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Posts Tagged peacemaking


Weep With Those Who Weep

By on Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 | No Comments

Shortly after beginning my pastoral ministry in my first congregation, Jean, the chair of the Search Committee who had brought me to that church approached me in a fit of rage.  She was angry that I had forgot to observe some congregational tradition that I knew nothing about.  As she spoke, her face turn bright […]

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Find Peace

By on Monday, April 28th, 2014 | No Comments

When I began preparing this sermon, I gave it the titled:  FINDING PEACE.   The thought was that the text (John 20:19-31) offered clues for our fearful and distraught people could find peace in Jesus Christ.  The problem was that this approach to the text made peace a commodity of sorts – something that we had […]

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PEACE

By on Wednesday, July 27th, 2011 | No Comments

For a time I worked as a Summer Youth Ministries Intern in Palatka, Florida.  The church was rather large, but Palatka was small.  It was location off Route 17 about an hour north of Deland, Florida, where I was a student at Stetson University. As I made the trek from Deland to Palatka a few […]

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Peace and Civility Pledge

By on Thursday, January 13th, 2011 | No Comments

The following pledge from Sojourners seems a fair and biblical statement to make, in light of the recent discourse before and after the recent masss shooting in Arizona.  It cast blame on nobody – but calls on Christians to communicate in respectful and loving ways.  I hope that those on the left, the right, and […]

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