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“Seeing the broken world is part of our job as disciples, because we are seeing the world that Jesus loved. But we are called upon to testify that another world is possible, another world is on its way, another world is also here already…”
Isaiah 65: 17-25
Luke 21: 5-19
Duration: about 18 minutes
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“… no matter which of the many branches of Christianity you enter, you will find people filled up with God’s spirit, following in the way of Jesus, living the way of love. To them, and to us, God says: Yet now, take courage; take courage every one of you seeking to be with God.”
Haggai 2: 1-9
II Thessalonians 2: 13-17
Duration: about 20 minutes
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“Jesus calls us to a community where God’s generosity is mirrored by every member, where all are fed, and sustained and offered mercy. Everyone is welcomed… Jesus calls the church to more than acting differently or seeing the world differently, he calls us almost into a new existence in which God’s generosity benefits the downtrodden; the generosity creates a culture formed and sustained by the mercy of God.”
Ephesians 3: 14-19
Luke 6: 17-31
Duration: about 22 minutes
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“Here’s the thing about Grace: you have to receive it in order to get it. God’s not going to shove it at you.”
Psalm 139
Romans 10: 1-13
John 3: 16-17
Duration: about 27 minutes
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“I think we must ask ourselves: what will we become if we keep increasing the rigidity and violence of the borders in the world, including our own southern border? How will we be able to follow Jesus’ teaching to welcome the stranger if no stranger is allowed in?”
Luke 17: 11-19
Duration: about 23 minutes
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“To live in faith requires a radical centering of our lives in God; and when we center our lives there, our trust naturally deepens; and when our trust deepens it transforms the way we are able to see ourselves, our lives and the world.”
2 Timothy 1: 1-14
Luke 17: 1-10
Duration: about 19 minutes
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“Last fall, Cindy and I took an incredible trip to South Africa… Later in December, we took another vacation to Charleston, South Carolina… At some point this past year I mentioned to Jeannie that we had visited both places; South Africa with its history of racism, apartheid, and the ugly history of the ruling white minority; and Charleston where the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumpter, and slavery was alive in our country, front and center. The comparison between the two countries and their history of racism were very obvious and apparent.”
Genesis 1: 26-31
Matthew 22: 34-40
Duration: about 33 minutes
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