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Modern Day Bethlehems
Its Christmas Eve. and we’ve got all the makings for most incredible night Stars in the sky Holy hush Celestial choirs Good tidings of...
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- Dec 3, 2018
- 3 min
Living in Safety in the Era of Big Data
The key to the people’s safety is spelled out in this passage, and it isn’t what they had tried before. Prior to Babylon’s invasion, the...
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- Nov 29, 2018
- 4 min
What Is Truth?
“What is truth?” Pilate’s question to Jesus the night before his execution seems strikingly modern. The internet has brought us...
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- Nov 18, 2018
- 4 min
The First Church of Bob
It turns out that Jesus responds to a similar question today in our Gospel lesson. Jesus and his disciples were outside the temple in...
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- Nov 11, 2018
- 4 min
Out of her poverty,
The older gentleman walked the rails to trails path with a cane. The night before had been a blustery one, and many stick littered the...
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- Oct 28, 2018
- 5 min
God’s Abundant Grace
It’s big news at the Reuning-Scherer household: my daughter Stephanie has a job. She is now the cantor at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman...
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- Oct 16, 2018
- 3 min
The Quiltmaker’s Gift
The Quiltmaker’s Gift and our Gospel Story have a lot in common: Both feature men who have many possessions; In both stories the men are...
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- Oct 2, 2018
- 4 min
Would that All the Lord’s People Were Prophets!
One of the ministries PB and I have helped to start in the parishes we’ve served is a visitation ministry. It involves training lay...
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- Sep 27, 2018
- 4 min
Defy the Pecking Order
Jesus seemed to know of their argument. And so he sat down, in the position of a rabbi, and began to teach them. First he taught them...
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- Sep 24, 2018
- 3 min
The Beginner’s Mind
To me this passage has an important message: that those of us who assume roles of leadership, governance, and instruction— also need to...
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- Sep 9, 2018
- 4 min
Hypocrisy
That’s is deal with hypocrisy: there is a fundamental mismatch between behavior and values. The Greek word hypocrite was technical term...
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- Aug 26, 2018
- 4 min
Jesus and the “Dones”
Some of these people who are done with church, or “Dones” as they are called, have nonetheless found meaningful spiritual connections....
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- Aug 20, 2018
- 5 min
Abide In Me
“Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.” My friend Martha moved to New Orleans this summer. We have been...
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- Aug 5, 2018
- 5 min
The Good Old Days
Remember the good ol’ days? Everyone’s got some time in the past that seemed the best of times. Whether it’s the carefree days of high...
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- Jul 29, 2018
- 3 min
Feeding, Healing, and Abundance
This week I had the privilege of visiting with Dr and Mrs Baker, two of our homebound members. Part of the ministry of our congregation...
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- Jul 28, 2018
- 5 min
Don’t Play in the Rest
My first year at college, I had to opportunity to play French horn in Stravinski’s Rite of Spring. The Rite of Spring is a seminal 20th...
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- Jul 1, 2018
- 5 min
Who Touched Me?
It is a common question among the jostling middle schoolers waiting in line. Kids who are clumsy, outgrowing their bodies, still learning...
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- Jun 10, 2018
- 4 min
The Gene Pool Is Real
It seems like a classic teenage confrontation: The child defies the parent, refusing to obey their rules or submit to their judgment I’ll...
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- Jun 3, 2018
- 6 min
Sabbath Freedom
Do you remember when you were a kid on the first day of summer? I remember waking up in my bed, thinking to myself, “What I am going to...
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- May 20, 2018
- 4 min
Spirit, Wind, and Fire
We had a pretty good storm on Tuesday night, didn’t we? Trees were uprooted, power lines downed, four tornados in the state! Even those...
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