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A Mission for Right Now
A Mission for Right Now Luke 4:14-21 There is a phrase that people sometimes use to describe people who...
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A Voice We Need to Hear
A Voice We Need to Hear Luke 3:21-22 A voice from heaven. That is what Jesus hears when he is baptized. We don’t know how loud it was or how many people heard it, but...
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Looking to the Light
Looking to the Light Matthew 2:1-12 Have you ever been camping before and felt an odd pull to get closer to the campfire? Have you ever woke up in the middle of the night and...
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January 6: Spiritual Growth Forum – “The Vision of the Prophet Isaiah, a Preview”
9:30am· Fireside Room The Spiritual Growth Forum for Sunday, January 6: “The Vision of the Prophet Isaiah, a Preview” led by Dr. Joe Everson, retired CLU religion professor Joe has a book, a commentary on the book...
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A Greeting of Joy
A Greeting of Joy It was a feeling of amazement and joy that I hadn’t expected. It was almost a little eerie or otherworldly. It was something close to miraculous. It was the experience of...
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Just Start Doing It
Just Start Doing It Luke 3:7-18 I don’t know exactly when I started brushing my teeth twice a day. It was probably when I was 5 or 6. I have been doing it virtually every...
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Christmas and the House of Bread
Christmas and the House of Bread Whether or not there are actually one thousand oaks in our city, I do not know for sure, but the name of the town does evoke the image of...
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The Advent Paradox
The Advent Paradox A renowned teacher and activist Parker Palmer writes in his excellent little book The Promise of Paradox, “The way we respond to contradiction is pivotal to our spiritual lives.” Paradox requires “both/and” instead...
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No Stone Left on Stone – Mark 13:1-8
No Stone Left on Stone Mark 13:1-8 This last week our interfaith organization in the Conejo Valley received a message from a Rabbi who is a part of the group. They had to...
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First Comes the Weeping
November 8, 2018 First Comes the Weeping Just over a week ago it happened at a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh. Now it has happened here. The news hit me hard me hard just over a...