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All Saints Day Prayer

All Saints Day
November 01, 2009
Community of Faith, All Saints' Day, prayer
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Healing the Heart as We Say Goodbye in the Presence of Mystery

Sunday Social Gathering All Saints Day
Ecclesiastes 3:1-23; II Cor. 4:16-5; 5:1, I Cor. 15:20
Grand Haven Community Center
November 01, 2009
Christian Year; Holy Days; Reformation Day; All Saints' Day
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Tell Me a Story

Lakeshore Interfaith Gathering
Lakeshore Interfaith Center, Ganges
September 13, 2009
Emergence, Cosmic Evolution, Mystery
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The Promise and Peril of Being Human

Lakeshore Interfaith Gathering
Psalm 8; Genesis 3:1-7; Rev. 21:1-4, 22-25; 22:1-2
Lakeshore Interfaith Center, Ganges
August 09, 2009
Emergence, Divine Mystery
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The Grace to Let Go

Memorial Service for Sally Hammond
Psalm 23; Mark 15:34; John 19:28-30; Luke 23:46
Lakeshore Interfaith Center, Ganges
July 25, 2009
Grace
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Just Imagine...

Lakeshore Interfaith Gathering
Micah 6:8; Luke 10:25-37; Imagine by John Lennon
Lakeshore Interfaith Center, Ganges
July 12, 2009
Nonviolence, Inclusivism
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Can the Eagle and the Dove Fly Together?

Memorial Day Weekend; Lakeshore Interfaith Gathering
Matt. 5:38-48; Luke 4:6-21; Acts 1:1-11; 2:1-3
Lakeshore Interfaith Center, Ganges
May 24, 2009
Way of Jesus
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Easter Reflection

Eastertide
Luke 24:13-35
Lakeshore Interfaith Center, Ganges
April 19, 2009
Historical Jesus; Forgiveness; Easter
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The God We Cannot Flee

Lakeshore Interfaith Gathering
Psalm 139
Lakeshore Interfaith Center, Ganges
October 19, 2008
Immanence of God, Nature of Spiritual Experience
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The Human Hunger for God

Lakeshore Interfaith Gathering
Lakeshore Interfaith Center, Ganges
September 14, 2008
Mystical experience, Hans K?ng, C.S. Lewis, Schliermacher, Brain science
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When the Heart is Surprised by Hope

Lakeshore Interfaith Gathering
Lamentations 3:20
Lakeshore Interfaith Center, Ganges
August 10, 2008
Theodicy, Hope
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Rotary Prayer

50-year celebration
Spring Lake Rotary Club
July 28, 2008
Rotary, prayer, 2008
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Picnic Prayer

Sunday Potluck Picnic
Pottawattomie Park
July 23, 2008
2008, prayer
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Your Elephant is Showing...

Sunday Potluck Picnic
Pottawattomie Park
July 23, 2008
Exclusivism, pluralism, Brain Science, Arc of Justice
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Prayer

Sunday Social Gathering
Grand Haven Community Center
May 04, 2008
Gratitude, Community
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A Final Act of Grace

Sunday Social Gathering
Grand Haven Community Center
May 04, 2008
Community of Faith, Practice of Grace
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Unruly Grace

Lakeshore Interfaith Gathering
Matthew 20:1-16
Lakeshore Interfaith Center, Ganges
October 28, 2007
Transforming Love, 2007
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Transforming Love

Lakeshore Interfaith Gathering
Luke 7: 18-50
Lakeshore Interfaith Center, Ganges
September 16, 2007
Transforming Love
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The Prodigal Son's Father

Lakeshore Interfaith Gathering
Luke 15:11-24
Lakeshore Interfaith Center, Ganges
August 19, 2007
Transforming Love, Nature of God

A Fool For Christ

Palm Sunday
Luke 19:35-44; John 12:9-19; Zechariah 9:9-10
Lakeshore Interfaith Center, Ganges
April 01, 2007
Palm Sunday, Transforming Love, Way of Jesus
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Here I Stand

Sunday Evening Gathering
Spring Lake Country Club
September 24, 2006
Community, Worship
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The Magnificent Vision of Shalom

Summer Social Gathering
Spring Lake Country Club
August 27, 2006
postmodern, paradigm shift, God as Love, shalom
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Seeing is Believing: When the Word Becomes Flesh

