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Authenticity: an out-loud season
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Friday, February 20, 2015. The Filet O’ Fish really is the height of Constantinian Christianity, is it not? So, you know, Lent is just FUN. It’s a barrel of monkeys over here, contemplating the cold-blooded slaughter of the Creator. How could you NOT love a season like that? 8220;Oh, you like Lent? Yeah, I’ve loved those guys since seminary. Like a decade ago. Their new stuff is okay, but do you know any of the older stuff? This is my job, it’s part of my vocation, and it is a huge part of what fil...
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BVS Callings | volunteering and vocation | Page 2
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Newer posts →. Are we always sure what love should look like? February 16, 2011. Folks who are invested in progressive politics often ask why I’m not more involved in work to change the filthy rotten system. How can you care about people who are being crushed by evil policies and not invest yourself in changing policy? No We have not mastered love in relationships nor have we perfected love in politics. But that is no reason to shy away from either. If God’s love really is for everybody, then we’...Talks...
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Authenticity: in the wilderness
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Monday, December 08, 2014. Manassas Church of the Brethren. Isaiah 40:1-11, Mark 1:1-8. A couple of years ago, I decided to stay away from social media during Advent. Advent isn’t traditionally a season of LESS, but I was feeling pretty overwhelmed with all that the winter months required, and wanted to focus more on Jesus, less on status updates. And I remembered that it was fasting time. So I quit eating meat.”. 8221; Jeremy asked. “Because it’s ADVENT, Jeremy! 8220;MEG,” he yelled, mad about the...
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Authenticity: a ridiculous parable
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Sunday, October 12, 2014. 8220;Invite Everyone You Find”. Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying:. 8220;The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come. But they made light of it and went away, one to his farm, another to his business,. While the rest seized his slaves, mistreated them, and killed them. 8217; And he was speechless. For many are called, b...
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Authenticity: this dense heart
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Delays, false assurances, hidden charges, ill-trained flight attendants, surly gate agents, incompetent customer service…suffice it to say: I will never, ever fly Frontier again. The part of the trip that has a hold on me, though, had almost nothing to do with the airline. 8221; I asked myself, probing not-so-gently at what I thought might be some unwarranted racism. But that wasn’t it, not really. I was uneasy. Something was wrong. The flight attendant call button? Graduall...
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Authenticity: Demons? No sweat.
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Sunday, February 01, 2015. Manassas Church of the Brethren. They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit,. And he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.”. A new teaching—with authority! Mark is concerne...
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