Someone off camera yells “Go, Go, Go!” And group of people splash out into the water. They take hands, forming a human chain.
Sermons
Bitumen and Pitch
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The Pharaoh had power. He had armies. He had the rule of law.
What did Moses’ mother have? Bulrushes. Bitumen and pitch.
After Dark
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The atomic bombing –the most destructive instant in human history—transformed Hiroshima from a city defined by war into a city whose name is synonymous with the hope of peace.
El Dios de Frijoles y Agua (The God of Beans and Water )
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Late in the afternoon one of the old women wiped her forehead with a rag and announced that it was time to walk over to the well.
Generations
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The movement of the generations is in many ways, is the core experience that makes us human.
And how we respond to doing our part in the movement of the generations – speaks eloquently about who we are.
Welcome to the Good
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“Welcome” the earth seemed to say to the soles of my feet.
“Thank you” my feet seemed to say to the earth.
Vespers Meditation
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How does God come to us in the evening? What whispers do we hear from the divine, as the day grows old.
Constancy
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As I thought about this idea of constancy, this week, I found myself thinking about my parents.
In particular, I found myself thinking about them at the end of their lives.
Spirit of the Living God
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communication, does not require words, does it?
The throaty wail of an infant’s first breath…
The groan of a mother in labor
These are indistinct sounds cannot be found in Webster’s dictionary. And, yet we need no interpreter to tell us what these sounds mean.