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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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• Text: ...hile out jogging in New York City, to warm herself, slips into the narthex of a church and finds herself deeply moved by the music and the prayers and the liturgy. She goes back, she goes to the lower level of the church and gets into a support group and finds her life being nurtured by the...

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• Text: ...f Grace – The Salvation of the World Text: Galatians 1:11-12 Richard A. Rhem Christ Community Church Spring Lake, Michigan Music Ministry Sunday, October 18, 1987 Transcription of the spoken sermon …The gospel you heard me preach is no human invention… I received it through a revelati...

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• Text: ...e there was a day when the Church was the womb of the arts, of magnificent architecture, the beautiful paintings, the lovely music that moves the soul—all of that comes out of the spiritual center that is elevated by the encounter with God. I look around today and see such a terrible loss...

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• Text: ...n thinking about a parallel in our own experience would be the song “We Shall Overcome." There is tremendous power in music, tremendous emotional power that unites and bonds human beings in a cause or a movement- and those songs, in Luke's © Grand Valley State University The...