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Oklahoma Faith Network: January 2015
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Friday, January 16, 2015. Statement at the Sierra Club Press Conference 1-15-15. Here's the statement I made at the Sierra Club's press conference prior to the EPA hearing in Oklahoma City yesterday regarding haze pollution in National Parks in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas caused by dirty coal fired power plants in Texas:. Another reason is that I want my children and grandchildren to experience a quality of life that is as good or better than my own. I have no desire to see life made harder and mor...
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Oklahoma Faith Network: April 2014
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Preston Clegg: All Leaves, No Fruit. Kylene and I stopped for the Palm Sunday service at Second Baptist Church in Little Rock on our way home from visiting our son and his family in Augusta last week. Dr Preston Clegg, formerly pastor at Spring Creek church in Oklahoma City and barely a year into his ministry at Little Rock, delivered a noteworthy, courageous and memorable sermon that day. This is not the typical Palm Sunday sermon you'll hear in most Baptist churches. Were Mic...
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Oklahoma Faith Network: August 2014
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Saturday, August 23, 2014. Oklahoma Ten Commandments Monument Affidavit. Here is an excerpt from my affidavit filed this week in the District Court of Oklahoma County for the case against the Ten Commandments monument at the Oklahoma State Capitol ( Prescott vs. Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission. These are the commandments the. And gave them to me. Deuteronomy 5:22 NIV, cf. Exodus 24:12). Foremost among the terms in the covenant are those that identify Divinity. The word "God" appears six time...
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Oklahoma Faith Network: Statement at the Sierra Club Press Conference 1-15-15
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Friday, January 16, 2015. Statement at the Sierra Club Press Conference 1-15-15. Here's the statement I made at the Sierra Club's press conference prior to the EPA hearing in Oklahoma City yesterday regarding haze pollution in National Parks in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas caused by dirty coal fired power plants in Texas:. Another reason is that I want my children and grandchildren to experience a quality of life that is as good or better than my own. I have no desire to see life made harder and mor...
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A Lectionary Garden of Thoughts and Sermons: March 2013
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A Lectionary Garden of Thoughts and Sermons. Community arises when the sharing of pain takes place, not as a stifling form of self-complaint, but as a recognition of God's saving promises." Henri Nouwen. Sunday, March 31, 2013. Easter Sunday John 20 He is Risen! Every other Sunday is a rehearsal for this one. Every church should celebrate today. If they don't, then they don't get what this Christian stuff is all about. Bring out the loudest music. He is risen and we can't keep quiet. But seeing the cruci...
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A Lectionary Garden of Thoughts and Sermons: Easter 3 Walk to Emmaus Luke 24:13-49
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A Lectionary Garden of Thoughts and Sermons. Community arises when the sharing of pain takes place, not as a stifling form of self-complaint, but as a recognition of God's saving promises." Henri Nouwen. Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Easter 3 Walk to Emmaus Luke 24:13-49. A favorite passage for many reasons. And so very easy to preach. But sometimes the easy passages to preach become difficult as you have preached them so many times. Perhaps this will give you a few insights. Did he look different? PhD cand...
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Oklahoma Faith Network: On the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby Decision (Updated)
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Monday, June 30, 2014. On the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby Decision (Updated). I will be speaking at a press conference outside Hobby Lobby Store at 3160 S Broadway in Edmond at 7:30 PM this evening to object to the Supreme Court's decision today. At the moment, here is what I intend to say:. Today's Supreme Court decision, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. Those decisions are properly made by the employee in consultation with her family, her physician, and under the guidance of her own minister or spiritual advisor.
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A Lectionary Garden of Thoughts and Sermons: Should you pursue a PhD?
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A Lectionary Garden of Thoughts and Sermons. Community arises when the sharing of pain takes place, not as a stifling form of self-complaint, but as a recognition of God's saving promises." Henri Nouwen. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Should you pursue a PhD? I am a PhD candidate in Church History/Theology. I am in my fourth year of study. I have 69,000 words out of 80,000 written on my thesis. I am attending a British university where the PhD is 100% research, no classes. Drafts, usually more. 6 Be humbl...
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A Lectionary Garden of Thoughts and Sermons: Ordinary 22 Proper 22 Matthew 7:13-14 The Two Paths Roads
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A Lectionary Garden of Thoughts and Sermons. Community arises when the sharing of pain takes place, not as a stifling form of self-complaint, but as a recognition of God's saving promises." Henri Nouwen. Saturday, November 8, 2014. Ordinary 22 Proper 22 Matthew 7:13-14 The Two Paths Roads. This passage is a short saying that people could easily remember. Jesus often used these. He speaks in opposites, in a parallel way. The text may be aligned in the following way. Enter through the narrow gate. Then too...
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Oklahoma Faith Network: February 2014
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014. On the White House Event with Faith Leaders on Environmental Stewardship and Climate Change. Melissa Rogers, Special Assistant to the President and Executive Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, opened the meeting at the White House yesterday. I was a little too far away to get a clear picture of her with my phone. The major address was given by Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Which calls f...
