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Floyd Thompkins
Nov 6, 20241 min read
This is the hard part
Tonight, some Americans feel like winners, and others like losers. Let's unite in the aftermath of triumph and defeat, determined to...
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Floyd Thompkins
Jul 21, 20242 min read
A prayer for a different path
That is why we worship, meditate and pray - to open up ourselves to a deminsion of awe and mystery! Beyond our intellect, our emotions…
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Floyd Thompkins
May 4, 20243 min read
A Pastoral Statement on Student Protest and the Gaza War
May 2, 2024 As tents pop up on campuses, as students are threatened with expulsion, and as politicians are exploiting legitimate fears of...
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Floyd Thompkins
Feb 12, 20241 min read
A Valentine Bouquet
The best Valentine bouquets are not composed of flowers. They are composed of committed actions, consistent support and irrevocable...
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Floyd Thompkins
Dec 20, 20231 min read
Christmas Curiosity
It is is a curious thing that a faith tradition that begins with strong women at the center (Mary - young unmarried and ridiculed girl...
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Floyd Thompkins
Dec 1, 20232 min read
Collateral Damage
People who have a history of standing together for peace and fighting for justice are yelling at one another …
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Floyd Thompkins
Nov 23, 20231 min read
Doing Good
Anyone who tries to do good in the world will know that such efforts sometimes leave you unsatisfied with the outcome and critical of the...
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Floyd Thompkins
Nov 23, 20231 min read
Thanksgiving in the time of a Tempest
Call to Worship: Leader: Be thankful in every season. People: Seasons do change and but our faith anchors us in stormy weather. Leader:...
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Floyd Thompkins
Oct 25, 20231 min read
Mid Week Christian Worship
Enlarge our hearts to hold both pain and paise together in the same moment.
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Floyd Thompkins
Oct 21, 20233 min read
Fight for Democracy
How then do we nurture hope? What can we do to open our capacity to work together for a better world?
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Floyd Thompkins
Oct 16, 20233 min read
Truth Still Matters
The truth will set you free! Truth is the bedrock of business and relationships. These two statements and others of the same ilk have...
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Floyd Thompkins
Oct 12, 20232 min read
Call to Worship in troubling Times
As we are always astonished by good we are equally gobsmacked by evil. We are never ready for the trauma, spectacle, and assault to our...
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Floyd Thompkins
Oct 11, 20231 min read
Have Faith
Confidence is not required for faith. Faith is what we stand on to look over the object that is in our way. Faith is the light we shine...
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Floyd Thompkins
Oct 6, 20232 min read
Be Unforgettable!
As an African American pastor I always want to acknowledge both the guilt and the grace of the African American Churches during the AIDS...
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Floyd Thompkins
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Lord in Your Mercy
Teetering at the outer edge of hope we come to seek your presence and wisdom in order to gain another perspective on that which frightens...
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Floyd Thompkins
May 30, 20231 min read
Oh Ancient of Days
In private prayer and public proclamation, we seem so confident but privately we are not so. We are perplexed and sometimes afraid. We...
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Floyd Thompkins
May 30, 20231 min read
WHEN ...
When evil astonishes us Love inspires us When violence shocks us Compassion comforts us When prejudice repulses us Acceptance draws us...
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Floyd Thompkins
May 26, 20234 min read
This Joy that I Have the World didn’t Give it to Me.The World Can’t Take It Away.
"Joy grounded in circumstances needs the light of acceptance and the oxygen of kindness. Such joy is vulnerable to the fickle elements of...
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