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Luke 21:5-19

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Richard Hasler

Many people in northeast Ohio have visited the Amish Country at least once, if not numerous times. One stop they are sure to make is at Lehman’s Hardware Store in Kidron, Ohio. What I have learned from my visits there is that at one time only other Amish people purchased items at the store because they were committed to using non-electrical equipment in their farming. More recently, however, a new...

52. Stay the Course

Luke 21:5-19

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Lori Wagner

Can you spot a liar? Can you detect whether someone is telling you the truth or not? Many of us can unconsciously detect a lie without consciously knowing why. Others find it hard to tell the difference. Those who study lying say that if you or I tell a fib, we will reveal ourselves easily by our facial expressions, lack of eye contact, restlessness, or discomfort. This is because somewhere insid...

53. Maybe Today....

Luke 21:25-36

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John B. Jamison

“Maybe today.” He stood at the window and watched the morning sun climb over the mountain. He lowered his eyes to shield them from the glare of the sunlight shining against the streets and buildings. It was a bright and beautiful morning, but all he felt was darkness. It was the same darkness he had felt last night as he tried to sleep. It was the same darkness he felt every day now, the same one ...

54. Pay Attention!

Luke 21:25-36

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Lori Wagner

Have you ever been so distracted that you started forgetting simple things? I remember when I was in graduate school at Penn that I would be so focused on thinking about my latest research that I would sometimes come out of the shower wondering whether or not I had actually washed my hair. My mind had been on autopilot. I really wasn’t sure. According to the National Institutes of Health, the inst...

55. Bear Witness

Luke 21:5-19

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Jill J. Duffield

What do we make of those apocalyptic texts? Those verses that tell of destruction and persecution, signs of the end times that include suffering and chaos? In this year when the word “unprecedented” peppers nearly every conversation, do these strange descriptions of pestilence and terror resonate more than they have in other chapters of our living history? I am struck in this passage from Luke by ...

56. “Don’t Worry, I Have You”

Luke 21:5-19

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Lori Wagner

On June 22nd of 1972 Hurricane Agnes hit the East Coast of Pennsylvania with a vengeance. The severe storm with its heavy rainfall caused the Schuylkill River in the areas surrounding Reading, Pennsylvania to rise suddenly by 18 feet above flood level. A middle school student at the time, I had been dropped off at summer band camp earlier that morning. By the time practice was over and we stepped ...

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