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Month: January 2021

Dog vs. Humanity

January 30, 2021 by Joel Crouse, posted in Uncategorized

A few months ago a neighbor came home with a rescue dog, a lovely little lab mix. I will call him Max. When I first met Max, he was so skinny you could see his bones. He had a bald spot on his back where he had anxiously chewed away his own fur. He was … Continue reading Dog vs. Humanity

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Put down your hook. And take my hand.

January 23, 2021 by Joel Crouse, posted in Uncategorized

The first time we took our sons fishing was not a success. We were boating down the Rideau River lock system in our small wooden runabout for a story Erin was writing for the Canadian Geographic magazine. Samson was barely two, and Noah would have been about 5. We stopped at one of the locks, … Continue reading Put down your hook. And take my hand.

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Grace Under Fire

January 17, 2021 by Joel Crouse, posted in Uncategorized

Of all the details to emerge this past week, one name has lingered with me in particular: Eugene Goodman. Perhaps you heard of him. He is the Capitol police officer, in pictures, standing at the top of the stairs when an angry group of protestors appeared on the landing by the entrance to the Senate. … Continue reading Grace Under Fire

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We Look to Understand Instead of Judge

January 10, 2021 by Joel Crouse, posted in Uncategorized

When I sat down to write the first draft of my sermon this week, Trump supporters had just stormed the Capitol. They had been incited by Donald Trump in a speech minutes earlier, perpetuating the lie that the election had been stolen. They came to stop the certification of the President-elect’s victory, with Biden two … Continue reading We Look to Understand Instead of Judge

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Where we come closest to seeing God

January 2, 2021 by Joel Crouse, posted in Uncategorized

Many years ago, on a trip to Rome, I was able to stand in the Sistine Chapel and study the masterpiece of Michelangelo. His fresco on the ceiling was painted in the early 1500s, and is arguably the most famous attempt to depict God in the western world. In the Sistine chapel, God appears in … Continue reading Where we come closest to seeing God

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