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Give Me a Break
Deryl Fleming
July 19, 2009
Mark 6: 30-32, 45-46
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Anyone here need a break? If not, I suspect it’s because you’ve had one. On Monday the Washington Post carried a long article on the West Wing’s “grueling schedules and bleary eyes”. When the White House mess opens at 7:00 a.m. a line of staffers who have already been […]
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Easter People in a Good Friday World
Beth Braxton
April 12, 2009
Mark 16: 1–8
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Are you afraid?––Afraid to share this God News that Christ is risen? For the past six weeks of Lent, there have been nineteen small groups in our church involved in conversation about prayer and faith sharing through the study of the book, Unbinding Your Heart. Actually the point of the […]
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Healing Hospitality
Deryl Fleming
March 29, 2009
Mark 2: 1–12
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Where is home for you? When I moved to Northern Virginia, I was surprised at the number of people who spoke of plans to retire “back home,” which meant their place of birth or upbringing. For me home is where I live, be it Texas or Virginia.
I remember a piece […]
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Spiritual Parkour
MaryAnn McKibben Dana
August 24, 2008
Mark 5:21-35
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Technology enables us to multitask like never before. Teens do homework while checking e-mail and listening to an iPod. Parents cook dinner while watching the news and helping kids with homework. And pastors check voice mail while driving from a presbytery meeting to a hospital visit.
All of this multitasking takes […]
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