Our little systems have their day;
They have their day and cease to be:
They are but broken lights of thee,
And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
We have but faith: we cannot know;
For knowledge is of things we see
And yet we trust it comes from thee,
A beam in darkness: let it grow.
Prologue from In Memoriam by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Easter Reflection
Eastertide
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April 19, 2009
The Secret of Dying Well
All Saints Day;
Pentecost XXI
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November 02, 2003
Forgiveness: Possible? Moral?
Midweek Lent
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February 24, 1999
Action and Attitude Have Consequences
Midweek Lent
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March 03, 1999
Brazen to the End
Midweek Lent
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March 10, 1999
Father, forgive them...
Midweek Lent
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March 24, 1999
Paul: Civil War; The Human Dilemma
Eastertide III
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April 18, 1999
Freedom
Palm Sunday
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April 05, 1998
The Integrity of Saying ?No
Lent II
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February 23, 1997
The Strength of Surrender
Lent III
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March 02, 1997
A Dream Embodied
Lent IV
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March 26, 1995
A Dreamer's Final Appeal
Lent V
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April 02, 1995
?Father, Forgive Them
Lent I
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February 20, 1994
?Today...Paradise...
Lent II
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February 27, 1994
Creation: God's Risky Decision - Dream or Nightmare?
Pentecost XVIII
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
September 25, 1994
Suffering: Can It Be Vicarious?
Midweek Lent
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March 17, 1993
The God Who Forgives
Lent V
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March 28, 1993
Jesus Died Because of Our Sins, Not For Them
Palm Sunday
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April 04, 1993
Nothing to Pay
Pentecost XI
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August 23, 1992
God's Mercy for the Asking
Pentecost XII
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August 30, 1992
All is Grace
Pentecost XIII
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September 06, 1992
God Loves People: To Be Human Is Enough
Pentecost XVIII
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
October 11, 1992
Hell?
Advent III
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December 13, 1992
God's Love: A ?Yes' That Conquers Our ?No'
Easter Sunday
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
April 15, 1990
Freedom's Gift: Grace
Lent V
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March 12, 1989
Universal Salvation
Lent III
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March 06, 1988
The ?Now' of the End
Advent III
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 11, 1988
Costly Obedience
Lent II
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March 15, 1987
The Insight That Makes Praise Irrepressible
Pentecost X
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 09, 1987
It is An Easter World
Eastertide III
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April 13, 1986
I Wish I Could Start Over
Pentecost XII
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August 10, 1986
God is Easy to Live With
Pentecost XV
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 31, 1986
The God Who Forgives Us
Pentecost IX
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
July 28, 1985
God's Grace in Our Gloom
Reformation Sunday;
Pentecost XXII
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
October 27, 1985
Why I Believe in Purgatory
Advent III
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 15, 1985
The Place of Confession in the Christian Life
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 22, 1982