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manhattan churches open doors to #OWS protestors

On 17 November, 2011 · Leave a Comment

When the police forced Occupy Wall Street protestors out of Zuccotti Park earlier this week, it was two churches in Manhattan that opened their doors.

Middle Collegiate and Church of St. Paul and Andrew not only opened their doors to protestors, but provided them with food and water. Although the overwhelming [...]

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confession (a new name)

On 19 July, 2011 · Leave a Comment

And Jacob was alone when a man came and wrestled with him through the night. The man said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go until you bless me.” And the man said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”

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more than peace

On 24 May, 2011 · Leave a Comment

For all of the Hebrew Scriptures the central theme is peace.

It’s the word shalom. An all-encompasing peace that represents things being exactly as God would will them to be: man at peace with God, at peace with himself, with others and with this world.

Peace is what the prophets were talking about, what the [...]

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