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Jesus Means Freedom

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-217 JESUS MEANS FREEDOM From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. John 8:32. Most in our world do not enjoy full political and civil freedoms. That is, they […]

Looking At Life’s Many Horizons

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“Looking at Life’s Many Horizons” 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 6 October 2001 http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org “Beyond the blue horizon Waits a beautiful day. Goodbye to things that bore me. Joy is waiting for me. I see a […]

An Innkeeper Named Simon

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by Glenn A. Hascall My name is Simon. Iam, rather was an innkeeper in Bethlehem many years ago. You see, Caesar demanded a census be taken. Each person was to return to their cities to be counted. Talk about an idea situation for me. People arrived from all over the known world. And I had […]

Are Disasters Really God’s Punishment?

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“Are Disasters Really God’s Punishment?” 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 18 October 2001 http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org A tower collapsed. People were killed. Some people said that the disaster was a sign of divine displeasure. God’s spokesman said “No” […]

Christmas Love

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-220 (Devotional) CHRISTMAS LOVE Each December, I vowed to make Christmas a calm and peaceful experience. I had cut back on nonessential obligations — extensive card writing, endless baking, decorating, and even overspending. Yet still, I found myself exhausted, unable to appreciate the precious family moments, and of course, the true meaning […]

A Christmas Story

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This is a first-person account from a mother about her family as they ate dinner on Christmas Day in a small restaurant many miles from their home. Nancy, the mother, relates: We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat Erik in a high chair and noticed everyone was quietly eating and […]

Cosmic Battle, The

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-222 THE COSMIC BATTLE From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. Before Abraham was, I am. John 8:58. Read: John 8:42-59. ‘Who do you think you are?’ (v.53) sums up the consternation Jesus’ antagonists felt about him. ‘Before Abraham was […]

Hymn Story – I Heard The Bells

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Hymn Story – I Heard the Bells Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was filled with sorrow at the tragic death of his wife in a fire in 1861. The Civil War broke out that same year, and it seemed this was an additional punishment. Two years later, Longfellow was again saddened to hear the his own son […]

The Homeless Man

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It was a cold winter’s day that Sunday. The parking lot to the church was filling up quickly. I noticed as I got out of my car fellow church members were whispering among themselves as they walked in the church. As I got closer I saw a man leaned up against the wall outside the […]

Affliction

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Devotional Guide For the week of December 16, 2001 No Place for Jesus. How affliction ushered in the gospel To Read: Psalm 119 To Know: “Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I keep thy word.” (Ps.119:67) The army makes going astray easy. “I’m not your mother” was our drill sergeant’s welcome to […]

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