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  • Text: ... that grace reaches you around the table of an AA meeting. Some of you might say simply to come into this place, to hear the music begin, to see the candles flicker, to have the table set. Some of you, simply feeling the body of the one next to you, reminding you that you are not alone and ...
Eucharist: A Means of Grace, A Sign of Presence

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  • Text: ...He became one of the world-renowned organists; he became one of the greatest scholars of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. This guy, before he was 30 now. Now listen to this out of his autobiography: Long ago in my student days I had thought about it. It struck me as inconceivable that I ...
Living With Intentionality

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  • Text: ...n case you missed the news, Michael Jackson is dead. I acknowledge some lack in myself but I could never get into him or his music. But I know it has to do with some deficiency; I never got into the Beatles either. In both cases it was I against the universe I guess. Certainly there is ...
Just Imagine...

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  • Text: ...But there I was in my old home territory where my family still worships and I heard emotion in the musical expression, emotion in the “open mike” testimony and in the statements of the pastor, and I noted the frequent use of “we know, we know, we know.” I wanted to say, “You tell ...
When god dies...

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  • Text: ...Whoever you are, wherever you are coming from – returned on Easter from a long dropout, cynical in general, but find the music and flowers inviting, despairing, almost going under, hoping against hope, seeking, longing to believe – © Grand Valley State University God’s Love: A Yes...
God's Love: A "Yes" That Conquers Our "No"

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  • Text: ...That's quite understandable, because Jesus is the one who was raised from the dead, and so our liturgy, the music, the anthems - all of it is very much focused on the risen Lord. That's understandable. But, I want to say to you this morning that Easter is not so much a matter of C...
Good News of Cosmic Dimension

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  • Text: ...erview when he told that, as his father, who is also an atheist, was approaching his death, he had said, "No priest, no music, no ritual." They grew up, of course, in that grand Anglican tradition where the liturgy sort of permeates the air and his father, obviously, was a very de...
Every Family Has a Story

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  • Text: ...You hire a preacher. You build a building. You have to put a new roof on it. You have a Minister of Music and a large organ - all of the accouterments that make it such a pleasure to be a part of this community. And it can become a real drain and a drag. And it can ring the zest out of your...
The Church: Has It a Place in the Spiritual Life?

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  • Text: ... From Feast to Fast: Honoring the Human Richard A. Rhem Page 2 This morning we have a taste of it with some foot-tapping music and there are Paczkis, and you're invited to indulge to your heart's content, but in the real celebration of Mardi Gras, there is this full release of...
From Feast to Fast: Honoring the Human

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  • Text: ...on, who lacked poetry in their soul and who were so insecure in their absence of faith in God, that they could not allow the music to wash over them and be moved by the Spirit. Duncan concluded the sermon and then said, "And now I've asked the choir to sing it again!" And the...
The Face of God: The Celebration of the Life of Duncan E. Littlefair

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  • Text: ...frail, human situation, but there are times . . . Aren’t there times? Have you had times when the words of a Psalmist were music to your ears and gave you just the words you needed from the heart to say, “Oh Lord, out of the depths I cry to you. Lord, hear my cry. Oh Lord, if you should...
God's Mercy for the Asking

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  • Text: ...It’s beautiful. We come into the sanctuary and there’s something that touches us deeply - the music, the ritual, and so much about the celebration of the Advent-Christmas season is very dear to us. We read the scriptures. They are the prescribed ones, but fortunately, we don’t really ...
An Ancient Dreamer