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 […]
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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,
Perspective
A young woman in college wrote the following letter to her parents, her first in three months: Dear Mom and Dad, I’m sorry it has been so long since my
Spiritual Spinach
There is a wonderful story about a family with one house rule that always was strictly enforced: everyone’s plate had to be cleaned at every meal, without question or discussion
No Exit
St. Mark’s Cathedral, in Venice, stands in mosaic splendor paying silent tribute to the Byzantine and Lombard artists and others who created it. And yet, as you look at it,
No One To Look Down On
God’s ways are not our ways. God’s thoughts are not our thoughts: As high as the heavens are above the earth o high are My ways above your ways and
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The Rock That Moved
Do you remember the Gospel episode in which Jesus asks the disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” and “Who do you say that I am?”
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What The Church Needs Now
Lemon trees are pretty, the smell of the lemon flower is sweet, but the fruit of the lemon is impossible to eat. Many things in this life look pretty, smell
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Christ Our Bread
Of all the ways that God feeds us, there is one unique, supremely valuable and especially nourishing way, and that is through His presence in the living Christ. God wants
