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The Buck Stops Here, Unless You Are Donald Trump
In 1984, while driving to Denver on our honeymoon, my wife and I noticed a sign for the Harry Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri and…
 • Philip Gulley
When I Stopped Praying for People and Started Holding Them in the Light
Last week, I received an email from a college professor who teaches philosophy and is writing a book about what he calls petitionary prayer.
 • Philip Gulley
6:02
Can I Get an Amen?
Some time ago, I was invited to speak in Ashtabula, Ohio for the National Day of Prayer. I had identified as a religious progressive a dozen years…
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5:49
Monsters Beget Monsters
When I first became a pastor, I was urged to find a pastoral mentor who could steer me through the complexities of ministry.
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The Friendly Women’s Circle Goes to Minneapolis
Return to Harmony Chapter 38 - Whoever said no one knows what the day might bring, had Sam and Barbara Gardner in mind. Having decided to visit the bank…
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6:14
The Words I Learned Growing Up
I’ve spent a good part of my adult life traveling the United States, speaking to all kinds of folks in churches, libraries, conference centers, small…
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The Power We Have
Our founding fathers and mothers believed governments derived their authority not from their role or position, but from the consent of the people they…
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More Money Than Jesus and the Apostles
Return to Harmony Chapter 37 - Three days after Sam’s parents learned they were worth forty-seven million dollars, everyone in town knew it, thanks to…
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From Exhaustion to Enthusiasm
Joyful Resistance in a Time of Tyranny - The challenge for us is to live in hope and not despair, so this evening I want to talk about the things that…
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When the Storm Comes
This past week marked one year that is the calamitous storm of Donald Trump’s second term. It feels as if the wind is blowing at gale force.
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High Finance
Back in his pastor days, when counseling young couples contemplating marriage, Sam would urge them to go on a canoe trip together before tying the knot.
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6:27
If After All of This
I’m rereading the book Chesapeake by James Michener. I first read it in the late 1970s and was inspired by the story of early Quakers and their…
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The Full Scope of Our Character
The interesting thing about remaining in your hometown is the difficulty in transcending your childhood reputation.
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The Field
Return to Harmony Chpater 35 - All in all, it had been a wonderful vacation in St. Louis, though a bit too brief for Barbara’s liking, who was still…
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