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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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Life Broken and Poured Out

Advent I
I John 4:7-8, 12, 16, 19; Luke 1:46-55
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
November 30, 2003
Advent
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Gratitude: Its Source and Its Fruit

Thanksgiving Day
Isaiah 58:12; I Timothy 6:6-10, 17-19; Luke 12:13-21
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
November 27, 2003
Thanksgiving
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A Little Less Certainty and a Lot More Love

Pentecost XXIV
II Kings; I Corinthians 13; Luke 9:46-56
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
November 23, 2003
Inclusivism, God is Love
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A Non-Election Year Sermon

Pentecost XXII
Jeremiah 7:1-7, 11; Luke 19:41-46
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
November 09, 2003
Spiritual Dimension of National Issues
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The Secret of Dying Well

All Saints Day; Pentecost XXI
II Timothy 4:6-8; Luke 23:44-49
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
November 02, 2003
Compassion, Forgiveness, Meaning
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Credo: Personal and Community

Pentecost XIX
Deuteronomy 4:4-9; Ephesians 4:1-6
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
October 19, 2003
Fundamental Trust, Community, Non-authoritarian
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For the Joy Of It All

Harvestfest; Pentecost XVIII
I Chronicles 29:10-13, 22; II Corinthians 8:1-4
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
October 12, 2003
Community of Faith
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Prayer of Gratitude for Community

Pentecost XVII
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
October 05, 2003
Prayer, Community of Grace
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A Promise Full of Potential: All Things Are Yours!

Pentecost XV
Jeremiah 29:4-14; I Corinthians 3:1-15, 21-23
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
September 21, 2003
Community of Faith
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Religion: Response To Mystery Emerging Naturally

Pentecost XII
Psalm 8; Acts 17:16-23; John 1:1-5, 14-18
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 31, 2003
Divine Intention, Natural Religion, Divine Mystery
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A Vision of Shalom in a Random Universe

Pentecost X
Isaiah 2:104; I Corinthians 15:20-28; Matthew 5:38-48
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 17, 2003
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When God Will Be Satisfied

Pentecost IX
Psalm 51: Luke 23:32-38
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 10, 2003
Religious Authority, Transformed Consciousness
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Jesus: Episode or Epiphany?

Pentecost VIII
John 1:1, 14, 17; II Corinthians 4:6
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 03, 2003
Emergence, Epiphany
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Crossing the Rubicon

Pentecost VI
Acts 15:1-5; Luke 19:45-20:8
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
July 20, 2003
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Have the Fundamentalists Won?

Pentecost V
Acts 5:27-39; Matthew 5:17-20
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
July 13, 2003
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My Country, Right or Wrong...

Pentecost IV
I Kings 22:1-28
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
July 06, 2003
Prophetic Voice, Global Community
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The Dangerous Memory of Jesus

Pentecost III
I Corinthians 11:23-26
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
June 29, 2003
The Way of Jesus, Radical Transformation
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Morning Prayer

Pentecost II
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
June 22, 2003
Prayer, Community, Presence, Mystery, Faith, Awareness, Trust, Global Community
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Touched By Mystery, Tested by Experience

Pentecost
Acts 10:34-48; John 4:16-24
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
June 08, 2003
Community of Grace, Divine Mystery
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What Is Worth Dying For?

Memorial Day Weekend; Eastertide VI
Micah 4:1-5; Philippians 2:1-11; Luke 24:50-53
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
May 25, 2003
Memorial Day, The Way of Peace
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And the Greatest of These is...

Mothers' Day; Eastertide IV
I Corinthians 13
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
May 11, 2003
Love as seeing the sacred in others, Mothers' Day
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Living With Intentionality

Confirmation Sunday; Eastertide III
Psalm 16:7-11; Luke 12:41-48
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
May 04, 2003
Awareness, Intentionality, Global Community
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The Impossible Possibility

Easter Sunday
Luke 1:37; Romans 4:18
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
April 20, 2003
Way of Jesus, Transformation
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Thy Will Be Done?

Maundy Thursday
Ephesians 1:1-14; Luke 22:39-46
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
April 17, 2003
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I Need You

Midweek Lent
Luke 22:39-53
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
April 09, 2003
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Why Jesus in a World of Religion

Midweek Lent
II Corinthians 4:1-6; John 1:1-5, 14-18; 14:8-9
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
April 02, 2003
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People of the Way

Lent IV
Acts 9:1-2; Matthew 16:21-26
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 30, 2003
Way of Peace, Non-violence
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If We Have Love...

Midweek Lent
I John 4:7-8, 12, 15, 19-21; John 13:1-17
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 26, 2003
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Steely Resolve and Gentle Spirit

Lent III
Isaiah 42:1-9; Luke 9:51-62
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 23, 2003
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God and the Moral Life

Midweek Lent
Romans 12:1-2, 9-21; Luke 6:27-36
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 19, 2003
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The Question of God and Human Meaning

Midweek Lent
Micah 7:18-20; I John 4:7-8, 12, 15, 19; John 1:1-5, 14-18; 12:20-26
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 12, 2003
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Memory and Solidarity

Lent I
Acts 9:1-2; Matthew 16:21-26
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 09, 2003
Non-violence, Sermon on the Mount
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Meeting Our Mortality

Ash Wednesday
Genesis 3:1-3; I Corinthians 15:2-28; John 19:25-30
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 05, 2003
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Honestly Human

Epiphany VIII
Romans 7:14-25; Mark 2:18-28
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 02, 2003
Celebration of Life, Nature of Religion
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Institution and Community

Epiphany VII
Psalm 84; Ephesians 3:14-21
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
February 23, 2003
Community of Faith, Spiritual Quest, Openness
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The Source of Authority

Epiphany VI
Mark 11:15-19, 27-33
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
February 16, 2003
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In a World in Peril

Epiphany V
Isaiah 43:1-3; Matthew 14:22-32
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
February 09, 2003
Nature of Religion, Quest for Meaning
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When the Radiance Breaks Through

Feast of Epiphany
Isaiah 60:1-7; Matthew 2:1-12
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
January 05, 2003
Universal Religious Quest, Transformation of Consciousness
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