A Pernicious Element image

A Pernicious Element

        In my sermon last Sunday I named three “pernicious elements” in our national culture: patriarchy, white...
Bob Turner
November 13, 2025
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Love First, Ask Questions Later

        You’ve probably heard the saying, “Shoot first, and ask questions later.” It’s supposed to be some sort of...
Bob Turner
November 6, 2025
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A Prayer in a Time of Crisis

        Abundant God, we bring to you our deep concern for our neighbors who are at risk of hunger and food...
Bob Turner
October 30, 2025
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"To You, O Lord, I Cry"

Read Psalm 65 and Joel 1:1–20         October is a time of harvest, a time when we turn to God in thanksgiving for...
Bob Turner
October 23, 2025
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Right or Wrong?

Read Jeremiah 26:1-15         At the height of the protests over the US’s involvement in the war in Vietnam, a...
Bob Turner
October 16, 2025
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Grownups

Read Philippians 1:12–18 For all his faults, Paul had at least this going for him: he was a grownup.  Sure, he had...
Bob Turner
October 2, 2025
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Hate and Love

“Charlie Kirk … was a missionary with a noble spirit and a great, great purpose. He did not hate his opponents; he...
Bob Turner
September 25, 2025
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The Sica and the Rifle

Image credit: Charlie Kirk June 2024 by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 I disagreed with almost...
Bob Turner
September 11, 2025
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A Continual Feast in Heaven

Read Proverbs 15:13–17 In 2009 I traveled to what was then Sudan (now South Sudan) to spend time at the...
Bob Turner
September 4, 2025
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Go High

Read 1 Peter 3:8–12 California governor Gavin Newsom wants to be president. At the very least he wants to be the...
Bob Turner
August 28, 2025

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