Tag Archives: God

What Does God Care About?

Posted on October 22, 2018 by tmrichmond3
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A Holy Yielding

Posted on October 17, 2018 by tmrichmond3

    This is a piece I wrote in 2008, after doing a workshop for the Quaker national gathering. At the time I was worshiping at a Quaker meeting, and considered myself to me more Quaker than anything else. I … Continue reading →

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Calmed, Healed, Sent

Posted on July 9, 2018 by tmrichmond3

  Just seeing it on the shelf at the library unleashed a flood of memories. The Next Whole Earth Catalog. It threw me 44 years into the past, when I bought The Last Whole Earth Catalog on a whim from … Continue reading →

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unforced rhythms

Posted on June 13, 2018 by tmrichmond3

  The Preacher             The air was sultry hot, and the preacher was sweaty and tired, but still full of fire, and he was not about to stop–not until himself got a convert. We were in the assembly hall at … Continue reading →

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To Be Rather Than to Seem

Posted on September 30, 2014 by tmrichmond3

MATTHEW 21:23-32 23When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” 24Jesus said … Continue reading →

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The True Meaning of Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2013 by tmrichmond3

This is the Christmas Eve sermon, given during the Service of Lessons and Carols, at First Presbyterian Church in Medford, Oregon, on December 24, 2013.  What is the true meaning of Christmas? I put that on in some online communities … Continue reading →

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