I imagine that I’m a latecomer to this bit of news, but I thought I’d share it here for those who are like me—with their head in the sand most of the time.
Last week during a Q & A time with presidential candidate John Kerry at the University of Florida, a student was violently forced [...]
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Title: Gifts and possesions
Date: Sept 9, 2007
Texts: Jeremiah 18:1-11Jeremiah 18:1-11English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEVJeremiah Goes to the Pottery Shop
1 The Lord told me,
2 “Go to the pottery shop, and when you get there, I will tell you what to say to the people.”
3 I went there and saw [...]
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At times, preparing a sermon comes easy. But most of the time the sermon comes only through much wrestling with the word. Leading up to a Sunday when I’m assigned to preach, it’s not unusual for my prayers to consist of complete frustration with the lectionary Scriptures. And that’s exactly what this week is like. [...]
Tags: life · reading corner
Title: Transgressive love
Date: Sept 2, 2007
Texts: Jer. 2:4-13; Ps. 81:1, 10-16; Heb. 13:1-8, 15-16; Lk. 14:1, 7-14
A few years ago I went to a conference in Philadelphia, where the most significant theologians and biblical scholars of the English speaking world present their research and talk and hang out. Men and women bustle around from lecture [...]
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