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The World Needs our Help
Nearly 60 years ago, I received a letter from my twin cousins who were attending college in Florida. They were very involved with sit-ins in restaurants and “five and dime” stores to encourage management to allow black people to visit … Continue reading
Lent 2021: Not What We Will Give Up, But What We Will Live For – Part 2, Active Compassion
“Lent needs to be not what you will give up, but what you will live for. Not how you might demonstrate your piety, but how you might live in true obedience to God. Not what you will prove, but what … Continue reading
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Living in Advent – Part 2, Waiting for the Light
This season of the church’s liturgical year is a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus. The word “advent” is an anglicized version of the Latin word adventus, “coming.” We are waiting for what … Continue reading
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