Some of you have perhaps heard of the rather important, extremely significant city known as Squiggly-Wiggly-Ville. Unfortunately, however, there was a time when the outstanding citizens of Squiggly-Wiggly-Ville got a
Continue readingNew Testament Reading—Matthew 9: 9-13 Who was Myles Horton? He was a white Southerner from the Appalachian mountains. He was born in Savannah, Tennessee in 1905. To get by, his
Continue readingIn the late 1990s, the hate-based attempted murders of two Mexican workers catapulted a Long Island town into national headlines, unmasking a new front line in the border wars: suburbia.
Continue readingNew Testament Reading—Luke 22: 14-18, 28-30 I grew up in a part of Illinois where one could drive down a country road and see barns in various states of repair
Continue readingNew Testament Reading—Matthew 6: 24-34 Imagine a ship…sailing across the seas…its captain is well loved by his rough and tumble crew. They trust him completely and follow his orders without
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