Wednesday after Lent V–April 1, 2009
The world’s children As Jacob journeyed, he came one night to an open place under the stars…And one of the angels stood beside him and said, “Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go. I will never leave you and will bring you back to this land.” (Philip Newell translation
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Finding God in the Dark Darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day. Psalm 139 At our parent retreat on Saturday afternoon, we talked about what we found frightening about the dark. When we were little, were we afraid of the dark? Most of us were. On Saturday, we
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Crossing Over Part Two And leaving the crowd behind, the disciples took Jesus with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the
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Crossing Over On that day, when evening had come, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go across to the other side.” Mark 4:35 I’ve been praying over this passage for a few days now. It is the passage that I am preaching on at the Lenten Ecumenical Service at Union Baptist on Druid Hill
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Our Mission in the World The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, says the Lord. Isaiah 65:24-25. Yesterday evening gave me much food for thought. At our Inquirer’s
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