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John 10:1-10

In the board game “The Settlers of Catan,” the object of the game is to build roads, villages, and cities faster and more efficiently than the other players to become the most powerful person on the island of Catan. A vital resource in the game is… sheep. You can’t be the lord or lady of Catan without having access to sheep. Sheep are a valuable commodity. It was no different in first century Palestine: sheep were commodities. They were kept for their wool, for their milk, a

Aimee Niles

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Acts 2:42-47

Today’s reading from the book of Acts is the third consecutive reading from Acts 2. The last two weeks included portions of Peter’s sermon from the day of Pentecost, but not the Pentecost event itself. Luke interrupts the narrative with a short aside about the community of believers and their life together. While some consider Luke’s description of these believers to be too idealistic, I am not persuaded. In his book, The Rise of Christianity, sociologist Rodney Stark arg

Megan M. Pardue

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1 Peter 2:19-25

Culturally speaking, suffering seems to be the greatest evil. Our world is full of escapes and analgesic drugs, both legal and illegal. For some, too, religion is an opiate or an escape. Most of us do not want to suffer. And yet in this week’s passage Peter calls the dispersed Christians to endure unjust suffering. After all, Jesus’ example for us was one of unjust suffering. Peter says, “ ‘He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.’ 23When he was abused,

Ryan Quanstrom

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Psalm 23

“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” - Psalm 23:4 I grew up in a big city. It was a city of 15 million people at the time in the 1990’s and that period in my city was called the Wicked 90s. I lived in Moscow, Russia immediately following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The collapse left the city in utter chaos. The mafia essentially ran the city. We took comfort in the fact that

Cara Shonamon

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Luke 24:13-35

Our understanding of the Christian faith is only as good as our reliance on Jesus Christ to open our eyes so that we might see what he is do

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Second Sunday after the Epiphany

Call to Worship: Charles Wesley One: Blessed be God. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. + Many: And blessed be God's Kingdom, now and forever. Amen. One: O God, you called us by name to come, and we respond with delight and gladness Many: In joyful obedience, we come to worship our God. One: Rising out of the depths of despair, we gratefully gather for worship. Many: In joyful hope, we come to worship our loving God. One: Our God had given us a new song of praise to sing to our Aw

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