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Title: Praying alone
Date: October 27, 2007
Texts: Luke 18:9-14; Psalm 138

I haven’t been a Mennonite for very long. But one thing that I’ve noticed is that Mennonites love to eat together. It doesn’t matter what the event may be, there’s always got to be food there. Bible study; discussion group; prayer meeting—it’s always better if there’s [...]

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Recently a couple of articles, one about DNA pioneer Dr. Watson getting suspended for tying race and intelligence together and another about renewed opposition to school integration, are evidence that “race” as a valid concept is alive and well. So, it seems worth saying what’s been said may times before: race is a myth, [...]

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Here’s my sermon from this past Sunday. I changed the name of the person at the end because I didn’t get permission to mention him. I hope he doesn’t mind.
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Title: Itching ears
Date: 10.21.07
Texts: Ps 119:97-104; Jer 31:27-34; II Tim 3:14-4:5; Lk 18:1-8

Myths and Itching ears. The section we heard tonight from Paul’s letter from prison [...]

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In a few days we’re hosting the annual faith and race conference at Quest. One of the ways I’m involved is in looking at how a few stories in Scripture relate to that theme. As I’ve been preparing it’s struck me just how often the issue of ethnicity comes up—there’s hardly a [...]

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Title: Hungry
Date; October 7, 2007 (World Communion Sunday)
Texts: Lamentations 1:1-6, 3:19-26; II Timothy 1:1-14

In his cold and dark dungeon, in isolation, separated from his comrades, Paul writes a letter to his friend, Timothy. “I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day… I long to see you so that I may be filled with [...]

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It’s been ages (in blogging terms anyway) since writing anything here. Several reasons: didn’t have much to say, moved into a new house, summer is short enough in Seattle without spending it inside, etc. But the big reason is that the blog had just started to feel cluttered and old. The theme [...]

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Lamentations… It’s a difficult piece of the Bible to preach. But in my preparation, I read a bit of Kathleen M. O’Connor’s book, Lamentations and the Tears of the World (2002). I think it’s a must read for anyone trying to hear how the gospel breaks through that text.  Below is a striking passage that [...]

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