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God is Unfair Job 1:1 to 2:10 More than 3,000 years ago, the writer of the Book of Job wrestled with a question which is still just as troublesome today as it was then. It is this: If God is all-powerful, good, and just (and sometimes merciful), why do innocent people, sometimes very good people,…

When I saw that the Song of Solomon was appointed as one of today’s lectionary texts, I jumped at the chance to preach on it. Not because I immediately knew what I was going to say, but because I have never really known quite what to do with this book. In my elementary school days,…

ON A MISSION REV. KWAME OSEI REED THE STORY IS TOLD OF A LITTLE BOY WHO LOVED GOING TO CHURCH WITH HIS GRANDFATHER. AFTER LEAVING SERVICE ONE SUNDAY, THE BOY LOOKED INTENTLY AT HIS GRANDFATHER AND SAID, “GRANDPA, ARE YOU AFRAID OF DYING?” SURPRISED, BUT PATIENT, THE OLD MAN SAID, “WHY WOULD YOU ASK ME…

Chilmark Community Church August 9, 2009 “Slipping the Bonds of Earth and Heaven” John 6:35, 41-51 Susan E. Thomas It seems to me that in light of this morning’s lectionary reading from John that the first great task of a Messiah is to bring to an end the search for a Messiah. So what if…