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04.20.08
Naked Church -- Reloaded | Philippians 2:1-11
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life recently released the first set of findings from its massive US Religious Landscape Survey 2008 ~ the most comprehensive study of religious life in America in decades. The study uses all sorts of ...
04.13.08
Kept Safe | John 10:1-10
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
When I got in the car to drive home I was already tired, but I had 550 miles to travel.
550 miles of iced tea, peanut M&Ms, and stopping only for that which is necessary;
550 miles of the beauty and the boredom of Iowa and Illinois...
04.06.08
Finding Jesus | Luke 24:13-35
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
They were walking away.
They were just two ordinary Joes walking away.
They weren't insiders,
they weren't seekers running to the grave,
they weren't believers waiting in an upper room,
they weren't the pious puckered up with prayers of ...
03.23.08
Easter's Earthquake | Matthew 28:1-12
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
This is my prayer for you ~ beautifully penned by Barbara Brown Taylor:
Happy Resurrection Day! May the news of Christ's risen-ness touch the dead
spots in your heart and bring them back to life, so that you become part of the
good news ...
03.09.08
Dead Ends and Dry Bones | Ezekiel 37:1-14
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
On November 6, 1991 a band of the Charles Taylor Rebels stormed a small village in Liberia. In desert-dusty pick-up trucks and battered Jeeps they roared into the village without warning and unleashed waves of terror. They were part of a violent ...
03.02.08
Leading Story | 1 Samuel 16:1-13
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
You've heard the homespun wisdom about not talking about religion or politics at a dinner party? The quickest way to stain the linen, curdle the milk, or sour the punch bowl is to talk about religion or politics. Well, I am going to talk about ...