In a culture like ours that holds up independence as one of its most important values, being a burden on others is one of the worst things we could imagine. The story of Ruth offers an alternative.
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Others are always setting the stage, helping with daily tasks, encouraging us, guiding us, to where we need to go. No matter how hard we’ve worked for what we have, we are always building on the work of others.
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You can be a good person without believing in God, and without going to church. Hope, though, is the thing that makes all the difference.
Read MoreJacob is a trickster and a schemer. These are just the kind of people God uses.
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Faith communities often see themselves as offering something that changes other people. But in this story of Abraham and Sarah we discover that it's those who do the welcoming who are most changed.
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We're future-oriented creatures. Without something to inspire us, to make us excited to be alive, we become imprisoned by fear and anxiety.
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The story of the Bible isn't souls judged and sent to an afterlife. It's creation redeemed and made whole, beginning to end. We join in.
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Giving is usually good. But it also has its shadow side.
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Guest preacher Scott Agur says that "In this passage, the story is told of Jesus bringing calm and purpose to the disciples on a stormy night on the Sea of Galilee and then leading them to a ministry of love and sharing in the community of Gennesaret."
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Giving is often thought of as a burden. But what if we thought of it as an act of true freedom?
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