Month: January 2013

When We Color God In

.Reading time 5 minutes.

“Your way was through the sea, your path, through the mighty waters; yet your footprints were unseen.” ~ Psalm 77.19, NRSV There is a saying: “God moves in mysterious ways.”  The phrase suggests that God does act in the world but that the plans and purposes of God’s actions are unknown.  The psalmist tells us […]

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Duke Divinity School offers resources for reconciliation

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Created in 2005, Duke Divinity School’s Center for Reconciliation seeks to “inspire, form, and support leaders, communities, and congregations to live as ambassadors of Christ’s reconciliation.”  The Center offers several programs to include a Reconcilers Weekend, a summer institute and a pilgrimage to Uganda.  In addition to these programs and others, the Center also offers resources […]

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The Real Tragedy

.Reading time 6 minutes.

Today, the children and staff of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT return to class.  It’s been three weeks and I still feel uncomfortable saying the name of the school because of the unspeakable crimes committed there.  I stopped watching news coverage when the first funerals began.  I just didn’t want anymore details.  I didn’t want […]

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A freedom that does not enslave us

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“Whom the Son sets free is free indeed.” ~ John 8.36 Issued on January 1, 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln, today marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.  But, despite what was written on these sheets of paper and proclaimed from the mouth of one of this nation’s political leaders and […]

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