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I learned the most valuable lesson in my Christian faith in one conversation. It wasn’t in seminary. It wasn’t in the last 19 years serving as a pastor. It was a conversation I had with an extraordinary Swedish Lutheran woman when I was a junior in college. read more »
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Liberating Boundaries ~ Exodus 20: 1-21
A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment “honor your father and your mother,” she asked, “Is there any commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?” Without missing a beat a little girl said: “Yes, Thou shall not kill!” read more »
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An Omer is a Tenth of an Ephah ~ Exodus 16
We have a lot going on in this morning’s service. We are joining Protestant churches all over the world in singing “A Mighty Fortress is Our God.” You and I today are part of larger tribe - connected in history to reformers, rabble rousers, and radicals. I like that in a church! read more »
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Marked for Life ~ Exodus 12:1-14
Isn’t Chloe adorable? Just like all the infants and little children who get baptized. What a remarkable sacrament baptism is: little innocent children, eager young people, more introspective adults, all come to the font to be marked for life. read more »
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Plaguing Mysteries ~ Exodus 6: 1-2, 12: 29-32
We really bump up against it today - the great plaguing mysteries of God. The Scripture readings for today are really bookend readings. In the first one YHWH tells Moses “just watch what I am about to do to read more »
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Curious? ~ Exodus 3:1-15
Every great movement starts with curiosity; the act or response of a person - one woman, one man, one body. Indeed, it is often in that wonderfully rich read more »
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Birthin’ Babies ~ Exodus 1:8-22
What we have just heard read, is truly one of the finest, most powerful, stories in all of scripture. It is genius. It is alive with meaning. It is the Bible at its best! read more »
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God of the First and the Last ~ Matthew 20:1-16
Some scholars believe that the parable of the vineyard workers is so straightforward that it wraps the whole gospel into one story. Some say it is the pinnacle of the read more »
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Son of Mary’s Place ~ John 2:1-11, Romans 14:1-12
[opens with 1st 2 stanzas of Bruce Springsteen's "Mary's Place"] We may be the only congregation in the whole world today that goes from Bach to the Boss (Bruce Springsteen) and back! read more »
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