... persist in getting there. It isn’t how the journey starts that counts. It’s how it ends that matters. The text from Matthew for this day is, once more, set in parable. Jesus tells the story of two sons. One of the two said to his ... crisis in our faith life, such as did St. Paul, Augustine, Luther, Wesley, C.S. Lewis, Malcolm Muggeridge, the philosopher Camus, or Ralph Vaughn Williams. Some of us may never have had an experienee of white light, of sudden confrontation, and, in fact, we may resent the ...
... one where an expert declared that "indoor air quality is ten to one hundred times worse than the air outdoors" (William M, Vaughn, principle scientist at Nauset Environmental Services, quoted by Johanna Crosby in "How Safe is Your Home?" Cape Cod Times). That's upsetting. ... important. Something even longer lasting: purity of heart. "Blessed [happy] are the pure in heart, for they shall see God," Jesus says (Matthew 5:8, RSV). What does Jesus mean by calling for us to be "pure in heart"? And in what way will ...
... , people will come. You could not keep them away with clubs. People NEED that kind of break. The wonderful words of Matthew's gospel then are made real: "And in [Jesus'] name the Gentiles [...and indeed ALL people...] will hope" (Matt. 12: ... seventh day"...ah, the seventh day...is a gift from your loving Lord. Super Sunday. Amen! 1. From "Worship Plans," note #556 by Bob Vaughn, 1/22/96 2. Embellished from a story by Joy Davidman, Smoke on the Mountain, Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1954, pp. 49-51 3.1 ...
