We recently did a Good Friday service that centered on the seven words (statements) of Christ while he was on the cross. While preparing for that service, I did a deeper dive into one of those statements that has puzzled me some across the years: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew […]
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Let’s imagine together a world without summer. In the state of Vermont where I call home, the people are hardy and tough and used to enduring long winters, but what if there was no summer? What if after 6 months of snow and freezing temperatures there was only more snow and more freezing temperatures. Of
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At significant moment’s in our lives it is appropriate and even expected to take time to reflect upon the past, celebrate the present, and look with hope and anticipation into the future. Every year we do just that at our annual Baccalaureate service at Red Door Church. But what is a Baccalaureate service? The Meaning
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“Welcome to Red Door Church,” is a phrase that I have said hundreds of times on a Sunday morning to open our worship services. But this Sunday those words hit me different. Due to a fire our church is not worshipping at it’s normal location; we are meeting at a building just down the street—the
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In Psalm 63 David declares: “Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.” He goes on: “My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips…” Take a guess where David was at that moment? You might think, he’s in
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Before you read this post, I encourage you to read Genesis 22. This is the sixth installment to our Old Testament Story series. You can read the other installments here. God made a remarkable promise to Abraham in Genesis 15:5, promising 85 year old Abram that he would have a son and that his family
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