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Let’s hear from the well-known gospel writer St. Charles Schulz. Lucy had set up her “Psychiatric Help Booth” and Charlie Brown came seeking some advice. After paying the counseling fee of five cents he says, “And so I can’t help it, I feel lonely, […]
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At a staff meeting a few years ago, Joan Swanson told a story she heard from her sister in St. Charles, Illinois. Apparently, on Easter Day, at the Episcopal Church Joan’s sister attended, there was a young boy who was sitting with her mother […]
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For clergy people like me, one of the most anxious moments of our week is when we sit down with family after a Sunday service and experience what I call the “sermon-debriefing.” Methodist Bishop Will Willimon tells a story about his cousin Barrett, who […]
There is a legend that, on his famous trip to the Far East, the explorer Marco Polo was seized and brought before the dreadful conqueror Genghis Khan. Desperate for conversation, Marco Polo began to tell the Khan the story of Jesus straight out of the gospel according to Saint Matthew. Genghis Khan liked the story […]
One of the most troubling things about living in the computer age is the growth of what has come to be known as “identity theft.” Bits of personal information that once were considered confidential and private – information that we are required to use to identify ourselves - are now being stolen by thieves over […]
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We call today Maundy Thursday. The word “Maundy” comes from the Latin, mandatum, from which we get the word “mandate.” Another word for “mandate” is covenant. Tonight we celebrate how Jesus established a new covenant relationship between God and God’s people. It’s the new […]
During the season of Lent we have been hearing well-known stories from the Old Testament about how God made covenants with the people of Israel. God continued to covenant with his people even though they continued to disobey the covenant and turn away from God. If we had to summarize this saga of God’s covenant […]