Caring for Cold Homeless Neighbors
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Caring for Cold Homeless Neighbors

“They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.They are wet with the rain of the mountains and cling to the rock for want of shelter.” Job 24:7-8 “The natives showed us extraordinary kindness; for because of the rain that had set in andbecause of the cold, they kindled a...

Deep Listening
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Deep Listening

You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger – James 1:19 Listening is a creative force. Something quite wonderful occurs when we are listened to fully. We expand, ideas come to life and grow, we remember who we are. Some speak of...

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Recognizing the Many Faces of Jesus

Dear Sisters and Brothers, I spent some time earlier this week looking through a National Geographic publication titled, Jesus: An Illustrated Life. It is one of those magazines that we see regularly in the checkout line at the grocery (exactly where I had seen this one some months ago.) It had caught my eye and...

Dependent Rather Than Independent
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Dependent Rather Than Independent

As our nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day, it is important that we remember that while we
Americans rightly celebrate the hard-fought-for freedoms from tyranny and oppression that we enjoy after
our revolutionary war, with Britain, and the many individual rights and liberties that our Constitution
guarantees for us as citizens, those of us who are Christian must acknowledge that we are to consider
ourselves as first and foremost inter –dependent rather than independent.

Hug When You Can
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Hug When You Can

“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. Do not say to yourneighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it” when you have it with you.” – Proverbs 3:27-28 “Don’t wait until it’s too late to tell someone how much you...

Safe Space For Us All
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Safe Space For Us All

“Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good worksand give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” – Matthew 5:16 Dear Sisters and Brothers, Have you seen our new logo? Hopefully, some of you have noticed a new logo on our banners at the corner of12th and Guadalupe. This...