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Playing Along: A Prose Poem Starring Judas Iscariot image

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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Offering of Letters, Part 2: The Farm Bill

As I mentioned last week, in May we will have an opportunity to take part in Bread for the World’s Offering of...
Bob Turner
March 23, 2023
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An Offering of Letters

In May the members and friends of Community UCC will have the opportunity to take part in a coordinated action for...
Bob Turner
March 16, 2023
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Snakebit

Read Numbers 21:4–9 I find Numbers 21:6 problematic. Actually, it’s just three words of that verse that cause me...
Bob Turner
March 9, 2023
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Courage

Read 2 Timothy 1:3–7 Fear is an epidemic in our time. So many people go through their lives held captive by their...
Bob Turner
March 2, 2023
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A Changeable, Faithful God

Read Jonah 3:1–10 Traditional Christian theology, influenced by Hellenistic philosophy, has often depicted God as...
Bob Turner
February 23, 2023
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Glow

This Sunday we will commemorate the Transfiguration, that mysterious event in Matthew 17 in which Jesus goes up a...
Bob Turner
February 16, 2023
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An Exercise in Empathy

The other day I engaged in an exercise in empathy. Lying in bed preparing for my nightly prayer time, I started...
Bob Turner
February 9, 2023
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Criminalblackman

This week we saw what racist policing looks like in all its ugly detail. The video of Memphis police officers...
Bob Turner
February 2, 2023
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Takin' It to the Streets

In their book Introducing the Missional Church, Alan Roxburgh and Scott Boren make a convincing case that the...
Bob Turner
January 26, 2023
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