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bySheri HostetlerThis is the third sermon in our Lenten series on “Spirit and Power.” John 15:1-17 Back in the mid-1990s, I was on retreat at a small retreat house near Carmel run by Catholic nuns. It was one of the the first retreats I had ever done, and it wasn’t a “programmed” retreat. It was me,…
Black Lives Matter: Three Week Challenge from Youth Group (Part Three)
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Sermon: “Reclaiming Soul – The Journey”
bySheri HostetlerBy Sheri Hostetler Fourth Sunday of Lent — “Soul Journey: Joyful is the Dark” Ephesians 4:7-16 In the first sermon of our Lenten series, I told you the story of when I was 32, working at a soul-sucking job in a corporate publishing house but unable to imagine or make happen a different future for…