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February 03, 2010

Sometimes we must think deeply.

And sometimes we must just be.

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SERMONS

There is a Balm in Gilead

We turn to God as the Source, as the One from whom all blessings flow; the One who will give us all that we need to live and, indeed, to flourish. We recognize God, we know God, as the Source of everything we need. That is, until we don’t; that is, until fear, or hatred, or pride, or grief, wedges its way in, and we fall back upon ourselves, and our own instincts.

The Second Sunday in Lent

Dr. Timothy Sedgwick, Virginia Theological Seminary, was our guest preacher on Sunday, Feb. 28. You can listen to his sermon here.

Imperfection

This Lent, a prayer of ours might be that God would deliver us from the illusion of perfection—or perfectibility—that God would help us know afresh the joy of being wrong so that God might show us a still better way—his way; so that, in the words of St. Paul, his strength might be perfected in our weakness.

Where We Will See Jesus’ Face

Jesus has told us where we will see his face. We will see him shining in the faces of those whom he loved; and the great thing about looking into the face of those whom Jesus loved is our own faces begin to change…

Evangelism

A few years ago, a study was done that examined a ten-year period in which unchurched persons became active in a congregation and lapsed members ‘came back’ to church. The study showed that fully nine out of every ten people came to church simply because someone they knew or had some association with asked them.

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