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09.20.09
Welcoming God | Mark 9:30-37
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
In the late fifties and early sixties the Englewood neighborhood began to change. A few "colored" families crossed the boundaries and moved into what was a white-working-class-ethnic-enclave. I recently read a story by one of those first ...
09.13.09
Locating God | Mark 8:27-38
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
If you wanted to talk about the nature of God where would you go?
If you wanted to ask about the identity of God where would you go?
If you wanted to inquire about following the way of God where would you go?
09.06.09
Changing Jesus | Mark 7:24-37
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
It reads like Jesus was going on a retreat.
He'd calmed a storm and walked on water.
He'd cast out demons and raised a dead girl.
He'd healed lepers and paralytics.
He'd gathered and ...
08.30.09
Inside Out | Mark 7:1-23
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
Ed Dobson was the prominent pastor of a big box church in Grand Rapids. He is a good and gentle hearted preacher, an active religious right political voice, and a celebrated author. He was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and his book, ...
07.26.09
Loved | Ephesians 3:14-21
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
As near as I can figure children have no idea how much their parents love them.
I am sure there are some qualifiers. Most children have no idea how much most parents love them. There may be some children who get it. And, sadly, there are some ...
07.19.09
Reconciled | Ephesians 2:11-22
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
In "Gran Torino" Clint Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski: a cantankerous, beer swillin', tobacco chewin', retired autoworker. He is a Korean War veteran and a gnarly old curmudgeon. He is angry at a changing neighborhood and a changing world. ...