Scripture
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What Does Baseball and PCUSA Have in Common? Transformation
You are one body and one spirit just as God also called you in one hope. (Ephesians 4.4) I’m not a baseball fan – not because I don’t like baseball, but because I’m just not a sports fan in general. Having said that, on a flight back from Chicago, I watched the movie, Moneyball, about…
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Interactive Prayer Stations on Baptism
8 I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” (Mark 1.8) The Baptism of the Lord is a wonderful opportunity to remember one’s own baptism. They may not be able to remember the actual moment, especially if they were baptized as an infant. However, they have an opportunity to remember the meaning…
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A Sunday (1) in the Life of a Pastor/Mother: Communion
“I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” (Mark 1.8) Today is one of those days when you wonder how many people will actually arrive at church since it is New Year’s Day. I have long stopped trying to stay awake until midnight to ring in the New…
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Interactive Prayer Stations for Advent III
6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born. (Luke 2.6) The first Sunday of Advent, my church has interactive prayer stations, an opportunity to engage, reflect, and meditate on this period of expectation, waiting, and preparation for the birth of Christ. Below are ideas for interactive prayer stations focusing on…
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Interactive Prayer Stations for Advent II
35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.” (Luke 1.35) The first Sunday of Advent, my church has interactive prayer stations, an opportunity to engage, reflect, and meditate on this…
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Interactive Prayer Stations for Advent I
31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. (Luke 1.31) The first Sunday of Advent, my church has interactive prayer stations, an opportunity to engage, reflect, and meditate on this period of expectation, waiting, and preparation for the birth of Christ. Below are ideas for interactive prayer…
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My Thoughts on Non-Geographic Presbyteries
16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. (Revelation 3.16) John writes this in his letter to Laodicea, one of the letters he is instructed to write to seven different churches. While the other letters have some words of encouragement, John’s letter to Laodicea lacks any…
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Interactive Prayer Stations on Hunger Awareness
“The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy. 9 Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’” (Matthew 22.8-9) The parable of the Wedding Banquet speaks of a wedding reception that was fit for a king and yet all those typically considered unworthy were invited to…
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Interactive Prayer Stations on 10th Anniversary of 9/11
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body.” (Colossians 3.15) Most of us will never forget where we were on 9/11 2001. For me, I had just arrived in Maui for my honeymoon. I remember waking up and turning on the radio only to hear…
