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  Thursday – 7 th Week of Easter Gospel – John 17:20-26 Can’t We All Just Get Along? Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth Today Jesus continues His prayer to the Father and He prays for one thing – Unity!   That we all may be one just as He is One with the Father.   We have heard it before: one Lord, one faith, one Baptism, one church, Pardon me for saying this but I’m not seeing much unity these past few months (or even longer).   We are so at odds with each other, politically, socially, spiritually.   Everyone seems on edge, ready to pick a fight or argue about anything.   We take sides and then dig in, to the point of demeaning the character of others.   We look for differences instead of appreciating what we have in common.   We lump people into groups instead of appreciating their uniqueness.   In short, we seem to be doing the exact opposite of what Jesus is praying for.   Boy, do we all need a good infusion of the Spirit!...
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  Wednesday – 7 th Week of Easter Gospel – John 17:11-19 The Big Picture! Heiskell Hills Springtime here in the Smoky Mountains is absolutely amazing – a riot of color and life; the trees just burst forth with foliage.   It reminds me of Sound of Music – the hills are alive,,,, And it’s such a contrast with autumn and winter when the leaves fall and the trees are starkly bare.   But even then, something magical happens.   All of a sudden, we see all these homes and buildings across the hills, all of them hidden from view in the spring.   They were there all the time; you just couldn’t see them for the trees! You can’t see the forest for the trees!   You’re missing the BIG picture!   We have all heard it before, probably from our parents!   Sometimes we get so caught up in the minutiae and the details that we miss the overall point!   Don’t get me wrong; the details are important!   But we also need to reach some understanding wi...
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  Tuesday 7 th Week of Easter Gospel: John 17:1-11 The Hour Has Come UT Graduation 2026 This past Sunday our grandson Tyler graduated from University of Tennessee, Magna cum Laude!!   After 4 years of study, exams, projects and internships, the ‘hour’ had finally come!   A chance to celebrate his accomplishments!   An opportunity to celebrate as a family and look forward to a bright future!   YUP!   I am one happy PaPa!!   We are all one proud family!!   And what an ‘hour’ it was!!!! “ The hour is coming ”!   It’s a phrase Jesus uses quite a number of times throughout the Gospels. Even at the Feast at Cana when Mary wants Him to do something about the wine shortage, He tells her that His hour has not yet come. Today things change!   Today He prays to His Father “ the hour has come !”    In a matter of hours, He will be arrested, tortured and put to death.   Jesus’ hour has come, the time to glorify God His Father,...
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