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Rev. Gusti Linnea Newquist
August 16, 2020
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Rev. Gusti Linnea Newquist
August 9, 2020
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According to the United Nations World Food Programme, planet earth produces more than enough food to feed every human being in the world. Even now, in the middle of a pandemic and an economic collapse and a popular uprising against centuries of oppression.
The UN’s research confirms what biblical tradition has affirmed from the beginning, in that first chapter of Genesis, when God says to humankind, “I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food” (Gen 1:29).
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Rev. Gusti Linnea Newquist
July 5, 2020
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Rev. Gusti Linnea Newquist
June 28, 2020
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June 21, 2020
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Mary 31, 2020
Pentecost Sunday
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May 24, 2020
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Rev. Gusti Linnea Newquist
May 17, 2020
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Rev. Gusti Linnea Newquist
May 10, 2020
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Rev. Gusti Linnea Newquist
April 26, 2020
Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church
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Rev. Gustie Linnea Newquist
April 19, 2020
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Rev. Gusti Linnea Newquist
Easter Sunday
April 12, 2020
Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church
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Rev. Gusti Linnea Newquist
April 5, 2020
The year was 1666.
Yet another outbreak of the bubonic plague had erupted in London, England. In hindsight it was the final iteration of a centuries-long pandemic in Europe that ultimately killed 25 million people. At the time, it was just one more crisis … after one more crisis … after one more crisis.
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Rev. Gusti Linnea Newquist
March 29, 2020
Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church
They are deep in the depths, Mary and Martha are. And Lazarus most of all. Pleading desperately with their friend, Jesus, to come and save them from despair. “Out of the depths, I cry to you, O LORD.” “Lazarus, whom you love, is ill.” Fix it, Jesus. That’s what you’re supposed to do. You’ve done it for everyone else. Do it for us. Now!
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Rev. Gusti Linnea Newquist
March 22, 2020
Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church