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Julie’s Jar: The Invitation
“Why don’t the pastors give ‘the invitation’ after the sermon anymore?” The Elders have discussed this and it was a topic of conversation at the General Board meeting a number
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Julie’s Jar: “Custodians of an Inner World”
“Each one of us is the custodian of an inner world that we carry around with us.” John O’Donahue Sabbatical was a season of deepening my capacity to be the
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Garage Floor Grace
I like to see how things work. When I was a child, my wondering about the workings of the universe, or as I knew it, my dad’s garage, was a
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All Are Called
Sunday afternoon Julie and I were driving through San Dimas and saw a church sign with the intriguing phrase: “Can Women Preach?”. My usual sarcastic response was No! but Julie
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Pentecost: Experiencing the Spirit in the Day to Day
Pentecost is upon us. The event is like a fairy-tale to me: the physical manifestation of the Holy Spirit in tongues of fire, the disciples doing things they had never