Author Archives: Josh

Hungry for Heaven

Good morning, Friends! Thank you all for coming to worship this morning! Today’s message got started a few weeks ago, when somebody asked if sometime I could give a message about Heaven. I’m not sure exactly what was on their … Continue reading

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Love in Hard Times

Good morning, Friends! Thank you all so much for coming here today! We’ve got a lot of things going on this morning. We collected food for people in need here in our community. We prayed for people who are part … Continue reading

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What do you need to build a church?

Good morning, Friends! Thank you all for coming here today. I actually planned to give today’s message last week. But if you were here last week, you know that a lot of people spoke during open worship! So many people … Continue reading

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Homesick for Heaven

Good morning, Friends! It’s so good to see you all again today! My wife and I got back from vacation late Thursday. The last part of our trip of course was the hardest. We had to drive 600 miles in … Continue reading

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Forgiveness

Good morning, Friends! Thank you all again for coming! The last two Sundays, we looked at baptism and communion. These are things which nearly all Christian churches practice. Quakers have said for 400 years that baptism and communion are real. … Continue reading

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Communion

Good morning, Friends! I hope you’ve all being doing well this week. A lot has been going on in different parts of the world. We’ve been waiting and watching the news, and hoping that more things won’t go wrong. It’s … Continue reading

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Baptism

Good morning, Friends! Today we’re going to roll up our sleeves and talk about a big subject – baptism. I’m sure you’ve noticed that Quakers don’t baptize people. We don’t take people down to the creek. We don’t have a … Continue reading

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Learning to be a father

Good morning, Friends! Happy Father’s Day! Father’s Day isn’t quite as big a deal as Mother’s Day is. That’s OK, because moms often work a whole lot harder. I remember my mother-in-law used to repeat this imaginary dialogue where the … Continue reading

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What is this “Holy Spirit”?

Good morning, Friends! I hope you’re all doing well today. If you follow the Christian calendar, we’re in the season called Pentecost. It’s 50 days after Easter. Pentecost was originally a Jewish holiday. It celebrated the appearance of the first … Continue reading

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Overcome evil with good

Good morning, Friends! I hope you’re all enjoying the Memorial Day weekend. We have a lot of public holidays in the calendar every year. I sometimes think we need to try to get back to the original spirit of some … Continue reading

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