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  Friday – 7 th Week of Easter Gospel – John 21:15-19 Balancing the Books I Don’t Know Him, Outside House of Caiaphas Have you ever hit a baseball through a window?   How about putting that dent in the family car?   Or what about breaking Mom’s favorite flower vase?   I’m sure we all have stories like this!   But what about paying for it??   Sometimes the payback was a punishment of some sort.   Sometimes it was literally payback - paying for that broken window or the car repair or replacing Mom’s vase.   Somehow, we made some sort of restitution.   Somehow, we repaired the damage not only to the object but also to the relationship.   Somehow, we rebuilt that trust! As Jesus appears to the disciples for almost the last time before His Ascension, He asks Peter “Do you love me?”   Not once, but 3 times!   A bit of overkill??   Maybe not!   Even Peter gets a bit distressed.   But maybe there is good reason ...
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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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