Ordination Service for Bill Freeman
Micah 6:608; I Corinthians 13; John 1:1-5, 14, 18
First Congregational United Church of Christ, Belding, Michigan
May 07, 2006
God is love, Divine Intention
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The Making of a Liberal

Summer Social Gathering
Spring Lake Country Club
August 06, 2006
Postmodern, History of Liberalism, Personal Journey
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A Shared Yearning & Journey - The Religious Quest

Ecclesiastes 3:1-13; John 3:1-10
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 28, 2005
Religious quest, personal journey
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Arrogant Claim & Impossible Demand - The Peril of Religion

Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 21, 2005
Religious quest, personal journey
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Love That Just Won't Give Up

Easter
Luke 24:13-17, 28-35; I John 1:1-4; 4:7-8, 12, 16
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 27, 2005
Transforming Love, Easter
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Advent 2004 Prayer

Advent
December 02, 2004
Advent Prayer, Embodying Grace
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Remembering Joseph Harry

Advent
At a Family Gathering
December 01, 2004
Mystery of Being, Grace
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Thanksgiving Prayer for the World

Thanksgiving
November 24, 2004
Shalom, Nonviolence
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Good Religion: Passionate and Intelligent

Center for Religion and Life Weekend
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
October 10, 2004
Duncan Littlefair, Fountain Street Church
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Of Dreams and Visions

Baccalaureate Sunday; Eastertide VII
Joel 2:28-29; Acts 2:14-17; Luke 4:16-30
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
May 30, 2004
Pentecost, global peace, global community
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Resurrection: A Shift in Perception

Eastertide II
Acts 7:54-8:1;I Corinthians 13:1-8; John 20:19-23
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
April 18, 2004
resurrection, love
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The Destabilizing, Troubling God

Palm Sunday; Passion Sunday
Luke 19:35-20:2
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
April 04, 2004
Shalom, Eschatology, Grace
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About Christian Tradition and the Church

Midweek Lent
Mark 2:18-28; 14:32-42
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 31, 2004
Church, Tradition, Change

Do You Suppose God Is Really Like That?

Lent V
Luke 15:11-24
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 28, 2004
Shalom, Eschatology, Grace
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About the Bible

Midweek Lent
Psalm 139; Matthew 5:43-48
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 17, 2004
Scripture, Critical Thinking
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About Christian Faith

Midweek Lent
Luke 9:51-56; 22:39-46; 23:32-38
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 10, 2004
Christian Faith,Inclusive
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Jesus, the Truth of God

Lent II
John 14:1-14
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 07, 2004
Non-exclusivism, Human as Divine
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About Religion

Midweek Lent
Isaiah 44:9-20; Acts 17:16-31
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 03, 2004
Religion, Inclusive
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Remembering The Way He Was

Lent I
Luke 22:14-23
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
February 29, 2004
Historical Jesus, Way of Jesus
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This Quiet Dust

Ash Wednesday
Ecclesiastes 3; II Corinthians 4:16-5:5
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
February 25, 2004
Littlefair, Miracle of Life
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One Reality - Rigorous Science, Passionate Religion

Epiphany VII
Isaiah 46:1-4; Psalm 8
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
February 22, 2004
Natural Religion
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By What Authority?

Epiphany VI
Mark 11:15-19;
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
February 15, 2004
Littlefair, Authority of Scripture
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To the Wonder, Glory, Miracle and Joy of Life!

Epiphany V
Ecclesiastes 3; Philippians 4
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
February 08, 2004
Littlefair, Natural Religion, wonder, miracle of life
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The Face of God: The Celebration of the Life of Duncan E. Littlefair

Friday Memorial Service
Ecclesiastes 3: I John 4; John 1
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
February 06, 2004
Litttlefair, Cosmic Drama, The Human as Embodiment of God
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The Grace to Embrace the Future

Christmastide
Philippians 1:3-11; Luke 2:25-35
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 28, 2003
Change, Continuity, Grace
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Two Births, Two Views, Two Empires - Where Does Peace Lie?

Advent IV
Isaiah 11:1-9; Luke 2:1-58
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 21, 2003
Advent, Nature of God, Peace
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Would It Matter If It Didn't Happen?

Midweek Advent
Isaiah 7:10-17; Galatians 4:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 17, 2003
Advent

Looking For God in All the Wrong Places

Advent III
Isaiah 40:4,5; John 1:1-5, 14, 18; 14:8-14
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 14, 2003
Divine Intention, Nature of God, Gospel of Thomas
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