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Psalm 23 - "Good Shepherd 3.0". April 22, 2016. Pastor, who is just so together, pulling a humble brag, with something like, I lay down the burden of having to chose between all the wonderful things in my life. Please! So here is what I thought as I waited my turn (and this is a big deal! The new young pastor. In the now, is in transition, and the church of the future will most likely be very different different. Now what happens when the gravity below you shifts? Edwards was at the tail end of being...
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bloomingcactus: “Tear Open the Heavens”
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Is Atheism an Intellectual Luxury for the Wealthy? John 3:14-21 "God So Loved the Cosmos". Tear Open the Heavens. December 01, 2014. Tear Open the Heavens. Posted at 08:01 PM. Tear Open the Heavens. Tear Open the Heavens. Click on the globe to see where I'm "blooming.". Colonial Church Blogma Dogma. On Lent and The Color Purple. On Isaiah 35 - "Wilderness Rhapsody". On Isaiah 35 - "Wilderness Rhapsody". On Luke 3:15-22 "Called and Loved". On Luke 3:15-22 "Called and Loved". On Job 38:1-41 - Open Thread.
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Luke 15:1-10 "Becoming a Good Loser". September 07, 2016. You can lose a lot of things. You can lose your mind, your memory or your marbles. Your confidence, self-esteem or your mojo. You may lose your way, your place or you can even lose face;. Your reputation, self-respect, manhood or virginity. You can lose sleep, time or your prime. You may also fail, suffer defeat or take and licking and keep on ticking. You can lose an argument, a game or a war. You can be lost in space, lost without your love,.
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bloomingcactus: Is Atheism an Intellectual Luxury for the Wealthy?
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Bill Maher and Michael Moore just don't get progressive religion. Tear Open the Heavens. Is Atheism an Intellectual Luxury for the Wealthy? November 13, 2014. Chris Arnade wrote an interesting article in the Guardian with this title. Im fascinated because Chris is an atheist who worked on Wall Street and then became a photographer of homeless people. They have their faith because what they believe in doesnt judge them. Who am I to tell them that what they believe is irrational? 0160;http:/ www.alter...
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bloomingcactus: How Many Times? Matthew 18: 21-35
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A Binding, Loosening Community Matthew 18:18-20. The Gratitude Economy" Matthew 20:1-16, Exodus 16:2-15. September 15, 2014. Sermon for September 14, 2014 @ First Churches. 0160; Seven times seems like quite a bit, doesn’t it? Towards us and all people is the source. 0160; But still we struggle to live this out in the real world. 0160; I don’t hate the Communists, he said, but history must not be forgotten and repeated. 0160; How far can forgiveness go? 0160; I find that I can bring people together from ...
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bloomingcactus: John 3:14-21 "God So Loved the Cosmos"
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Tear Open the Heavens. Mark 4:26-34 "Who Plants Mustard Seed? John 3:14-21 "God So Loved the Cosmos". March 16, 2015. If there was just one verse in the Bible you wanted everyone to know by heart, which one would it be? 0160; If you grew up as a Bible Belt Baptist like me, John 3:16 was that verse. I could recite it from 4. Grade on, until it could be said in one breath, like it was one word, Godsolovedtheworldthathegavehisonlybegottensonthat. 0160; God can’t just let us off, or some people will just d...
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Click on the globe to see where I'm "blooming.". Colonial Church Blogma Dogma. On Lent and The Color Purple. On Isaiah 35 - "Wilderness Rhapsody". On Isaiah 35 - "Wilderness Rhapsody". On Luke 3:15-22 "Called and Loved". On Luke 3:15-22 "Called and Loved". On Job 38:1-41 - Open Thread. On Job 38:1-41 - Open Thread. On Isaiah 40:1-11 "Straight Highways" Advent IIB. On Mark 13:24-37 "Keep Awake" for Advent IB. On Lent and The Color Purple. Luke 15:1-10 "Becoming a Good Loser". Joy Through it All.
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bloomingcactus: Bill Maher and Michael Moore just don't get progressive religion...
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The Gratitude Economy" Matthew 20:1-16, Exodus 16:2-15. Is Atheism an Intellectual Luxury for the Wealthy? Bill Maher and Michael Moore just don't get progressive religion. November 10, 2014. Here is Moores full defense of Mahers argument with Ben Afleck:. By Michael Moore (@MMFlint). I, for one, am glad theres at least one top comedian who isnt afraid to say the word capitalism or give credence to the good of socialism. Or the Bible or the Talmud or the. you name it. He thinks its all coo coo fo...Thoug...
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bloomingcactus: "The Gratitude Economy" Matthew 20:1-16, Exodus 16:2-15
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Bill Maher and Michael Moore just don't get progressive religion. The Gratitude Economy" Matthew 20:1-16, Exodus 16:2-15. September 19, 2014. Life is so unfair! 0160; And guess who pays a higher percentage in taxes! 0160; Have I convinced you yet that life is unfair? 0160;Are you thinking, It is so nice that even those who worked just a little still got a day’s wage? 0160; Life should be more like that. Or do you want to yell at this Vineyard owner for being ridiculously unfair? 0160; Would you really ...
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Luke 15:1-10 "Lost Together". September 11, 2016. Let’s play with the numbers in this parable. What if not just one sad little lamb is lost and restored to the 99, but rather half the sheep are lost? 0160; What does the shepherd do if only 20 sheep are in view, or 10? 0160; How can you get the flock together again? 0160; Now that would be a parable for 2016. How will the flock hold together among the wolves, feeding on brown pastures, and worried about the Zika virus? 0160; And what about the bees?