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Lent 4A

Thus far, the Lenten lectionary journey has brought us from Jesus’s temptations to his nighttime conversation with Nicodemus, to Jacob’s Well in Sychar. In each of these stories, we have been reminded of Christ’s lovingkindness and the very fact that it is impossible for us to understand how the Spirit is at work to change…

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Lent 4A: The Gift of Sight

Years ago in the weeks following the September 11 attacks, perhaps some of you noticed something that a number of people were detecting during that dark and difficult time: namely, there was a lot of axe-grinding going in many circles. People from both sides of the political spectrum, and from most all points in between,…

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John 9:1-41

Lent 4A

Sample Sermon: Now I See: It was probably the big goofy grin on his face that kept some folks from recognizing him.  Oh, they’d seen him for years.  But rarely had they seen him at eye level.  Instead they’d long ago grown accustomed to seeing this hapless man sitting, legs akimbo, on the ground near…

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John 9:1-41

Lent 4A

Now I See – A Sample Sermon It was probably the big goofy grin on his face that kept some folks from recognizing him.  Oh, they’d seen him for years.   But rarely had they seen him at eye level.   Instead they’d long ago grown accustomed to seeing this hapless man sitting, legs akimbo, on the…

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I See Blind People

Sermon on John 9 by Laura Truax at LaSalle Street Church in Chicago on March 6, 2005. Used by permission of the author.

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