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| | SERMON: GOING THE DISTANCE |
 | | Who would go to the gibbet, or the stake, or the cross, 'stop the mouths of lions, be stoned, sawn asunder, slain with the sword, wander about in sheepskins and goatskins,. |
 | | In that parable of the king's miscalculated campaign he insists that the costs of failing the Gospel, of going into battle without the necessary logistical resources and reinforcements, surrendering, then, on the enemy's terms, leads to untold human catastrophe and suffering. |
 | | Lael Murphy comes to us with all kinds of appropriate credentials: Her education is first class; her voluntary and community experience in churches, hospitals, food pantries and prisons is exemplary; her work in a variety of private and public agencies makes her a superb candidate for ministry, for leadership and service in this church. |
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