Monthly Archives: November 2015

Sermon: Don’t Worry, Be Happy (11/22/15)

(“Don’t Worry, Be Happy”)  Does anyone else find that song annoying?  A life-long worrier, I’m annoyed when people tell me not to worry.  Any worriers out there?  Does telling you not to worry help you not to worry?  If you’re … Continue reading

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Communion (after visiting the Center for Civil and Human Rights)

Yesterday, a few of us visited the Center for Civil and Human Rights.  In one room, you’re invited to sit at a lunch counter.  You put on some headphones then hear the vitriol spewed by white segregationists.  The seats even … Continue reading

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Sermon: Revisiting the Widow’s Mite (11/8/15)

In his book A Call to Action:  Women, Religion, Violence, and Power, Jimmy Carter identifies “the most serious and unaddressed worldwide challenge as the deprivation and abuse of women and girls,” (3). Carter calls achieving rights for women “the human … Continue reading

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Sermon: Love God, Love Neighbor, Love Yourself (11/1/15)

How’s it going?  Did you catch yesterday’s game?  How do you feel about the outcome? What’d you just read on Facebook? So.  Let’s take a minute and analyze the sermon thus far.  I’ve just asked four questions.  The first was … Continue reading

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