Relating, Creating, Transforming
“A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists. Don’t let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song.” ― Vera Nazarian John 17:1-11 …so that […]
Read MoreJohn 14:1-14New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition ———————————————————————- Dear Friends, Years ago, I was fortunate to be part of a grant program with Interfaith Philadelphia which brought together youth from various Christian traditions in Greater Philadelphia together to explore what it meant to for them to be a Christian in a pluralistic world. These students, […]
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“The most sacred invitation that a person can extend to us is to invite us into their pain. But that means that we have to choose to knock on a door that we often prefer to pretend is not there.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough John 2:1-11On the third day there was a wedding in Cana […]
Read MoreHello Friends, Wherever you are today, whatever you are feeling, know that you are loved and valued. John 6:58 Jesus said to them…This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever. The feeding of the […]
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Racism steals our oxygen.
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John 17:6-11 I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; for the words that you gave to me I have […]
Read MoreJohn 14:15-21 [Jesus said:] “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Abba, who will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees the Spirit nor knows the Spirit. You know the Spirit, […]
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John 14:1-14 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust into God, trust also into me. 2In my Abba’s house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and […]
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John 20:19-31 Would you consider yourself to be a skeptical person? Are you a doubter? And now, be present in this very moment. What’s going on? In the world, in your community, in your home? Don’t judge it or interpret it. Just think about what is actually happening. Let’s you and I do something together, […]
Read MoreJohn 20:19-31 Let’s engage in a creative exercise, shall we? If you’re willing, join with me. Do you remember the first time you ever heard the story about Jesus of Nazareth dying on a cross and then rising to life? Were you a kid? A youth? An adult? Who told you the story? Did you […]
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