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Mark 16:1-8 An Easter People in a Good Friday World I love the song Every Morning is Easter Morning from Now On–thank you, Epiphany. We need to hear that good news, because so often it feels like we are living in a Good Friday world. The UN Human Rights Commission recently released a report on…

I Corinthians 8:1-2 “Knowledge Puffs Up, Love Builds Up” “Knowledge puffs up; love builds up” If that’s true, this old world needs a whole lot more loving and a whole lot of less puffing. The Kansas ACLU says: “Our criminal justice system punishes poverty, mental illness, and substance abuse while creating a cycle of harm…

“The Social Currency of Meals” Let’s begin by reviewing what we just heard in I Corinthians, Chapter Eight. The issue: food offered to idols. The question is whether people can eat this food or not. We have heard the expression “You are what you eat.” The question is will eating “unclean” food, food offered to…

Claim the Promise The reading for today is from the second chapter of Luke. We learn from this reading that the Law of Moses requires Mary to take Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem and present him to the Lord to be consecrated. This is according to the law of Moses. Mary and Joseph are…

Peace Is The Way John is a voice crying in the wilderness “Prepare the Way of the Lord.” Preaching the message of repentance and the forgiveness of sins. Surely this is not the way of the world. The way of the world teaches us that might makes right. The winner takes all. If history is…