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When the President comes to town, they bring the motorcade right out to Air Force One; they just drive those cars out on the runway. They have the motorcycles and black limousines with little flags on front, the police escort, flashing lights. You can envision it all. That’s just the way the American President travels.…

Communion Bread (Adapted from Alice Downs’ Leaven for Our Lives) 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour  (or a blend of 1/2 whole wheat and 1/2 white) 2 teaspoons baking powder             1/4 cup honey             1/4 cup cold water             1/4 milk             2 tablespoons vegetable oil or olive oil             1/8 teaspoon salt Preheat…

Matthew 5:13-16 “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. “You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one…

Luke 15:11    Jesus said, “A certain man had two sons. 12 The younger son said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the inheritance.’ Then the father divided his estate between them. 13 Soon afterward, the younger son gathered everything together and took a trip to a land far away. There, he…

I have been reading about the place of lament in the Bible and faith. It is interesting that the only book in the Bible named for an expression of emotion is Lamentations. Not joy or thanksgiving or praise. 40% of the psalms are expressions of lament; cries of grief, anger, resentment and suffering. Walter Brueggemann,…

Luke 8:22-25 One day Jesus and his disciples boarded a boat. He said to them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the lake.” So they set sail. While they were sailing, he fell asleep. Gale-force winds swept down on the lake. The boat was filling up with water and they were in danger.…