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Jul 2018
One of the most touching moments in the movie Won’t You Be My Neighbor? about Fred Rogers is the replay of a 1981 episode of Roger’s famous “Neighborhood” TV show in which ten-year old Jeff Erlanger, sings a duet with Rogers of It’s You I Like. Jeff sits in a motorized wheelchair because of quadriplegia from spinal surgery for a tumor. Rogers bends down close to Jeff, as they sing about the important things in life being deep inside of you, rather than what you wear, or your “fancy chair.” In Matthew......
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The Bread of New Life
The Bread of New Life In Arizona, this is the season of “picking up the mesquite pods” that fall from the tree. Morning and evening, I pick up pods to try to keep up...
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Go and Do Likewise
Jesus said to the man, “Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.”...
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Reflections on Annual Conference
Reflections on Annual Conference Along with others from St. Mark’s, I’m at the meeting of the Desert Southwest Annual Conference in Glendale, AZ. This is … well … the annual meeting of clergy and...
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With Us in the Worst of Times
Wound Specialist “They just can’t get that wound to heal.” Sometimes it’s hard to heal a wound. That’s why we have wound specialists, people who know the right treatments to encourage the...
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Giving into Temptations
Giving into Temptations Growing up in a middle class neighborhood in a Detroit suburb, I was an easy target for taunting because I was small and skinny, loved to read and do well in...
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With Us, Jesus As Our True Hope 5-27-18
This week last year, Art and I were starting our road trip that was part of the renewal leave I took last summer. You were taking “Flat Sharon” with you on your travels...
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What Does This Mean?!
“What Does This Mean?!” “What does this mean?” Acts 2:12 The people looked around and saw and heard things that were confusing and even a little frightening. Unknown to most of them on the...
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Christ at Home in Our Hearts
“And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts, living within you as you trust in him.” Ephesians 3:17 (The Living Bible) – Apostle Paul’s letter to the...
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Play Dough in God’s Hands
Sixty-one years ago, on May 5, 1957, St. Mark’s first worship service was held. Fifty-eight people came that day. Many people had worked and prayed for months to get to that day....
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