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Oil and Snow
I am looking out my office window at the roof of the sanctuary—a roof which, instead of its usual coppery green, is blanketed with white. It is a quiet day here. Even the street noise is muffled....
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Dear Eutychus
A Confirmation Sunday Homily February 28, 2010 Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church ©Scott Black Johnston Acts 20 7 On the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, Paul was holding a discussion...
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Changed Your Mind Lately?
Every few years, The Christian Century, one of the key “trade” magazines for clergy types, runs a series of articles entitled, “How My Mind Has Changed.” Basically, the editors get a notable theologian...
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Jesus says, “Eat Your Broccoli”
Will Willimon, the Methodist Bishop of North Alabama, likes to say that it is our sacred responsibility, as people of faith, “to work with whomever Jesus drags to church.” Recently, I used this...
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Write It Down
This Sunday is Confirmation Sunday. At the 11 am worship service, eight young people will join the church. Over the last several months, our Confirmands have taken an intensive course on Christianity....
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@Table w/ the Confirmands
It is a common icebreaker: “Name the person, living or dead, with whom you would most like to share a meal?” An Australian food company recently posed this question to a group of adults. Predictably,...
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