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Genesis 28:10-19a

Proper 11A

You don’t have to feel close to God for God to be near to you.  You don’t have to reach out to God for God to come to you.  And you don’t have to be a perfect person for God to bless you.  Jacob is a case in point. We are following the Hebrew Patriarchs…

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Genesis 28:10-19a

Proper 11A

While Christians profess that God is graciously present to everything everywhere, we also have to admit that it’s sometimes hard to recognize that presence.  Especially when God’s adopted sons and daughters are busy running from some kind of pursuer. Genesis 28’s Jacob is at least figuratively on the dead run.  He has, after all, swindled…

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