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  • God is Ambidextrous

    God is Ambidextrous

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    Avery Carr
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    Epiphany 5 traditional sermon It is interesting how from time to time things seem to focus your attention on a particular topic.  You see, this very week, Pastor Craig had forgotten that he was going to be away on retreat this weekend when he made the schedule for teaching Cross Points.  So he asked me…

  • Holy Chaos

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    Email Devotion Advent 2 And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so  that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work. –2 Corinthians 9:8 Earlier this evening I returned home from church, where I had attended a final rehearsal with our children and youth…

  • God’s Hands

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    Email Devotion Christ The King Sunday The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in his hands. (John 3:35)   We lay our hands on the casket and hear the words spoken, “Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servant.” I lay my hands on the two hands clasped in front…

  • Surprising Joy

    Surprising Joy

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    email devotion all saints sunday If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.  (Philippians 2:1-2) A couple of weeks ago I…

  • What’s In a Name?

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    Pentecost 22 Traditional Sermon Her name is Terri Roberts.  So … what’s in a name like Teri Roberts?  Well, not very much, I suppose … unless you are the Teri Roberts who is the mother of Charles Carl Roberts IV … the person who shot ten Amish girls at Nickel Mines ten years ago, killing…

  • Are you holey, holy or wholly?

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    Avery Carr
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    Pentecost 21 New Day Sermon

  • The Cost of Discipleship

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    Pentecost 16 New Day Sermon Jesus asks us to follow him, but there is a cost to this discipleship. Is the bar set too high?

  • Who’s On Your Guest List?

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    PENTECOST 15 TRADITIONAL SERMON One of the candidates on my summer book reading list was David Whyte’s his delightful little book, Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words.  He offers short but insightful considerations of 52 different ordinary words … think of it as a word a week for a year. If…

  • Charis

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    EMAIL DEVOTION PENTECOST 14 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 1:3) Sometimes when I look at the world around me, all I seem to see is the posturing of politicians, the arrogance of athletes, the intolerance of church leaders, and the anger of people who…