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Saturday, January 22, 2022

Crazy like Jesus

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The crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.  When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were sa...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Sabbath moment

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Then Jesus said to them, ‘The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath.  (Mark 2:27) Sabbath moment I come here...
Monday, January 17, 2022

Caught in the middle with you

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And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins; but one p...
Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Little things

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  Finally, beloved,  whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commenda...
Saturday, January 08, 2022

My people

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  On entering the house, [the wise me] saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their trea...
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Wednesday, January 05, 2022

We’ll see

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Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from...
Tuesday, January 04, 2022

Where Love dwells

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  When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, ‘What are you looking for?’ They said to him, ‘Rabbi’ (which translated means T...
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Saturday, January 01, 2022

That thing with feathers

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All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being  in him was life, and the li...
Thursday, December 30, 2021

Love us home

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Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets,  but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son,  whom he...
Sunday, December 26, 2021

Christmas morning

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The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. (John 1:9) Winter light slants through blinds in the loft, finding f...
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Friday, December 24, 2021

This night

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Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy (Luke 2:10) All creation sings with joy this night, for heaven and eart...
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Thursday, December 23, 2021

What we see

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For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all. (Titus 2:11) I’ve always wanted to celebrate Christmas in a barn amid the m...
Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Swept up in joy

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 O sing to the  Lord  a new song; s ing to the  Lord , all the earth.  (Psalm 96:1) A cold, winter wind shivers the line of trees outside my...
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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

The hope of our longing

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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ . (Romans 1:7b) The sights and sounds of this blessed season stir a p...
Saturday, December 18, 2021

What Love does

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‘Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,  and they shall name him Emmanuel’,  which means, ‘God is with us.’ (Matthew 1:23) I sat...
Tuesday, December 07, 2021

Lost & found

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What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains an...
Friday, December 03, 2021

An invocation of peace

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The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. (John 1:9) Prayer has no words today, but words have been my life so...
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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Among the trees

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  When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,  the moon and the stars that you have established;  what are human beings that you ...
Saturday, November 20, 2021

No sweeter word

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Peace, peace, to the far and the near, says the  Lord ; and I will heal them. (Isaiah 57:19) There is no sweeter word in our language tha...
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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Within the gaze

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Now [Jesus] was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.  And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her ...