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2025-07-21T13:17:04-06:00

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Blessed Living Is Released!

Last updated on: July 21, 2025 at 1:17 pm By C. Don Jones

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2025-07-13T16:09:07-06:00

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Hiding in Sentiment

Last updated on: July 13, 2025 at 4:09 pm By C. Don Jones

“And who is my neighbor?” (Luke 10: 29b NRSVUE) Where are we hiding? What are we hiding from? The scribe who asked this question tried hiding in nuances. We often hear that we are 6 or 7 people removed from knowing everyone in the world. The 6 degrees of separation principle may be true. I do not know. The recent deaths in the Texas floods brought up this idea when I learned that I knew someone who knew someone whose... Read more

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2025-06-11T16:18:18-06:00

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The Kingship Problem

Last updated on: June 11, 2025 at 4:18 pm By C. Don Jones

“When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain.” (John 6:15) Ask yourself a serious question. Why did Jesus avoid being made a king? The answer most of us hear in Sunday School is, “the crowd tried to make him an earthly king.” It supposedly would not be the kind of king Jesus was not to become. Maybe a heavenly one? Somehow I doubt that... Read more

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2025-05-21T11:00:34-06:00

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Heaven’s Strict Immigration or Politics Posing as Theology

Last updated on: May 21, 2025 at 11:00 am By C. Don Jones

Bad theology makes bad politics, and bad politics makes worse theology. This truth is easy to pinpoint when we see it on T-shirts, car stickers, and spilling from the mouths of elected officials. The slogan is “Heaven has a strict immigration policy. Hell has open borders.” This is an example of one’s political position informing one’s theology. Nationalist Theology Christian nationalism purports to be an ideology influenced by Christian teaching. At best, it distorts Christian teaching and cannot usually be... Read more

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2025-04-10T09:37:48-06:00

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We Are Tired of Being Angry: Letting Go Without Giving Up

Last updated on: April 10, 2025 at 9:37 am By C. Don Jones

We Are Tired of Being Angry I am tired of being angry. Other people are, too. Then there are those people who never appear to tire of it. They must be getting tired of being furious at the world. Other people in our lives must be weary of us being angry. Speaking for myself, I repent. Why Angry? Granted, there is much in the world that excuses anger. Injustice, hypocrisy, stupidity, evil, and ignorance appear to be reasons for anger. ... Read more

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2025-04-02T15:13:51-06:00

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Causing Chaos While Calling It Order

Last updated on: April 2, 2025 at 3:13 pm By C. Don Jones

Clarence the Angel (Second Class) tells George Bailey that one man’s action can have ripple effects. I often ask if there is any person whose actions do not cause some effects, either positively or negatively, somewhere. When national leaders act we hope the effects are order and not chaos. Sometimes our desire for order causes chaos. When we desire chaos, we will have it. Chaos Caused by Me Anyone who sees my workspace will argue that I am disorderly, chaotic,... Read more

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2025-03-25T07:43:23-06:00

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Out of Our Depth: What Jonah Teaches Travelers

Last updated on: March 25, 2025 at 7:43 am By C. Don Jones

Overseas Traveling We just returned from a nice trip overseas. Now I am pondering what we learn from such travel. It helps to go to a country where a different language is spoken. None of the schools where I was raised offered courses in Norwegian. It is helpful to the traveler when I find that nearly every person in the service industry speaks English. Yet, signs and menus can be a problem for the traveler. It is sometimes frustrating. The... Read more

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2025-01-30T10:54:04-06:00

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Praying with the Birds: Finding God in Evening Vespers

Last updated on: January 30, 2025 at 10:54 am By C. Don Jones

The weather determines if I observe evening prayer or vespers on the back deck of my house. This Autumn, I noticed something that I could not remember happening before. Along the fence in the backyard, one tree loses all of its leaves in November. It is that time when I can get the best view of the birds that stop there on the way to and from my bird feeders. Once the winter took hold and the sun began to... Read more

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2025-01-21T08:05:25-06:00

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Trumpism vs. the Gospel: What Jesus Says About Power

Last updated on: January 21, 2025 at 8:05 am By C. Don Jones

Today is inauguration day. Last November, Trumpism won the majority of the elections. I watched the returning President’s speech. Yet, I am not critiquing it today. I jotted down these thoughts a few weeks ago. Like many people, I asked myself what the people supporting Donald Trump were doing. Were they ignorant? Were they evil? Had they been conned? The answers to these questions are all of these and none simultaneously. I listened to what Trump supporters said. And I... Read more

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2025-01-06T08:27:54-06:00

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Epiphany: Grace Beyond Borders and Traditions

Last updated on: January 6, 2025 at 8:27 am By C. Don Jones

(This post is from my sermon for January 5th based on Ephesians 3:1-12) Epiphany is the celebration of people who recognize God’s revelation in Jesus Christ. On Christmas Eve, I talked about the wise men’s visit to Bethlehem, bringing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. They followed the star, a sign in the heavens that showed God was at work in the world. The Magi recognized this for what it was. They asked in Jerusalem, “Where is the newly born... Read more

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