willing?
"But I say to you who are willing to hear: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you. If someone slaps you on the cheek, offer the...
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: Simon,...
