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Continue reading →: Stay Awake and Be Prepared!
I don’t think I’ve seen a sadder moment in recent memory than when I witnessed three solemn faces–those of my wife and two children–last Monday morning as they headed back to school. My wife (a teacher in Dekalb County) and children cherished the days off during the big snow storm…
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Continue reading →: Jesus, “Lamb of God”
In the third chapter of John’s gospel, John recognizes Jesus as the Messiah. John, in ecstatic praise, twice announces that Jesus is none other than the “Lamb of God” (John 1:29, 36). The title, “Lamb of God,” was not a familiar, well-worn title back then. It was more the stuff…
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Continue reading →: Master Gardeners Contribute to Creation Care
When God commanded people to have dominion over the earth in the very first chapters of Genesis, he meant for us to take this very seriously. Our ability to be stewards over all creation, to care for all God’s earth, is but a testimony of our love for God and…
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Continue reading →: The United Church
Texts: 1 Corinthians 1:4-10; 2 Chronicles 5:5:11 – 6:3 I. I took an immigration class in college in which my professor stated that the description of our nation as being a melting pot was inaccurate. We are more like a tossed salad, he told us, in that we are mixed…
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Continue reading →: Enduring through persecution
St. Paul had his fair share of persecution. The book of Acts records how Paul, persecutor–turned–evangelist, founded churches and suffered as a result. The book concludes with Paul in jail, his fate hanging in the balance. Founding a little church in the Macedonian city of Thessalonica was especially difficult. Acts…
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Continue reading →: The Not-So-Good Goodbye
By Joe LaGuardia Authors note: This is an excerpt from a forthcoming book by Daphne Reiley and Joe LaGuardia for people who are receiving care from others. We hope the book will be published in the next year or two. It is posted on our current book’s blog, A Tapestry…
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Continue reading →: The Worshiping Church: An Epiphany Sermon
Text: Matthew 2:1-12 I. What does it mean to be Christ’s Church? Some churches are defined by the families who make up the congregation. One story is of a church made up of the Tate family. Dick Tate was the patriarch of the family and had been a deacon for…
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Continue reading →: The New Year is an opportunity for conversion
The New Year is an opportunity to make resolutions. Perhaps for many of us, however, resolutions may not be enough; we may need an actual conversion experience. There is a fourth-century story told of two monks in the Egyptian desert. One monk came to the other for advice: “Father Joseph,”…
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Continue reading →: Faith in the Shadows: A Sermon on Matthew 2
Text: Matthew 2:1-18 (focus on vv. 13-18) I. I received a letter from a good friend a few days after Christmas. He wrote it on Christmas Eve, so I was humbled and honored that he would think of me on that very special holiday night. He told me about things that were…
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Rev. Dr. Joe LaGuardia
Rev. Dr. Joe LaGuardia is a pastor, writer, and chaplain residing in Florida. He is author of three books and regular contributor to Smyth & Helwys’ Formations Series. His articles have appeared in USA Today, Baptist News Global, Christian Ethics Today, TCPalm, and Rockdale Citizen.
Baptist Spirituality explores the intersection of faith and culture incorporating biblical scholarship, culture and the arts, politics, science, and theology.
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