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Tag: Healing

  • Bridges

    Bridges

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    New Day Sermon Pentecost 18 When we’re at our edge God sends us bridges. What may prevent us from taking them?

  • In Between

    In Between

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    Have you ever found yourself in an “in between” place in life?  Maybe you were “between” jobs … or in “transition” from one relationship to another … or stuck between that proverbial “rock and a hard place.”  Maybe your “in between-ness” is due to a dependency upon drugs or alcohol or prescription medicines.  Maybe it…

  • The Eyes Have It

    The Eyes Have It

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    New Day Sermon Pentecost 11 Seeing eye to eye…the eyes are the window to the soul… the eyes have it… what do they have? The have knowledge, history, hurts, hopes…and if you look closely enough…maybe even the divine.

  • Healing Waters

    Healing Waters

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    (Please be aware that during the season of Lent, these weekly devotions will be arriving in your inbox on Tuesdays.) I see him twice within a twenty-four hour period of time.  Each time, healing waters flow.  You might call me a crybaby.  Mea culpa.  But he has been a strong presence in my life.  I’ve…

  • Healing as Transformation

    Healing as Transformation

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    Today’s sermon is not so much focused on the gospel text as the way that God approaches people where they are and enables them to contrast who they are and what they do with who God is and what God’s intentions are for each.

  • The Saints Who Walk Among Us

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    In biblical Greek the word that is most commonly translated as “saint” is hagios.  Note that the word hagios is actually an adjective, not a noun.  It is a word that describes.  Its best translation is “sacred” or “holy.” In the Bible it is often used to describe God’s word … as St. Paul does,…

  • Heaven on Earth

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    It was not heaven, but it felt pretty close to me.  I fell asleep in one room (Operating Room) and woke up in different place (Recovery Room).   I woke up pain free … I experienced a sense of excitement as I tried to process what was going on around me … and I felt like…

  • Songs for the Journey

    Songs for the Journey

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    New Day Sermon Pentecost 5 Today’s sermon is a special one where we meet two wandering minstrels telling healing stories through song and getting the congregation to sing along!  

  • Christ’s Healing Makes Us Whole

    Christ’s Healing Makes Us Whole

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    Traditional Sermon Epiphany 5 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord, Jesus Christ (1 Colossians 1:3). Today’s gospel passage brings back some memories from an encounter I had many years ago with some friends at church. The discussion we had not only raised some humorous questions, but also…

  • Dark Nights in a Season of Light

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    EMAIL DEVOTIONAL week of AdVENT 2 Most of us try to avoid death at every turn.  We don’t talk about it … when we are in the presence of the dead we often keep our distance … at times we even act as if we will never die, even though we know better.  During the…