Last week, some of you may remember, I ended my sermon by asking this question: Will we, in 2021, be different from and better than how we were in 2020? There’s not much about the first ten days of 2021 that suggests we will. I think it’s still an open question and, I hope, still a possibility. But after the events of last Wednesday and the assault on our nation’s capitol I’m just not so sure we will be. As I reflect on the events of last Wednesday I keep going back to words from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, “Few are guilty, but all are responsible.”
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The Wilderness Of Gun Violence – A Sermon On Mark 1:9-15
The First Sunday in Lent - Mark 1:9-15 I don’t know how I can stand before you today with any sense of integrity and faithfulness and not say something about the Florida shooting. Something has to be said. I’m just…
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Prayer – the essence of living
In speaking of prayer I often distinguish between a "life of prayer" and a "prayer life." It seems much of our life today is compartmentalized depending on what we are doing, where we are, who we are with. So we…
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Interrupting the Silence 