Emily Lyons

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Dear Friends, In today’s passage from Isaiah, the Lord mocks those who bring ritual sacrifices and offerings, showing favor instead to those who are humble and…
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Ani Weinman

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Dear Friends, Life is so complicated and chaotic. How are we supposed to know what to do on any given day? Wouldn’t it be nice if…
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Sherry Sterling

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Dear friends, We’ve entered tax season, and I’ve been preparing mine. Numbers are not my thing, but I can get in the groove of making order…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, Today’s Old Testament lesson from Isaiah (63:15-64:9) comes from a potent passage in which the prophet contemplates God’s activity in the world, delivering his people,…
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Fr Matthew Reese

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“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And whenever you stand praying, forgive,…
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Edina Hall

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Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Today we celebrate the life of Thomas Bray for whom we have to thank, in part, for founding libraries in early America…
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Douglas Hickey

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Friends, In high school, I was lent a trade paperback called A Skeleton in God’s Closet. The story centers on a Christian archeologist who discovers the mortal…
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Kelsi Vanada

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Dear Friends, Today’s reading from Isaiah 61:1-4 is a proclamation of restoration for Israel: “The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord…
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Jeanette Renouf

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My dear friends, This gospel lesson for today from Mark, condemning divorce, was problematic from the beginning. It was probably thought to protect women and children…
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