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“In the United States we need to talk about vegetables the way we talk about sex...”

– Christopher Stewart

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Is God here? Series : Lent Scripture :...

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Absolution

Absolute. Adjective. Meaning: Without Limit. The word “Absolution” can be simply described as the moment at which the forgiveness of sins is pronounced to a sinner. But it is much more than simply being told that your debt is paid. It is a declaration of status. When I say “I forgive your sins in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,” I am inviting you to check your...

Mar 27th

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Third Sunday in Lent - Living the Lectionary

Season: Lent Week of March 27th “Presence” About the Season: We are in the season of Lent. The season of Lent is a season of preparing our hearts for the joy and celebration of Easter. We prepare for that celebration by considering the cost of our Easter joy, the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus Christ. About this Sunday: “Is the Lord among us, or not?” asks the Israelite tribes who...

Mar 27th

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The Act of Confessing

“Now turn to your brother or sister to your left and confess your sins to them.” Would you do it? Or would you just make something up? Some silly “semi-sin” like spending too much time in prayer today, or would you plead to a lower charge, saying that you were speeding on the highway today hoping not to have to confess some other sin that might make you seem like – well – a sinner, in the eyes...

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“You ARE a soul, you HAVE a body.”

– C.S. Lewis

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Silence to Consider Your Sins

Nothing is as loud as silence. It is in the silence that things come back to haunt us. We can drown out the sorrow, the pain, the sin, the frustration, the anger, the hurt, the shame…as long as we have noise, but without that noise, we often find ourselves terribly vulnerable. We find ourselves laying in bed with the thoughts that we had tried to escape all day or all week, coming to the front...

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“Nothing is as loud as silence.”

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“I have no need of a peace to rest in that is other than Christ.”

– Rest in Christ, Emmett Nolte, a grandfather whom I will rejoice with again

Mar 23rd

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The Invitation to Confess

Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins unto God our Father, pleading with Him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness. Our help is in the Name of the Lord who made heaven and earth. I said, “I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord.” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Hebrews 10, Psalm 124, Psalm 32. Hebrews 10, Psalm 124,...

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Invocation

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” The proverb popularized by Confucius says, but so often, we’re not sure what that first step is supposed to be. How many times have you stood, frozen in time, knowing that you wanted to do something – but not knowing how to start it? If you’ve felt that way, there is a good reason. There are a lot of bad ways to start things, and...

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What is coming out of your church?

There’s an app out there that hopes to help track what is coming out of coffeehouses throughout the United States. How many tweets, blog posts, great ideas, emails, books, sermons, and whatever come out of your local coffee shop every day, every week, and every month? The app, called the Coffeehouse Commons, assumes something interesting is happening in coffeehouses: production. In a...

Mar 18th

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Anonymous asked: What's one of the most difficult decisions you've ever had to make?

Mar 17th