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Mar 29, 2022
7 min

Being Yourself

This is my reflection for Sunday Service of March 27, 2022 Biblical Witness: The Gospel Of John 1:19 — 23 This is the testimony given by...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Mar 14, 2022
6 min

Lenten Catharsis

Biblical Witness Genesis 45:25 – 46:5 The sons of Israel went up out of Egypt after meeting with Joseph and came to their father Jacob in...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Mar 12, 2022
7 min

Sometimes It’s Personal

Biblical Witness The Gospel Of Mark 3:19b – 30 Jesus went home and the crowd came together again, so that he and his disciples could not...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Mar 12, 2022
6 min

Naming What Is

This is my Ash Wednesday reflection from March 2, 2022 1st Biblical Witness Ecclesiastes 2:9 – 25 So I became great and surpassed all who...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Aug 5, 2016
1 min

Beauty As Sustenance

I will find beauty It is a treasure I seek Beauty at its core Substantial beauty that I might miss When I only look on the surface In...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Jul 22, 2016
4 min

Experience Is A Hard Teacher

Job 14:7-15 “For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease. Though its...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Jul 13, 2016
6 min

Undeserved Suffering and Unhelpful Friends

This is my sermon from July 10, 2016 Job 2:11 – 13 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all these troubles that had come upon him,...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Jun 21, 2016
1 min

With Love

Today I heard some devastating news. One of my seminary professors has died. But he didn’t just die, he first shot his long time partner...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Jun 12, 2016
2 min

Grief Stricken – The Pulse Massacre

What is happening to us? What is happening in the U.S.? I have read comments that commended this violence as the work of God. At these...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Jan 2, 2016
2 min

Moving Forward

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Janus_.jpg What does it mean to move forward? Whatever it means, it takes equal parts grace and...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Dec 28, 2015
4 min

Trust For Joy – Christmas Sunday

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness — on them light has shined. You...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Dec 23, 2015
4 min

Trust For Love

Micah 5:2;4 – 5a (NRSV) But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Dec 18, 2015
2 min

Good News or Bad News?

Over and over angels, Spirit, and Jesus remind us to not give ourselves to fear. I don’t believe we live in a time which is any more...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Dec 16, 2015
3 min

Advent – Trusting For Faith

Luke 2:8-11, 15 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Dec 11, 2015
4 min

Trusting God For Peace

Luke 3:1 – 6 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Dec 2, 2015
1 min

Heartbroken about violence

At least 14 people dead and another 14 injured in a shooting today in San Bernardino, California. Please take a moment and say a prayer...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Sep 28, 2015
1 min

Kid President gives a pep talk

I LOVE Kid President!! Below is one of his great pep talk videos. Once a month at First and Grace we have what we call Dinner and...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Sep 24, 2015
1 min

Beauty

Today in Northern Indiana it is beautiful. I have the blessing of sometimes being able to leave the office to work. I took advantage of...

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Sep 23, 2015
0 min

The Importance of Feeling Safe

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Pastor Mak Kneebone

Sep 18, 2015
1 min

Amy Grant and Corrina Gill

Amy Grant was and is very inspirational to me. To gear up for my day I decided to listen to some of her music. There is a lot of good...

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