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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): "MANY DWELLING PLACES"
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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). A Virtual Worship Community and Ministry of a Pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Sunday, May 22, 2011. Preached Sunday, May 22, 2011 at All Peoples Christian Church, Los Angeles). I like to imagine that when I die… in some form or another everyone I have ever loved, and Jesus first of all, will meet me with open arms and joyful embraces. But what if Jesus was talking about something more immediate? I remember the shock and sadness I ...
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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): November 2009
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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). A Virtual Worship Community and Ministry of a Pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Monday, November 23, 2009. October 1995 - November 2009. For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over the animals; for all is vanity. Do you believe that animals have souls? Do "all good dogs [cats, rabbits, etc.] go to heaven? WELCOME TO JACOB...
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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): September 2009
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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). A Virtual Worship Community and Ministry of a Pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Friday, September 4, 2009. I submitted this letter to the Press Telegram, my local newspaper, on August 5. They haven't published it, so I assume it's o.k. to share it with you. This is an open letter to “Liberals” and “Conservatives.”. When did “conservative” and “liberal” become pejorative terms? I’d like to think we all want what is best for the...
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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): November 2010
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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). A Virtual Worship Community and Ministry of a Pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Thursday, November 11, 2010. Can’t Buy Me Love: A Tribute to Lee. For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance. Ecclesiastes 1-2a, 4, RSV. In 1964 the Beatles wrote and recorded the song. Can’t Buy Me Love. I stil...
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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): October 2010
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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). A Virtual Worship Community and Ministry of a Pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Wednesday, October 27, 2010. Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness,. Lowliness, meekness, and patience…. Colossians 3:12, RSV. God has gifted me with compassion. I don’t have to work at it. It’s in my spiritual DNA. 8221; Good news! According to a 2008 article on the website Science Daily, “Cultivating compassion...
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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): August 2009
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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). A Virtual Worship Community and Ministry of a Pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Thursday, August 27, 2009. Do you love your neighbor? I've read those passages. It isn't "Good News." In fact, it's very, very bad news. Have descriptions of wars, betrayal by family, executions, ". Suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, no, and never will be. If I love my neighbor as myself I don't...
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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): July 2009
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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). A Virtual Worship Community and Ministry of a Pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Friday, July 31, 2009. But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel; I have called you by name, you are mine.". Gang violence is a problem in my home town. My perception, which may or may not be accurate, is that it has gotten worse in recent months. And "What can the church do about it? On the back of our building...
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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): May 2011
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Jacob's Well Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). A Virtual Worship Community and Ministry of a Pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Sunday, May 22, 2011. Preached Sunday, May 22, 2011 at All Peoples Christian Church, Los Angeles). I like to imagine that when I die… in some form or another everyone I have ever loved, and Jesus first of all, will meet me with open arms and joyful embraces. But what if Jesus was talking about something more immediate? I remember the shock and sadness I ...