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  • Watch Your Mouth!

    Watch your mouth! Your parents may have said that at key moments in your youth when you ventured to utter the unutterable. The old pastor in the early church said it and his admonition is enshrined in in an epistle… Continue reading

  • The Seekers – Kumbaya Khumbaya, my Lord! Come by here.Yes. Yes. Yes.Make a way.Come and speak..Come and touch.Come and lead.Come and sit awhile among us.Come, instruct us.Come, teach us.Come and correct the errors of our ways … including …Several misconceptions… Continue reading

  • Samuel – Name of God – God Hears Sermon Notes—————We are have roles to play in God’s story. These roles all have different characters, but the role of the whole is to bear the image and self-disclosure of God and… Continue reading

  • God Hears Our Cry When We Call God’s Name – The Story of Samuel

    Sermon Notes—————We all have roles to play in God's story. These roles all have different characters, but the role of the whole is to bear the image and self-disclosure of God and God's story in the world. Therefore, we observe:… Continue reading

  • No Small Assignments Continue reading

  • Change the World and When No One Knows

    We are never too old, young, weak, tired, insignificant, broke, discouraged, hopeless, grumpy, cold, impetuous, fearful, bold, timid, sick, or ill-equipped to try to change the world for the better. When no one knows; when no one suspects; when there… Continue reading

  • Don’t Be a Grump – Celebrate Continue reading

  • The Courage to Stand Alone – Ruby Bridges

    Ruby did have reason to fear for her life, but she had an even more profound call to courage. It was the courage to stand alone. Continue reading

  • Antonio Vivaldi – Gloria (RV 589) Continue reading

  • Gloria

    Not every acronym is a definition. This one is not. It is a series of words upon which to meditate as you listen. G – Great is God; Good is great. God is gracious. God is good. L – God… Continue reading