After The Dream Comes Mourning
What do you do with a broken dream? The road to Emmaus has been excavated and visitors to the Holy Land can walk along the same route the two disciples […]
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The Great Surprise
Jesus’ life and teachings are full of surprises. He came to a generation of people who were expecting a “conquering-hero” type of Messiah and He told them that the Messiah
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Put Your Whole Self Into It
One of the reasons Christians gather together each week for celebration is to remember the Resurrection Event: to look back on this incredible thing that happened to Jesus of Nazareth
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More Than Good Intentions
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Most of us are walking right down the middle of the road. We have good intentions about many good things we
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The Connection
Not long ago, a Midwest newspaper ran the story of a memory expert. He had earned a doctors’ degree in the study of human memory. He had written books on
Peace And The Golden Rule
If we were to ask each other to name the one ingredient necessary to establish peace in our human relationships, undoubtedly the Golden Rule would be the majority response. “Do
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Need Mending
In the Gospel of John, we find over and over again the Good News of the kind of full life that God wants to give us because He loves us
Reflected Glory
Most of us are pleased to accept the Biblical assertion that we have been created in the “Image of God.” It goes down easier than many other familiar phrases-like “love
Mercy I Desire
Most of us do a great deal of judging. Some of us have embraced it as a way of life. We do it with our tone of voice, with the
Rich Man, Poor Man
There are a great many societies and organizations trying to do something about the serious illnesses that afflict our society. Institutions, both public and private are waging war, to one
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Fear Not
Did you ever stop to think what life would be like if you honestly believed that God was against us, against you-or at best, indifferent? Imagine that for just a
Trust Is The Key
Rembrandt did a painting which portrays the Biblical story of the storm of the Sea of Galilee. Perhaps some of you have seen it. The little ship occupied by Jesus
Get On My Back
“All you who are weary and find life burdensome” is a figure of speech drawn from the laboring people of Jesus’ time-hard-working slaves and farmers who were bent low for
Lord, Teach Me How To Dance
In a Midwestern Church, the crib-room is filled to capacity every Sunday without fail. As you enter the room, you see a large framed sign hanging on the wall over
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On The Side Of The Angels
It is safe to say that in our mental images of Jesus’ parable of the wheat and the weeds, we depict ourselves on the side of the angels. We can
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She Hath Done What She Couldn’t
One of the big automobile manufacturers recently built a massive advertising campaign around the simple theme of “getting down to basics.” You may recall hearing it on TV or Radio:
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The Medium Is The Message
Several years ago a man named Marshall McLuhan emerged as the wise man of the Communication Era. His name was on the lips of all the intelligentsia. Debating McLuhan’s writings
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Show Me
One sure thing we members of the clergy learn very quickly is that trying to preach a sermon that is both good and pleasing to everyone is like trying to
The Hunger Banquet
The following is from an article that appeared on the front page of one of the national newspapers: If Gerry Connolly and friends request the pleasure of your company for
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Moving Into Pain
Today’s text brings us to the point in Matthew’s Gospel where Jesus’ ministry will change drastically. Jesus has been walking through those sun-drenched fields of Galilee down by the beautiful,
