by Stephen Phelps | Nov 20, 2005 | Uncategorized
November 20, 2005Texts: Ezekiel 34: 1-16, 25-31; Matthew 25: 31-46Rev. Stephen H. Phelps This past Thursday evening, the rulers in the House of Misrepresentatives passed a bill to cut student loans for working class families, medicaid for the poor who are sick,...
by Stephen Phelps | Sep 25, 2005 | Uncategorized
(next in the series Lessons in the Beginning) Texts on Sunday, September 25, 2005Genesis 41:1–42:5; Luke 9: 13-17 “There is no way you can interpret your own dreams,” a psychotherapist once told me. “They are information in coded form, tales...
by Stephen Phelps | Sep 18, 2005 | Uncategorized
(next in the series Lessons in the Beginning) Texts on Sunday, September 18, 2005Genesis 38: 1-30; Matthew 28: 16-20 There’s a phrase people throw about as if it were gospel: The end doesn’t justify the means. No? It had better! When people invoke that...
by Stephen Phelps | Sep 4, 2005 | Uncategorized
(next in the series Lessons in the Beginning) Texts on Sunday, September 4, 2005Genesis 18: 17-33; Luke 13: 1-5 In the meeting room at Attica prison twice each week, fifteen to twenty inmates sit down with four or five volunteers from CEPHAS for a conversation. When I...
by Stephen Phelps | Aug 28, 2005 | Uncategorized
(next in the series Lessons in the Beginning) Texts on Sunday, August 28, 2005Genesis 33: 1-20; Matthew 5: 43-48 I met a bright, open boy yesterday named Jacob. I told him I am a minister and that for some weeks, my church and I have been reading and learning from...
by Stephen Phelps | Aug 21, 2005 | Uncategorized
(next in the series Lessons in the Beginning) Texts on Sunday, August 21, 2005Readings: Genesis 32: 3-30; Philippians 2: 5-11 “I want you to write down your three earliest memories,” the psychologist said. My seminary training was almost over and the...
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