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Neither death nor life…
There is lament in this psalm, to be sure. The poet cries out against all the suffering, shame and loss they have experienced. But back towards the beginning of the psalm is this verse whose voice lingers: “Happy are the people who know the festal shout.” Continue reading
Posted in American Society, Democracy, Hope, Psalms, The Common Good
Tagged Apple, Churches, Corporate taxes, Democracy, Easter, God's Love, Google, Governance, Government, Hope, Love of neighbor, Michael Lewis, Open doors, Psalm 89, Romans 8, Santa Rosa fire, Sutherland Springs, Taxes, Texas shooting, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, UPS
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Light for our darkness
We are not alone in the world. There is a heartbeat to the universe. There is a song of love and life at the heart of all existence. Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Christmas, Hope, Our true humanity
Tagged Bible, Christian Faith, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas Eve, God, God's Love, Jesus, Jesus' teaching, Kingdom of God, Love of neighbor, Love your enemy, Ministry of the Church, Reign of God, Religion and Spirituality, Scripture, The Church, The Incarnation
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Weeping for joy
I will place my dwelling in your midst, and I shall not abhor you. And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people. –Leviticus 26:11-12 Continue reading
All flesh
I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Even on the male and female slaves, in those days, I will pour out my spirit. –Joel 2:28-29 Continue reading
A Covenant of Peace
For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you. –Isaiah 54.10 Continue reading
It’s not simple
I am not the kind of person who can give simple answers. I have heard them. I have heard people say them to one another. I have heard them say them to me. “She’s with God now.” And this is true. This is profoundly true. It is the heart of what we come together to do on this day – to symbolically entrust Kerstin into the arms of God. But it is not simple. Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Grief, Hope, The Word of God
Tagged Bible, Christian Faith, Compassion, Death, Faithfulness of God, funeral, God's Love, Grief, Incarnation, Jesus, Life, Promise, Sorrow, The Church, Worship
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The Big Story
Those of us who are not rooted in the scriptures often find them strange. Even the word “God” is hard for some of us. But our confession as a Christian community is that there is a heartbeat at the center of all things, a spirit, a breath, pushing and pulling the world towards justice and mercy and goodness and life. Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Grief, Hope, Sermons, The Word of God
Tagged Bible, Christian Faith, Christianity, Cross and Resurrection of Jesus, Death, Death of Jesus, funeral, God, God's Love, Incarnation, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Life, New Creation, Reign of God, Resurrection, Scripture, Word of God
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A place for sweetness
The telling of the Christmas story by children is always sweet. The Biblical story itself, however, is not sweet. It is full of the harsh realities of tyranny, empire, war, refugees and poverty. Still, sweet is good. Continue reading
The God of Grace
There are lots of pieces in the complex drama we call the Reformation. But at the center of it was the Scripture. And at the center of Scripture was Christ. And at the center of Christ was grace. Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Sermons
Tagged 95 Theses, Bible, Christianity, God's Love, Grace, Luther, Martin Luther, Reformation Day, The 16th Century Reformation, The Church, The Reformation
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