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A Particular Brand of Grace

We most often think of Paul as a missionary or evangelist (that is, when we don’t think of him as a misogynist, a...
Bob Turner
June 22, 2023
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Kool-Aid® Man

Read Ephesians 2:11–22 Here we stand, trowels in hand,spreading mortar and replacing bricksin the wall Christ broke...
Bob Turner
June 15, 2023
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Zhiliao: Bruce May (10/14/1929 – 6/8/2023)

Bruce May died this morning. He had been under heavy sedation for several days as the cancer in his lungs made its...
Bob Turner
June 8, 2023
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An Unsettling Development

On Monday Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni signed into law a draconian bill that would impose extremely harsh...
Bob Turner
June 1, 2023
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The Fruits of Our Waiting

Have you ever attended a Quaker meeting or a Taizé prayer service or some other event that involves an extended...
Bob Turner
May 25, 2023
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The Encourager and the Hard Case

Read Acts 15:36–41 Both characters in this short passage in Acts 15 live up to their reputations. Barnabas, whose...
Bob Turner
May 18, 2023
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Switcheroo

In a vision in Revelation 5 John of Patmos finds himself weeping before the throne of God because nobody can be...
Bob Turner
May 4, 2023
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The Justice Quotient

In less than a week and a half the Church in Society Committee will lead an effort to do justice on behalf of...
Bob Turner
April 27, 2023
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Unneighborly Behavior

Why are we so afraid of one another? More specifically, speaking as a White person, why are we so afraid of Black...
Bob Turner
April 20, 2023
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Playing Along: A Prose Poem Starring Judas Iscariot

The plink plink of water dripping in the bowl is the only sound in the room. Even the breathing has seemed to stop,...
Bob Turner
April 6, 2023

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