On Faith
Praying for the Peaceable Kingdom
On Sept. 11 one recent year we traveled to Pennsylvania to conduct a funeral outside Pittsburgh. The day ...
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Admitting we’re wrong is the gift of wisdom
The legend goes that Rev. Peter Miller was the pastor of a small Baptist church in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, ...
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Justice, mercy, grace: A few words express a lot
Theological language can be tricky. What precisely does predestination mean? How about apocalypticism, millennialism, infralapsarianism, sanct-ification, justification, soteriology ...
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Rather than hostility, promote love and praise
The New Testament is composed of 27 books. In terms of sheer volume, the weightiest section is the ...
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Local houses of worship are key to building bridges
We often hear people lament that our communities just aren’t what they used to be. People have moved ...
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Talk less, listen more to find common ground
We read a fascinating book some time back by author Stephen Fried entitled “The New Rabbi.” An especially ...
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Let a calling make your heart glad, ‘feed’ the world
What’s special about you? What are you uniquely adept at accomplishing? Maybe you can answer instantly, but if ...
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Adults can show young people it’s a joy to grow up
What is adulthood? Some of us mark our transitions to adulthood by a graduation ceremony. Others may recall ...
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Is anybody there? Acts of compassion offer the answer
Have you ever found yourself wondering, in difficult times perhaps, why God doesn’t intervene, why God doesn’t seem ...
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Are you a creature of habit? Don’t get stuck in that rut
Are you a creature of habit whose every behavior is measured, predictable and planned? Although we might like ...
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Needing others is key to emotional, spiritual survival
Do you remember the book “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom? It chronicles the conversations between Albom and ...
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Defining moments make us stronger, more faithful
An insightful author once noted that “a person reaches maturity when he or she finally accepts the event ...