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Turning On The Lights (Christmas)

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-224 (Sermon) TURNING ON THE LIGHTS John 12:46 by Rod Benson Yes, it’s that time of year again: Christmas, when we spend more money, eat more food, get less sleep and go to more parties than any other time of the year. As one of our friends wrote to us a couple […]

Thinking About The Bible’s Origin

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Religion in Daily Life (c) By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. Rector, All Saints’ Church 9601 Frankford Ave. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19114 (215) 637-5225 Written 10 August 2001 http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org “Larry King, CNN talk-show host, was asked, “Did you ever sit down and read the Bible cover to cover?” Larry replied, “The answer’s no, because I don’t […]

Young Person’s Wisdom (On ‘Suffering’)

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-193 (Sermon) A YOUNG PERSON’S WISDOM (Job 32-37) by Rod Benson Toby Nelson worked as a volunteer chaplain at the site of the demolished twin towers of the World Trade Center. He writes: “In between spontaneous comfort and counseling sessions, one could see the enormity of this disaster. TV images and words […]

Psalms On Sundays: 86 – Give Me An Undivided Heart

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-196 Sunday 11 Nov 2001 Reading: PSALM 86 – GIVE ME AN UNDIVIDED HEART! (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) ‘The more we pray, the greater … our hunger for God … A phrase … heard often … will one day come with the urgency of a telegram and the name […]

Psalms On Sundays: 87 – Cosmopolitan Zion

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-202 Sunday 18 Nov 2001 Reading: PSALM 87 – COSMOPOLITAN ZION (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) ‘Lord, we become dulled to your apparently familiar Word. Alert us to your surprising ways, and deal with our fears of them. Amen.’ I wonder how the first hearers of this psalm responded when […]

Thanksgiving Day In The U.S.A.

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Thursday, November 22 It is interesting to note that it wasn’t until we were at war, the Civil War to be exact, that Congress officially recognized our Thanksgiving holiday. It had started in the small Plymouth Colony in 1621 when the English Pilgrims feasted with members of the Wampanoag (Wam ·pa ·no ·ag) Indians who brought gifts of […]

Psalms On Sundays: 88 – Song From The Lowest

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Pit Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-206 Sunday 25 Nov 2001 Reading: PSALM 88 – SONG FROM THE LOWEST PIT (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) ‘0 God, early in the morning I cry to you. Help me to pray and to concentrate my thoughts on you. I cannot do this alone. In me there is […]

Psalms On Sundays: 89 – Claims For God

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assaults on God Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-211 Sunday 02 Dec 2001 Reading: PSALM 89 – CLAIMS FOR GOD, ASSAULTS ON GOD (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) ‘It is when we refuse to recognise and welcome tensions which are life-giving that we fall a prey to tensions which are death-dealing’ (Harry Williams, Tensions). Last […]

Inn Keeper Of Bethlehen (First Person)

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-214 (General) NEW ROOM AT THE INN (Inn Keeper of Bethlehem – first person) by Steven Felker A first person account from the perspective of the Inn Keeper of Bethlehem. Suggested for Christmas Eve. Stage notes & service notes at the end. (Setting – a tall table or lectern at center stage […]

St Nicolaus (Santa Claus)

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December 6th – St. Nicholas. Died c. 350. St. Nicholas was probably born to wealthy parents at Patara in Lycia, a province of Asia Minor. He was chosen bishop of the then rundown diocese of the capital of Myra, which he ruled with great care and faith. There he became known for his holiness, zeal, […]

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