Bible Fights

One of my enduring memories from childhood is from the church in which I was baptized and confirmed, Cranford Methodist Church in Cranford, New Jersey.

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Dust, Hammers, and the Kind of Love That Lasts

There are not many places left where someone will look you in the eye and say:

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Rise...But Not Like That

We are very good at understanding stories where power works the way power has always worked.

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Lighting up the World

In her final sermon here last week, Pastor Jean told us that she always sought to ground her sermons and her ministry in two things: context and intentionality—

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A Thank You Note

Good morning, Faith family; it seems only appropriate that I should begin today’s sermon by putting it in … context.

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Do We Know Where We Are Going To?

Weird things happen when I’m preparing for a sermon.

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Remembering Who and Whose We Are

I doubt that what is occurring today has ever happened previously at Faith Lutheran Church in Fairlawn, Ohio on this particular day.

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A Community of Star Seekers

“We three Kings of Orient are…bearing gifts we traverse a far…field and fountain, moor and mountain…following yonder star….”

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