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Is the Lord among us or not? – Exodus 17:7 The complaining, kvetching people of God in the wilderness at Massah and Meribah is part of what Hebrew scripture scholars call the ‘murmuring tradition,’ where there is not yet outright rebellion, but a low-grade grumbling is persistent. The people were annoyed because of the privations… Continue Reading→
I went to a wedding recently and encountered folks who used to belong to a church in our district. They have moved to another state and are settled there now. Waiting in line for something to drink, the guy told me something that I know he thought would please me, “We’ve found a United Methodist… Continue Reading→