Lift Every Voice and Sing
Pastor Doug Dent
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The Forgetting God
Pastor Doug Dent
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Now Thank We All Our God
Pastor Doug Dent
It takes courage to look at life through the lens of gratitude. With our hearts and hands and voices, through our laughter and our tears, we hold hard to an attitude of gratitude, sensing that it is the key to our wholeness. With Pastor Rinkart’s bold hymn, we sing thanks to God for countless gifts […]
Reflecting Redemption
Pastor Doug Dent
Our minds may be stupid, and our hearts may be underdeveloped, but they can still sing songs of praise to God who is the rock of our salvation. We can live in an evil world, surrounded by evil people with a tendency to do evil ourselves, but we can still choose to do good. We […]
A Psalm for Slippery Slopes
Pastor Doug Dent
The mountains in Psalm 121 are not God, but seeing the mountains helps the psalmist think about God who is the keeper Israel, the protector of the people, the One who never slumbers or goes off duty. When we find ourselves on slippery slopes, we need not fear, but instead, look for God’s leading. Ask […]
God is Greater
Pastor Doug Dent
The ”God is greater than our highs and lows” design is a spiritual reminder that our identity is not based on what we have accomplished for ourselves, nor is it determined by what we’ve failed to do. Life will continue to have highs and lows. Don’t waste them! Trust God through the highs and lows […]
Sharenting the Transfiguration
Pastor Doug Dent
There is a word for this over-sharing about our kids on social media: “sharenting,” a hybrid of the words sharing and parenting. Sharenting happens any time an adult in charge of a child’s well-being, such as a parent or a teacher, transmits private details about a child via digital channels. Most sharenting stems from simple […]
Rap Sheet
Pastor Doug Dent
We’re all called to walk in the way of the Lord! Career criminals are known by their “rap sheet”— the long list of their arrests and convictions. Career Christians, on the other hand, should be known by their long obedience to the commandments of God. God’s commandments, laws, statutes, and ordinances are designed to keep […]
God’s Protest Movement
Pastor Doug Dent
Yes, we live in a golden age of protest, but no modern rally can achieve what God accomplished through the cross. God is “the source of your life in Christ Jesus,” says Paul, “who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption” (v. 30). Wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, redemption. All these benefits […]
Healing Divisions over Dinner
Pastor Doug Dent
I think Federated Church is a “dinner church.” (I know we like to eat!) We spend a lot of time around the tables in our fellowship hall. At those tables we share our stories and our worries, our laughter and our tears. We are about as diverse a congregation politically and theologically as is possible, […]
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