Month: October 2009
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Mission and the Disciple’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)
Here is the text from my sermon this morning. How many of you have prayed this prayer before (at least once)? How many of you pray it often? What has been your experience with the prayer? My hope is that we can renew our interest, gain an interest or learn new ways of thinking about…
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Interventions: The Final Intervention is Also the First (Luke 24:1-7)
This is the text from my sermon last week. Compost: What do you notice about compost? What does it do? Observe the compost — what can you tell from it. Is it at all like resurrection, in what ways, how is it different? What I want to stress this morning is this: the resurrection itself…
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Resources for Studying the Disciple’s Prayer (Matthew 6 and Luke 11)
This Sunday morning we are beginning a series of discussions around the Disciple’s Prayer in Matt. 6-913 and Luke 11:1-4. The Our Father (Catholic) or Lord’s Prayer (Protestant) is also known among Quakers, and Anabaptists as the Disciple’s prayer, that is, it is the disciples who should be praying this prayer, and this one of…
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My choices for the Quintessential ‘It’s Alright Ma’ Dylan Playlist
The other day I got a message from a friend and former professor of mine from our Malone days, John David Geib, who is in the middle of facilitating a class on all-things Dylan. He’s calling the class, “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m only Bleeding) Deconstructing The Song That Deconstructs Heads from The 60s till Now”…
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Interventions: The Drawing of A Sword, the Healing of an Ear
While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him; but Jesus said to him, Judas, is it with a kiss that you are betraying the Son of Man? When those who were around him saw what was…