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The Very Rev. S. Chadwick Vaughn
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Missouri, "My Fair Lady," and the Mission of the Church

John 20:19-31

2nd Sunday of Easter - Year B

April 15, 2012

The Very Rev. Chadwick Vaughn (TEC)

You may wonder, as I have, what U.S. Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, Eliza Doolittle, and Thomas the Apostle have in common.

To discern this, we need only listen to their own words to uncover a common denominator.

You first, Congressman Vandiver:

"I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me."

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The Rev. Dr. Brett Younger
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Longing to See God

Exodus 33:12-23

18th Sunday after Pentecost - Year A

October 16, 2011

The Rev. Dr. Brett Younger (CBF)

We are unbelieving believers--or believing unbelievers.  We are mixtures of faith and doubt, trust and skepticism, confidence and suspicion, enchantment and disillusionment.  Sometimes our beliefs seem childish.  And sometimes our cynicism seems foolish.  Most of us are more comfortable talking about the ways we believe than about the uncertainty that we feel, but there's a bit of agnostic in us all. 

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The Rev. Dr. James C. Howell (UMC)

Exodus 17 says the Israelites put God to the test, and God doesn't seem to mind. Is the Lord among us or not? God seems to welcome the challenge--God loves hard questions and doubts, says James Howell.
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Young Leaders Series I: The Faith of the Doubter

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In this first message in our "Young Leaders of the Church" series, the Rev. Dr. Katy Hinman examines the story of Doubting Thomas (John 20), and finds a place for doubt as well as faith in the believer's life.
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The Rev. Catherine Taylor "In times of doubt and in times of need, the Lord responds to our need, and makes use of our faith."
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Words of Eternal Life

The Rev. Dr. David Lose (ELCA)

The Rev. Dr. David Lose probes Jesus' difficult teaching in John 6:59-69, and how we should respond to it today.
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Lord, I don't believe, help my unbelief!

The Rev. Dr. Peter L. Samuelson (ELCA)

In an essay on "This American Life" on NPR, writer Dan Savage speaks of a new return to an old struggle with faith after the death of his mother. He finds an unexpected comfort in the church, even as he cannot quite embrace the faith again.

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Are You the One Who Is to Come?

The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler (TEC)

The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler calls us to open our eyes to the signs that Jesus has come and recognize the gift of love and peace in the changes of people all around us.

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April 15, 2007

Doubt--The Prelude to Faith

The Rev. Dr. William L. Self (CBF)

The Rev. Dr. Bill Self explores the differnece between doubt that robs us of our faith and doubt that lead to deeper, transformational faith.