Jesus... I am wondering...
At the beginning of chapter 10 in Matthew’s gospel, he tells of Jesus selecting the 12 disciples and effectively, the entire chapter is
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- Jun 25, 2023
- 7 min
Don’t You Know?
I learned something this week that I didn’t know before. I learned this week that Paul was from North Dakota! You’re surprised to hear that?
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- Jun 18, 2023
- 4 min
The Harvest is Plentiful
My intention today was to listen to my wonderful husband provide today’s sermon. However, God had other plans unbeknownst to either of us.
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- Jun 11, 2023
- 5 min
A Hand for the Helpless
Mower wouldn’t start. Neighbor— I don’t know if it is big problem or little— but if you come and look, I know that we’ll know within
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- Jun 4, 2023
- 6 min
Mystery Sunday
When I was a kid, I had a book called Two Minute Mysteries, and there were these short mysteries to figure out. One of them was set in a
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- May 28, 2023
- 7 min
The First Gift
Many of you know that my family and I lived in Taipei, Taiwan— multicultural. International city. Church had people from all over the world
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- May 21, 2023
- 6 min
Ripples
Taylor Swift is on tour. If you don’t know who she is, I’m guessing that you don’t watch TV or listen to the radio very much. She is
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- May 14, 2023
- 7 min
The Advocate
When I was 14, I got a pet parakeet. It was pretty to look at. I kept it in a cage in the corner of my room where it made a regular racket
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- May 7, 2023
- 6 min
Be Not Afraid
A man talks to me and tells me his story. He is from Cambodia and came to America after spending years in a refugee camp in Vietnam.
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- Apr 30, 2023
- 7 min
Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Does that bedtime prayer sound familiar to you? It was the de facto bedtime prayer when I was little. I have to say, I think it is a
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- Apr 23, 2023
- 5 min
Believe
I like facts, and I assume most of you do, too. Not necessarily hard, cold, statistical facts, but ordinary facts— concrete truths.
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- Apr 16, 2023
- 5 min
The One with Holes
Today, our Gospel story presents us with a question of beliefs. Not only in regard to the world, but also of God and our faith. Will we
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- Apr 9, 2023
- 5 min
The Tomb Was Full
We have a problem. The problem runs as an undercurrent beneath the surface most of the time, but it sometimes gets dragged out into the
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- Mar 26, 2023
- 6 min
Lazarus
There I stood – in the middle of the river, in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere – afraid to move. Patty and I had decided
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- Mar 19, 2023
- 5 min
Muddy People
A blind man could see! The people did not believe that it had happened: “Is this the same man? No, it isn’t — maybe it is — he couldn’t
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- Mar 12, 2023
- 6 min
Unexpected
What she learned from Jesus about the "right way to worship, was the same thing that Abraham had known -- that the only appropriate way to
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- Mar 5, 2023
- 3 min
Faith
I have come to realize that it is almost impossible to separate ourselves from what I will call core memories. I define those as the events
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- Feb 26, 2023
- 6 min
What Do You Want?
Reverend Philip Stringer LET US PRAY: Bless us, O God-- you who have given us every good thing-- bless us with ears that hear you...
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- Feb 19, 2023
- 6 min
In This Place
In Jamestown there is an Historical Marker, with the title, “Beards Hat Shop,” and it reads “William Beard made and sold hats at his
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- Feb 12, 2023
- 7 min
Good Enough
I was camping in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It hadn’t been very long since we had moved back from Taiwan, and I really didn’t
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