Saturday, January 28, 2017

Church and the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12)

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                 If you were to survey most Christians, I would imagine the Sermon on the Mount would rank up there as one most remembered o...
Friday, January 20, 2017

Adventures in Repenting (Matthew 4:12-23)

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"Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven has come near.” These words of Jesus come at the end of a very long introduction to Jesus and his...
Friday, January 13, 2017

Remembering the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

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This Monday, the legacy and witness of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated as a civic holiday around the United States this Mo...
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Friday, January 6, 2017

The Difference of Being Baptized (Acts 10)

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Stained glass panel, First Presbyterian, Nebraska City, NE SOURCE:  goo.gl/BImSJe             The baptism of the Lord is a day set asi...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Navigating the World (Matthew 2:1-12)

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Years back in The Christian Century , religious commentator Rodney Clapp whimsically recounts his experiences with a Tom-Tom GPS unit. Glo...
Friday, December 16, 2016

Advent 4: The Guy Off in the Corner (Matthew 1:18-25)

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   Where does Joseph fit into the Nativity story?           It should have been different.  By “different”, actually it should have be...
Friday, December 9, 2016

Advent 3: Singing the (Advent) Blues (Matthew 11:2-11)

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A recent Broadway play begins with its first scene depicting a conversation between an old man and a young woman.  The young woman is appl...