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By Faith
MaryAnn McKibben Dana
July 26, 2009
Genesis 15:1-6
Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
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Paul Jones remembers the day that he found faith—or perhaps I should say, the day faith found him.
By the time I heard the story, at a conference in Colorado, Paul Jones was a seminary trained theologian and ordained monk in the Trappist order. Over the course of his […]
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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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Out of the Whirlwind
MaryAnn McKibben Dana
July 12, 2009
Mark 4:35-41
Job 38:1-11
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Many of you asked me this spring whether there would be a sermon series this summer like the Harry Potter one and the Children’s Lit one. And as you can see, I decided not to do one. I gave it a lot of thought, and nothing really felt authentic […]
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Grace Sufficient
Deryl Fleming
July 5, 2009
II Corinthians 12:2-10
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I suspect no one in this room has a literal thorn in the flesh. I remember having one under a nail and in so deep I couldn’t dislodge it. I probably prayed as in O M G, but I also found my way to an ER where a doctor removed […]
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