Category: Church
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Advent One 2023 — 1 Corinthians 1:3-9
A translation and notes of 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 for the first week of Advent, 2023
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Distorted
File this one under Greenbean’s failing memory. Sunday (June 11) I preached the second of three sermons from Matthew 25. The sermons are about the end of the world, but not in an apocalyptic way, more in the cautionary narrative tone Jesus uses in this chapter which Matthew puts right after the frightening Olivet Discourse,…
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Ash Wednesday – 2023
Today is the first day of Lent. A primary activity of the Lenten season (not the only, but primary) is fasting. Christ-followers should fast. Jesus clearly expects it of us for he tells us, But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but…
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Fried Chicken
Everyone has a fried chicken recipe. I guess, maybe, except vegetarians. But most everyone else has a fried chicken recipe. Sunday our church had our annual fall picnic (something we’ve not been able to do since 2019, so it was wonderful) and for the picnic I put together quite a bit of food. I made…