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Fluency in both Grief and Hope
Hardship, as Jesus says, is inevitable, and it will come. But that hardship is also our opportunity as Christians to testify to goodness and to love.
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A Wee, Little, Wealthy, Unlikely Saint
St. Zacchaeus saw Jesus coming, ran toward him, climbed a tree to see him, and then gave what he could give so that he could walk in the way of love.
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Persistence in Protest, Prayer, and Patience
A life of prayer will ground us in a faith and in a relationship with God that will form us into a people best equipped to change the world around us.
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The Foreigner as Teacher, Never Threat
“Jesus, Master, have mercy on us,” for not knowing enough modern-day lepers. Lead us into those relationships, that we may learn from them and love.
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Baptismal Community as an Alternative to Hate
It is our privilege here to be a different example... to lead each other toward life, toward the practice of love, toward connection, toward our God.
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The Life that Really is Life
We are invited to the life that really is life, the life of service, of giving up our love of money, of finding security and happiness in God alone.
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Prioritizing Relationship, Serving a Loving God
We can serve money, security, our own priorities... or we can serve God, we can love, we can follow Christ and be led by the Holy Spirit. Choose.
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The Good Shepherd Needs No Fences
We are all worthy of that sort of love, of a shepherd who leaves everything to save us; we are all worthy of a community who celebrates our return.
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Setting Everything Down to Follow Jesus
“We must not foolishly cling to things,” Ajahn Chah writes. We hold them, for a time, but we “let them go. Good or bad, we let them all go.”
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Dreams of Light Rising in Darkness
The mess of this world should break all of our hearts, but what we have in Isaiah, in Jesus, is a reminder that God has far better dreams for us.
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Live In Your Faith, Little Flock
Having faith this morning means stepping out into our hopes, certain that God will indeed give us the kingdom when we choose to live in love.
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Prayer: Not Just for the Monks
Prayer allows us to sit with the God of love, transforming our frustrations into opportunities to show love, mercy, and grace. It changes everything.