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The Passionate Jesus

Day1 host Peter Wallace's new book on the emotions of Jesus is, according to Marcus Borg, “An illuminating and powerful personal meditation." Ideal for personal or group study.

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The Rev. Dr. Hal Brady

We've Got Spirit, Yes We Do!

Acts 2:1-13

Pentecost - Year C

May 19, 2013

The Rev. Dr. Hal Brady (UMC)

 

I may not remember everything about my high school days, but I do remember the cheerleaders and several of their spirited yells.

One of their yells was, "Two bits, four bits, six bits a dollar, all for LaGrange, stand up and holler!"

And whenever our football or basketball teams seemed to hit a dry spot, our cheerleaders would eye the stands and yell out, "We've got spirit, yes we do! We've got spirit, how about you?" From across the field the other team's fans would respond and yell back the same cheer: "We've got spirit, yes we do. We've got spirit, how about you?" Then the two opposing sides would take turns giving the cheer back and forth, hoping that their fans were louder.

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The Rev. Dr. Brett Younger

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. John Gunn

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In this episode of Be Still and Know, The Rev. John R. Gunn writes, "God is not only the God of painters and poets and philosophers and of priests and prophets. He is also the God of the plowman, the man at the workbench, the man behind the counter, the man at the desk, the man in the every day walks of life."

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July 26, 2009

More Unexpected Jesus

The Rev. Sharon Hiers (TEC)

The Rev. Sharon Hiers examines our expectations of who Jesus is and how Jesus acts--and invites us to be surprised.