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In Seven Days . . .
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. (Genesis 1.1-2) 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2 By the seventh day…
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Tapping Living Water
1 In the first month, the entire company of the People of Israel arrived in the Wilderness of Zin. . . 2-5 There was no water there for the community, so . . . they attacked Moses: “We wish we’d died when the rest of our brothers died before God. Why did you haul this congregation…
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A Prophetic Box of Chocolates
Recently, I began volunteering as a chaplain at UCSF Medical Center in the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units. It is a difficult job and yet rewarding as well. My first day felt very nostalgic because I hadn’t been inside that hospital since I was a chaplain intern in the Clinical Pastoral Education program 7…
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Psalm 23
1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; 3 he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. (Psalm 23) This passage is usually read during funerals – bringing words of comfort to those who…
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The Perception of Seeing
I have to confess that I have a problem. Actually, it wasn’t a problem when my habit went unnoticed by my son. However, now that he is 5, nothing I do escapes his watchful eye. Much like Halloween, my son meticulously counts his candy booty that he collects from the Easter eggs he had worked…