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My mother took a bad fall last week. She had been at my brother’s house for dinner. He drove her home, and she, after looking a while for her keys (which is a common ritual with her) she got out of the car and headed up the brick walkway. Taylor,Read More →

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Many of you know of and many of you participated in the recent self study lead by Jeanne Maes professor in the school of business at the University of South Alabama. In the realm of her expertise is organizational analysis. The process she used and uses for other institutions, businessesRead More →

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The last two Sunday’s that I have preached, the central figure of the Gospel text in Mark has been the child. The image  still stirs me. Unlike in our modern relatively affluent western world in which the child is almost deified, In Mark’s world the child is of no account, havingRead More →

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This tribute is several months overdue. Judith Smits died in July. She lived the vast majority of her life as a nun in the order of St. Agnes. She began her ministry as a teacher, but found her true vocation as a champion of the cause of social justice. Her ministryRead More →

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I’ve had the issue of race on my mind more than usual lately. Last week I participated in a panel discussion held at USA following Rob Gray’s and Joe’l Lewis’ remarkable documentary Mobile in Black and White, and then on Sunday we had some sixty people show up at All Saints to viewRead More →