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(Here is my sermon from yesterday’s worship.  You can find the video on our church website – www.ststephenlc.org). W. Fowler wrote an article in 1913 about how in ancient Rome, when an army surrendered, there were three options of what to do with the defeated army. First, they might...

Prayer for July 6, 2020: Please pray with me.  God of wonder, fill us.  Fill us with wonder about you.  Let us not get caught in fighting against evil and injustice so much that we become that which we fight against.  Do not let hate take up residence in...

I wanted to do a post on what was normal and what is not normal.  But here’s the problem – It wasn’t really a post about what was normal, but really a post about what I preferred and though should be normal. The definition of normal is: Adjective –...

Prayer for July 1, 2020: Please pray with me.  God of vision, open our eyes to the vision of your Kingdom.  We get caught up in fighting against this and that – things that are unjust and downright evil.  But do you call us to fight – to use...

Recently Deacon Marsha Roscoe interviewed me about spirituality types.  It was a fun interview.  She has a series of these interviews on her website exploring different spirituality types – (https://www.breathinginchrist.com).  I encourage you to check out her site and the podcasts. You can listen to my interview here: https://play.google.com/music/m/Dcabf5oz5vcduqlz3wye3wv6w5a?t=Spirituality_Types_with_Rev_Matthew_Best-Breathing_In_Christ...

Prayer for June 30, 2020: Please pray with me.  God of hope, we need a dose of hope.  We are culture that is tearing itself apart.  Although I’m not sure why.  We seek out division along partisan lines, although I don’t know why.  We seek out how others are...

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