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Better Together

     We are better together.      That’s the message that will serve as the theme for our Fall Kickoff on...
Bob Turner
August 27, 2026
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Willing

Read Matthew 8:1–4      Following the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus comes down from the mountain and almost...
Bob Turner
August 20, 2026
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Politeness

"New Orleans Public Service Streetcar Bench with Colored Segregation Sign" by Infrogmation of New Orleans is a...
Bob Turner
August 13, 2026
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Be a Berean

Read Acts 17:10–15      I knew a guy once who wanted to become an army chaplain and kind of attached himself to me...
Bob Turner
August 6, 2026
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Conventional Wisdom

Read Proverbs 10:1–5      Sometimes the book of Proverbs gives me a bellyache.      Sometimes what it has to say...
Bob Turner
July 30, 2026
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A Masterful Poet Treasure

     I first heard Pierce Pettis in 1993, when he covered “Nod over Coffee” for a tribute album to...
Bob Turner
July 23, 2026
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Oh, the Gall of It All!

     So here’s what happened, as best as I can remember.      We were on our way back to Reading after a pleasant...
Bob Turner
July 16, 2026
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Alchemy

     In my sermon last Sunday I made the comment that “God is the greatest humanist,” considering the way God fully...
Bob Turner
June 25, 2026
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Breathe Deep the Breath of God

Read Genesis 2:4–14      As you know, the book of Genesis contains two distinct creation stories, one in chapter 1...
Bob Turner
June 18, 2026
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Words That Make New Worlds

Read Hosea 14:1–9      Words are important to me. I have been known to lay claim to a little nonsensical quotation...
Bob Turner
June 11, 2026

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