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		<title>Original Sin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[However else one understands a doctrine of original sin (even to reject the notion), evidence abounds that humans left to themselves (&#8220;self-regulating&#8221; is the mantra) manage to muck things up rather badly. Alan Greenspan, long the undisputed oracle of all &#8230; <a href="http://lightenup-online.com/wp/?p=119">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How We Answer Matters More Than What We Answer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus&#8217; question to his disciples at Caesarea Philippi (&#8220;Who do you say that I am?&#8221; Matthew 16:13ff and parallels in Mark 8 and Luke 9) forms the basis of countless evangelistic sermons meant to elicit the correct response. Peter&#8217;s perception &#8230; <a href="http://lightenup-online.com/wp/?p=117">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Lord Among Us or Not?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texts: Exodus 17:1-7; Romans 5:1-11; John 4:5-42 Sermon for Sunday, February 24, 2008, Michigan Ave. Baptist Church, Saginaw, MI by Joseph I. Mortensen Poor Moses. Exasperated in his role as leader, he cried out to the Lord. &#226;€œWhat shall I &#8230; <a href="http://lightenup-online.com/wp/?p=115">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I Marched with Martin Luther King, Jr.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney would have us believe that he marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. Or was it his father George who marched? Maybe it happened in some virtual reality, but evidence is lacking for the real event. I, however, can &#8230; <a href="http://lightenup-online.com/wp/?p=114">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Requiem for a Summer Cottage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For most of a week we have been at the Crystal Downs cottage on Lake Michigan with daughter Anne and her children Roma and Sasha. Over the weekend we entertained Anne&#226;€™s friend Irina from Moscow and her teenage daughter Anya &#8230; <a href="http://lightenup-online.com/wp/?p=112">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Day for Mommer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was D-Day, a time of invasion. At day&#8217;s end it is not entirely clear who or what has invaded whom or what. My wife&#8217;s mother, my dear mother-in-law Betsy, disembarked from the house she&#8217;s lived in for more than &#8230; <a href="http://lightenup-online.com/wp/?p=109">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On Having Seen Too Much &#8212; Thoughts on Good Friday</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A newspaper columnist struggled to find something to his liking on the menu. He had waved off the waitress twice while trying to decide. On her third trip back he finally said, &#8220;What would you order?&#8221; She said, &#8220;I bring &#8230; <a href="http://lightenup-online.com/wp/?p=107">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Silent Sound</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reflections on Psalm 19, the Psalter for Sunday, January 21, 2006 This Psalm speaks of sounds, voices, and words, subconscious, conscious, and conscientious. The silent thunder of the heavens proclaims God&#8217;s glory. The sky bears mute testimony to God&#8217;s works. &#8230; <a href="http://lightenup-online.com/wp/?p=106">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Signs Before The Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gospel reading for the Second Sunday of Epiphany (January 14) is John 2:1-11, the wedding at Cana, in which Jesus spurns his mother&#8217;s appeal to rescue the situation and nevertheless saves the day anyway. Jesus says to Mary, &#8220;Gynai, &#8230; <a href="http://lightenup-online.com/wp/?p=105">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>His Enduring Mercy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a short sermon preached (with the help of an interpreter) at Ascension Baptist Church, Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, September 24, 2006. I was invited and accompanied to the the church by one of my students at Moscow &#8230; <a href="http://lightenup-online.com/wp/?p=104">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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