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August 10, 2008 Taken From: Ephesians 5:15-21; Romans 1:18-32 Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel What I love to ask is what I know, old thoughts that feel like a well-worn boot, the things inside me that make me who I am. What should life look like when I live being filled with the Spirit? Are

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 Sometimes We Breathe Unheeding - Sermon Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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August 17, 2008 Taken From: Romans 2 Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel I am responsible for large things in a small place. I am here to blow on coals glowing toward cool. I travel with others, breath by dusty breath, toward a different place. Sometimes we breathe unheeding, blessings taken for granted. We fail to

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August 24, 2008 Taken From: Romans 2:1-11 Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel Drink truth too fast, it burns all the way down, best taken in small sips like the finest wine. The gospel is subversive, brings the sound and sense of the immense, eyes smarting with the tang of mystery. Lean into the words, taste

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August 31, 2008 Taken From: Romans 2:6-11 Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel It comes, that day we never thought would come; a numb thunder proclaims the startling brevity of things, a divide opens; wrath and mercy tribulation and peace damnation and glory. Works reveal something of who I am, condemn or confirm my being. I

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September 7, 2008 Taken From: Romans 2:11-16 Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel My assessments are biased, too many prejudices, a too-narrow collect of information. God’s appraisals are not so. He will not accept the mask for the person, judges according to truth. I live in the gaze of that unblinking eye, preparing for eternity. My

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