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Theological Clerihews – Heaven & Mirth

By Robin Bates | Published: June 17, 2012

The clerihew form can wittily articulate major theological questions.

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Keeping Christ’s Message New and Real

By Robin Bates | Published: April 6, 2012

The 1989 film “Jesus of Montreal” shows the establishment church standing in the way of Jesus’s message.

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A Tiny Seed Can Save a Church

By Robin Bates | Published: February 6, 2011

Spiritual Sunday       Like many mainline Protestant churches, our little Episcopalian congregation in St. Mary’s City, Maryland is having money difficulties.  The expense of aging buildings plus a recession that wiped out much of our endowment has forced us to hold fairly continuous fundraisers to balance the budget.    People have become testy and […]

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