For All the Saints
We often refer to two different strains of Christian faith: Catholic and Protestant. These two traditions have very different understandings of saints. To Catholicism (such as Roman Catholics), saints...
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How to Really Celebrate Valentine’s Day
I used to hate Valentine’s Day. It’s a Hallmark holiday I’d say. It’s an excuse to buy somebody more stuff I’d say. It’s about making the women in our lives happy I’d say. I was much more cynical then....
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The Saints Unbound
But I wonder, if we listen close, if we don’t hear words, we’ll hear weeping. Weeping for the loved one lost? Weeping for GOD’s own? Weeping for our pain and suffering and confusion? Weeping because we...
View ArticleFor All the Saints
We often refer to two different strains of Christian faith: Catholic and Protestant. These two traditions have very different understandings of saints. To Catholicism (such as Roman Catholics), saints...
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How to Really Celebrate Valentine’s Day
I used to hate Valentine’s Day. It’s a Hallmark holiday I’d say. It’s an excuse to buy somebody more stuff I’d say. It’s about making the women in our lives happy I’d say. I was much more cynical then....
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The Saints Unbound
But I wonder, if we listen close, if we don’t hear words, we’ll hear weeping. Weeping for the loved one lost? Weeping for GOD’s own? Weeping for our pain and suffering and confusion? Weeping because we...
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With the Communion of Saints
In the ascension, Jesus leaves the followers with the vision, mercy, and love to do the work they were already doing, always called to do. Easter 7A Acts 1:6-14, John 17:1-11 read, listen, or read...
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Harriet Starr Cannon
At the heart of discipleship is service. Whether we like it or not. And usually, we don’t. Because serving others also requires welcoming them. not greatness but welcome and serviceMay 7 | Mark...
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Doing Right or Being Right
It is strange how Christians celebrate martyrs. Not like lions of the faith, but as sheep slaughtered. There’s something behind that. Bernard Mizeki and martyrdomLuke 12:2-12 Photo by Markus Spiske...
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Honoring all who came before When we gather for our midweek service on Thursday, we are often given to honoring the life of someone the church lifts up as part of “the Great Cloud of Witnesses”. Which...
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Testify—having the words to say
Photo by Zdeněk Macháček on Unsplash In the midst of talking about persecution, Jesus offers a kind of better-said-than-done bit of optimism. He tells his followers not to worry about what they are to...
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