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Nowhere in scripture is the unity and order of God’s creation more eloquently displayed than in Psalm 19. Nature and humanity exist in perfect harmony. For humanity’s part, the law of...
Read MoreThe people Israel stood skeptically before a rock at Meribah, waiting for Moses to produce some water in the wilderness. “What did you bring us out here for, to kill us...
Read MoreImagine the Israelites at Sinai. They have fled from Pharaoh, rushed headlong through a miraculously parted sea, and then traveled on into a barren desert wilderness. Suddenly, it dawns on them...
Read MoreHow easily we can forget our purpose once we get underway. How readily a meeting can be subverted and diverted by a side issue or question! How quickly in our relationships...
Read MoreIam honored to have a six-year-old grandson who imitates me in many things. No father participates in his life. I tend to be the family member who transports him to his...
Read MoreA woman in my congregation named Carolyn keeps a low profile. She has never held high office in the congregation, never been a volunteer lay preacher, never chaired a committee, and...
Read MoreOur age often seems bedeviled by huge global issues that defy simple answers. We have ongoing controversy over climate change and what we ought to do. We are faced with refugees...
Read MoreFor years, I used these words as part of baptism preparation with young couples. On one of the three evenings, I would invite them to name some of the special Christians...
Read More”No one can fight like Christians.” I heard this angry, frustrated lament from my mother when I was a teen. My parents’ tiny rural church was closing (in the face of...
Read MoreThe year was 1988. My denomination (The United Church of Canada) had taken a difficult social justice position. Some had left the church in protest. Others had loudly complained—still others had...
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