This past week, some of us gathered to distill the essence of our church into a mission statement. One of the words that people kept using to describe the church was faithful. I wondered: What does it mean to be faithful? As I pondered this question, I thought of one of the first stories I […]
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Baruch 5:1-9, Luke 3:1-6 “Take off the garment of your sorrow and affliction, O Jerusalem, and put on forever the beauty of the glory from God.” When I read that passage this week, I had this vision of someone flinging off a heavy garment that is weighing them down. Baruch’s words are so compelling and yet I […]
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