Did you take care of the people the rest of the world missed in their own blind spot?
Read MoreSix feet under doing nothing is the easy, convenient, safe, way to be a church. When the master comes back and says what did you do with my property, we will know exactly where to find it because we never let it out of our sight, we never let it out of our control, we never let it loose so the rest of the city could come to touch and see the enormous, gigantic, surprising, unmerited favor that is the grace of God.
Read MoreHe is leaving but not for good. And he wants us to be prepared to receive him and the kingdom of heaven at a big wedding banquet even though we don’t know the time, the place, or what to pack.
Read MoreIn the midst of being good Downtowners will we become hypocrites like the Pharisees?
Read MoreThe last five commandments are protection for the ones that didn’t see it coming.
Read MoreBut who are we to judge? Each of us has a dysfunctional part of our own family. Some limb of the family tree that is less than honorable.
Read MoreFinger number eleven is actually verse 2 in our scripture this morning. It is the prologue to the ten commandments. It is the statement of fact that lends credibility to everything that comes after.
Read MoreI had my own moment of uncertainty, and found my inner voice repeating the question the Israelites first raised, “Is God among us or not.”
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