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Bigger Barns
(The Parable of the Rich Fool in Luke 12:13-21)
ABERYSTWYTH 7.7.7.7 D "Jesus, Lover of My Soul"
"Bigger barns are what I need!" So a rich man said one day.
"From my worries I'll be free when my wealth is stored away."
"Fool!" God said, "Today you'll die! Will your wealth
mean anything?
All life's blessings really lie in my life that wealth can't
bring."
"Bigger barns are what we need for our money, gadgets, more!"
Lord, we're tempted to believe having wealth, we'll be secure!
Somewhere children cry for food or to have a doctor's care.
Can our bigger barns be good when poor neighbors know despair?
God of love, we long to know what will make us truly blest.
Jesus taught us long ago wealth won't give us peace or rest.
You are our security! Safe in you, we serve, O Lord.
May we find we're rich indeed when we're sharing with the poor.
Tune: Joseph Parry, 1879.
Text: Copyright © 2001 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights
reserved.
305 South Broadway, Pitman, NJ 08071 Phone: (856)-589-8444.
Email: Bruce.Gillette@ecunet.org
Carolyn Winfrey Gillette is co-pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church in Pitman, NJ and author of Gifts of Love: New
Hymns for Today's Worship (Geneva Press, 2000).
Please drop us an email note to our personal user box
for permission to use the hymn since Carolyn does like to know who are
using her hymns. Thank you.
You are welcome to share the hymn(s) with neighboring
pastors or other online friends, but please include the copyright and
contact information. BTW, a complete list of Carolyn's hymns, including
links to a dozen of the hymn texts posted online, go to http://www.firstpresby.org/hymnlist.htm
Blessings
on your ministry.
Grace
and Peace,
Bruce
Bruce
& Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, Co-Pastors
First Presbyterian Church, 305 South Broadway, Pitman NJ 08071
Office Phone: (856)-589-1050
Home Phone: (856)-589-8444
Email: Bruce.Gillette@ecunet.org
Church Fax: (856)-589-1051
Church website: http://www.firstpresby.org/
Another hymn by Carolyn Gillette deals with freedom,
based on texts from Galatians.
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Some blogs worth visiting |
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Voices of Sophia blog
Heather Reichgott, who has created this new blog
for Voices of Sophia, introduces it:
After fifteen years of scholarship and activism,
Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the voices of
feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy, students,
exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers and
devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God in
whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God
through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through
articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and
thoughtful community. |
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Witherspoon’s Facebook page
Mitch Trigger, Witherspoon’s
Secretary/Communicator, has created a Facebook page where
Witherspoon members and others can gather to exchange news and
views. Mitch and a few others have posted bits of news, both
personal and organizational. But there’s room for more!
You can post your own news and views, or initiate
a conversation about a topic of interest to you. |
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John Harris’ Summit to Shore blogspot
Theological and philosophical reflections on
everything between summit to shore, including kayaking, climbing,
religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology, politics, culture,
travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New York City and the
Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive New York City
Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the Witherspoon
board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian Church in
Flushing, NY. |
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John
Shuck’s Shuck and Jive
A Presbyterian minister, currently serving as
pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton, Tenn., blogs
about spirituality, culture, religion (both organized and
disorganized), life, evolution, literature, Jesus, and lightening
up. |
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Got more blogs to recommend?
Please
send a note, and we'll see what we can do! |
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Plan now for our 2010 Ghost Ranch
Seminar!
GHOST RANCH SEMINAR
July 26-August 1, 2010
WE’RE
ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
CONFRONTING THE STRUCTURES OF INJUSTICE |
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