Unfortunately, this prayer is ever-new. Lord, forgive us when our thoughts and prayers do not include our actions. May you raise up this current generation to right the wrongs that we have allowed. Instead of praying "How long?" teach us...
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Prayers
How Long? :: Psalm 6
O LORD, do not rebuke us in your anger, or discipline us in your wrath. Be gracious to us, O LORD, for we are languishing; O LORD, heal us, for our bones are shaking with terror. Our soul also is...
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Water and Stone
A view of the Jezreel Valley from Mt. Carmel After many days the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year of the drought, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab; I will send rain on the earth.”...
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A Letter to Babylon
The lion murals that lined the way into Babylon. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: "Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat...
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Magnificent
The Visitation, Vie de Jesus Mafa Mary said, “With all my heart I glorify the Lord! In the depths of who I am I rejoice in God my savior. He has looked with favor on the low status of his...
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The Witness of the Church
So welcome each other, in the same way that Christ also welcomed you, for God’s glory. – Romans 15:7 (CEB) I’ll begin by saying that I am not qualified to speak about racism in America. I’m a white, middle-class, middle-age,...
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Protected
This post is a sermon from August 2012, a few months after I was diagnosed with depression. The summer series was in the Psalms and focused on different postures of worship. I preached at the end of summer on Psalm...
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Boasting Weakness
What does it say about my faith when I refuse to be weak so that God’s power can be made known in me?
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Choosing Faithfulness
Climbing down Qumran - The green arrows were the markers for that path. “So now, revere the LORD. Serve him honestly and faithfully. Put aside the gods that your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt and serve the...
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The Houses We Build – Part 2
God didn’t want David to built him a house made of cedar but for David to find his home in the One who called him to lead God’s most precious possession: God’s people.
