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Jim Gordon Please enjoy our Pastor's Blog, "It's Not What you Think." The purpose of Jim's blog is to give a glimpse of what he'll be preaching about on the upcoming Sunday. Jim does a great job of bringing the gospel into issues that we deal with in today's society - hense, "It's not what you think!" Please feel free to log on to our Facebook page to comment on Jim's Blog! (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pine-Ridge-Presbyterian-Church/48828008151)

NRSV John 14:8-17, 25-27

 

NRSV Revelation 21:1 The new heaven and the new earth

21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Psalm 148:1-14, Let them praise the name of the Lord

1 Praise the LORD!

Praise the LORD from the heavens;

praise him in the heights!

2 Praise him, all his angels;

praise him, all his host!

3 Praise him, sun and moon;

praise him, all you shining stars!

4 Praise him, you highest heavens,

John 20:19-23, Jesus’ first appearance to the gathered disciples

19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side.

NRSV Psalm 118:14-29, This is the day on which the Lord has acted

14 The LORD is my strength and my might;

he has become my salvation.

15 There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous:

“The right hand of the LORD does valiantly;

16 the right hand of the LORD is exalted;

God is Everywhere

God Is Everywhere

I am away this week, so I am drawing again on one of my favorite authors, Richard Rohr:

Who is Doing the Praying?

Who Is Doing the Praying?

I am away this week, so I am drawing again on one of my favorite authors, Richard Rohr:

Psalm 63:1-11, Your love is better than life

A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.

1 O God, you are my God, I seek you,

my soul thirsts for you;

my flesh faints for you,

as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,

Some things to think about

I wanted to share with you some thoughts from Richard Rohr in a recent daily meditation.

Contemplation As an Alternative Mind

Deuteronomy 26:1 First Fruits and Tithes

26 When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, 2 you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you shall put i

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