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Sabbath Devotional :: Charity: More Than Simply a Good Idea
Saturday — yesterday — was the funeral of a good friend. Her words go with the Sabbath devotion I prepared and I want to dedicate this devotional to her. I also want to thank the many women of MWEG for your remarkable examples of using love and peace to affect powerful change. From Berta: “Please remember those who are the unwashed, the Samaritan, the other. If you can please mourn with us, for we are mourning. Please remember us in your Sunday worship. Remember the leper who would worship beside you in the pews but is now consigned to a distant colony. Please do not cross the street or avert…
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Sabbath Devotional :: Spiritual Brothers and Sisters
When asked what I do for a living, I often give the tongue-in-cheek answer of Professional Volunteer. Whether it has been wearing multiple volunteer hats in my children’s school days or costuming shows for our local civic theatre, volunteering has pretty much been my vocation for the past 20+ years. One place in which my volunteering soul has found a home has been Stone Soup Community — a local organization in my city that assists those in need with paying their utilities, finding jobs, budgeting money, and family development. In my capacity as a volunteer, I sit and talk with clients about their emergent needs. Much of what I do…