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ON FAITH: Biblical images of Jesus leave us expectant and awed
We’re told there is a little plaque attached to the top of the pulpit in the Chapel of ...
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ON FAITH: Local houses of worship key to strong social fabric
We often hear people lament that our communities just aren’t what they used to be. People have moved ...
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ON FAITH: Is God keeping track of your ‘permanent record?’
Do you remember being told as a child that you must never, ever get into trouble in school ...
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ON FAITH: Creature of habit? It’s time to get out of that rut
Are you a creature of habit whose every behavior is measured, predictable, and planned? Although we might like ...
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ON FAITH: Shouldering burdens builds stability and strength
We heard a story about a tribe of Native Americans who lived in Mississippi in the early 1800s. ...
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ON FAITH: Accomplishment is good, self-importance is silly
Mark Trotter tells the story of a man whose great ambition was to become a general in the ...
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ON FAITH: Risk pain – You must open your heart to keep it alive
Did you know that each fully equipped human being comes with a reticular activating system as a standard ...
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ON FAITH: Can faith seem just too good to be true?
Years ago Tom Long wrote an article in The Christian Century magazine about an experience a young father ...
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ON FAITH: Abundant love can build ‘a heaven in hell’s despair’
We read a story once about an anthropologist who spent months on a Hoppe Indian reservation in a ...
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ON FAITH: Even higher – Humble service has heavenly aura
There is an old Hasidic tale about a holy rabbi who lived in a tiny Russian village. The ...
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ON FAITH: God’s miracles are for sharing, widely and joyfully
Have you ever witnessed a miracle? The dictionary defines a miracle as “a surprising and welcome event that ...
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ON FAITH: The real Easter story, beyond the bunny and eggs
Easter isn’t easy to explain. Maybe that’s why chocolate eggs, lilies, bunnies, and spring bonnets are so handy. ...