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Pentecost, Going to Work After the Party
For Israel the feast of Pentecost finds its origin in early agricultural festivals. At the beginning of the grain harvest the first sheaf of newly cut barley was offered. On …
Welcome Home to the Center of the World
Throughout the Easter season, we have been reading daily excerpts from the Acts of the Apostles. Now we are only a few days away from celebrating the Feast of Pentecost, …
Raising the Curtain on Act Two
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Have you ever arrived for a school play or a play on Broadway after Act One has begun so that you had to …
Turning the Tables
A famous Presbyterian minister of the 19th century, Henry Ward Beecher, once received a letter in the mail and when he opened it, there was but one word on the …
Easter People
The mission to Philippi begins on a high note. Lydia’s openness to the message and her generous hospitality must have warmed the hearts of Paul and his companions. Yet, just …
Do Not let Your Hearts be Troubled
These past couple weeks have been filled with a great deal of tragedy and sorrow: The Boston Marathon Bombing, and the loss and injury sustained throughout the bombing suspects manhunt; …
We Can Change the World
It is not our insistence that others follow our values that will change the world. It is our faithful response in action to the example of the One whom we …
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