blip : Being Lonely In Paradise :

I’ve never been a “member” of a church, at least not in the sense of signing a statement that says something to the effect of “I pledge to stick with this church and agree with its basic teachings.” Mostly this is because I had never attended a church that had any sort of official [...]

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I don’t know how this sermon went. I got a few comments afterward from folks who really liked it. But I wonder if it was a little bit too complicated.

There’s this passage from Herbert McCabe that is at the heart of my sermon:
For us to pray is for us to be taken over, possessed by [...]

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Title: Eternal friendships
Texts: John 13:31-38; Revelation 21:1-6.
Date: 5.6.2007

Yesterday we were driving from Nick and Jen’s old house to their new house, helping them move their stuff. And as we were driving on those rural roads, we passed by a church. The church had one of those signs out front—usually churches put out a clever line, [...]

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Title: Ordinary Easter
Date: April 22, 2007
Texts: John 21:1-19; Acts 9:1-20; Revelation 5:11-14.

153. John tells us that the disciples caught 153 fish after Jesus told them to cast their nets on the right side of the boat. It’s completely amazing to me that John tells us exactly how many fish were caught on that day. I [...]

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