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Posts Tagged peacemaking


Weep With Those Who Weep

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

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

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

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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