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The Commons

A preaching blog with ideas and for interactive story sermon writing and image exegesis by Len Sweet.

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Good News

The above symbol was placed at the head of certain periodicals to indicate that the contents were drawn from the four corners of the earth. This is how we got the word “newspaper.” Perhaps it’s time for the church to put a similar symbol on all it does, indicating that…

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Laughing at Yourself

It used to be people could laugh at themselves. George Burns wrote a book called “Dr. Burn’s Prescription for Happiness” (1985), and most of it is him laughing at himself or his printing of his friends laughing at him. Steve Allen: “I was very excited about George’s last week because…

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Pain, Suffering and Evil

If you are looking for a way to get into a discussion of pain, suffering and evil, here is an exchange from one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century, Joseph Heller’s, Catch-22 (1961).. “Good God, how much reverence can you have for a Supreme Being who finds it…

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