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An Ode to Friendships, Fostered by Eastminster

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Scripture: “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15:12-13   Last week, as my children returned to school following Christmas break, I was eager to start checking to-do’s off of my long list. […]

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No Fences

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Scripture:  “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you should love one another.” – John 13:34 (NRSV)   What would happen if we took down every fence in the world? Goats, cows, and pigs would run wild. We would not have to wonder who is […]

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Barriers and Distortions

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Scripture: “But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.” – Isaiah 59:2   2020-2021. A school year like no other. Teachers need to connect, but that was harder to do that year. Plexiglass and masks put […]

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Glimpses of God’s Love in People Around You

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“Love is patient, love is kind. … It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  Love never fails.” 1 Corinthians 13: 4, 7-8   My relationships are the most important aspect of my life.  It’s within these relationships I have seen glimpses of God’s love.       I’ve always felt loved by people around me, […]

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