Painting above: The Peasant Wedding Feast, 1567, Peiter Bruegel (1525?-1569) ************************** Jesus said, “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom… Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that […]
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March 4, 1865; 149 years ago today. Within five weeks after Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address the Civil War would be over (April 9th), and six days after that, Lincoln would be dead. This political speech, one of the greatest in American history, is worth meditating on in the context of our Christian faith.
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(continued…) The two previous meditations have made the point that while God is absent we are being tested. We are expected to remain faithful while we wait for that time when the Lord will return and be with us in person as he was with the disciples. In the meantime, Jesus said, we
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(…continued) It must have been wonderful to be with Jesus when he was here in person. From his own voice the disciples received comfort and guidance. With their own eyes, the disciples saw Jesus work his miracles of healing. Think about what it would be like if Jesus made the
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It was the summer after my graduation from high school. My brother John and I were driving milk truck for my dad. My father and mother were going on vacation for a week. My younger brother and sister were going along. John and I would stay at home and do the milk routes.
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From “The Clergy of America: Anecdotes,” p. 91-94, published 1869 A writer in the Christian Review of 1839 gives the following account of a scene he himself witnessed. Speaking of Dr. Griffin, he says: We remember him on one occasion, preaching before a large evening assembly. As he entered the sanctuary,
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