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The Sermon on the Plain

October 5, 2012 No Comments

It’s verse 24 where I start to squirm. “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.”

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Francis of Assisi

October 4, 2012 No Comments

When I went to my first Arapaho Sun Dance it was at the invitation of a good friend. As did all the families participating, her

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A “whole” person

October 1, 2012 4 Comments

I was up early yesterday morning after a fairly restless night. The prospect of surgery, pain and the unknown is definitely a combination that kills

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Razor sharp tongues

September 30, 2012 2 Comments

Psalm 66,67 (Morning) Psalm 19,46 Hosea 2:2-14 James 3:1-13: Matthew 13:44-52 James 3:1-13: Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for

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Feast of Michael and All Angels

September 29, 2012 2 Comments

Heaven knows, I’ve had experience with angels in my life who have borne me up when I was falling, gave me a word when hope was flagging, and even now and again pulled me out of messes I’d gotten myself into. Those angels, very human angels, didn’t preach good news, they lived it and showed it.

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Innies and Outties

September 28, 2012 No Comments

Mark 9.38-50 Each of us has one (or the other). We share having it and it connects us, past, present and future with the whole

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Hometown boy

September 27, 2012 No Comments

Luke 4:14-30 “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet’s hometown.” (vs.24) The people of Nazareth are good God-fearing souls. But they’ve

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