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| Issue #81 - Hospitality Is Messy |
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Joyce Borger
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Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it (Heb. 13:2).These days hospitality may most often be associated with a Martha Stewart...
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| Issue #79 - We Need Every Part of the Body: Including People with Disabilities |
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Joan Cornelison
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Hope Network (www.hopenetwork.org) has a large number of services to enhance the dignity and independence of persons who have a disability and/or are disadvantaged. Cornelison’s work...
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| Issue #75 - Seeing the Word: What I Learned About Worship from a Deaf Congregation |
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Nadia Bolz-Weber
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As the time for the worship service approaches, church members gather in the sanctuary, animatedly sharing stories about sick children, new babies, workplace conflicts. Suddenly the san...
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| Issue #74 - The Treasure in Clay Jars: Preaching Ideas on Disabilities |
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Linda Jean H. Larson
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Preaching “is a process of transformation for both preacher and congregation alike, as the ordinary details of their everyday lives are translated into the extraordinary elements of God...
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| Issue #71 - We Welcome You as Christ: How a New Commitment to Hospitality Changed Us |
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Douglas J. Brouwer
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Three years ago, a major construction project at First Presbyterian Church was coming to an end. As the architect put it, we were more than doubling “our footprint” on the p...
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| Issue #70 - Beyond the "Children's Message": Welcoming Children in Worship |
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Mary S. Hulst
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The little boy came running over at a church gathering. “Pastor Mary!” he said, with a finger in his mouth. “Look!” I saw a fresh gap where his tooth used to be....
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| Issue #68 - Toward a Theology of Staying Put: Why One Church Decided Not to Move |
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Eric Jacobsen
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About three blocks from our church is a little coffee shop called Bernice’s. It occupies the east half of the Knowles Building, which was designed by the prominent Missoula architect AJ...
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| Issue #68 - Let Them Hear: Why Not Get Your Church Looped? |
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David G. Myers
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Most parishioners with hearing loss choose not to suffer the hassle and embarrassment of special receivers and headsets. Happily, there’s a better alternative—the broadcast of personal...
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| Issue #67 - Receiving Guests as Christ: Inspiration from Two Monasteries |
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Arthur Paul Boers
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"Their life's not natural!" a relative exclaimed when the subject of monks came up. Those few words made it clear that the monks' lifestyle had nothing to teach us. Y...
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| Issue #67 - Worship for Doubters and Other Good Christians: Learning from the Thomas Mass |
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Holger Eschmann
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Every two months, at 6:00 on a Sunday evening, three to four hundred people gather at St. Mary's Church (Lutheran) in Reutlingen, and in over fifty towns throughout Germany, to particip...
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