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2014/10/12

As you think, so you become

Thinking is something we all do all the time. No matter how many times we are asked the rhetorical question, “What were you thinking about? Anything at all?” the answer is never that we were literally not thinking. This week’s sermons are about how important it is to think about the right things. St. Paul […]

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2014/10/05

Confidence, is it always good?

I realize that beginning with that sort of question is just about as provocative as asking if self-esteem is always good.* I hasten to add that I am convinced that confidence is almost always good. Well, you may be asking, if it is only “almost always” good then when isn’t it good? Tempting as it […]

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2014/09/28

Emulation, not software!

We all want to be like someone. Sometimes it is a sports figure. Sometimes it is a parent or other relative. Sometimes it is a fictional character we encounter in a movie or a book. This isn’t wrong, it is just human nature. This week’s sermons are about being like Jesus. Not in any divine […]

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