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Holding Lightly
Why am I so happy in this tomb? All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. – Ecclesiastes 3:20 (NIV) My congregation joined together with three other congregations for a Thanksgiving...
Liturgy
Incarnate :: Christmas Communion Liturgy
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the...
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Expecting a Miracle
Living with the expectation that God continues to work miracles in this world, that angels continue to visit, is living a life of joy.
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Today
This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. – Psalm 118:24 (ESV) Today, I began the morning getting the boys off to school and then, essentially following the bus to the...
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Why do we Have to Die? – Part 2
All Saints Day is coming up on November 1. This is a day where we remember those who have died in the faith. It is a day we remember that in life and death, we belong to Christ. This is...
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Why do we Have to Die? – Part 1
All Saints Day is coming up on November 1. This is a day where we remember those who have died in the faith. It is a day we remember that in life and death, we belong to Christ. This is...
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Being With
A brief interlude in winter as spring reminds us it's coming. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my plans than your plans. – Isaiah 55:9 (CEB) Last year...
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(RE)Discovering the Tithe: It’s Personal
“So now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground that you, O LORD, have given me.” You shall set it down before the LORD your God and bow down before the LORD your God. Then you, together...
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(RE)Discovering the Tithe: Who Gets It?
Set apart a tithe of all the yield of your seed that is brought in yearly from the field…. – Deuteronomy 14:22 (NRSV) This is the third in a series of reflections on the tithe. I have been studying what...
