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Pastor Note #30 — Death and the Embodiment of Love

Posted by gachorpenning on January 22, 2012 · 1 Comment

Yesterday, I was looking over the annual report for my congregation for 2011. I was surprised to see that only five of our members died during the year. It was surprise to me, because I had done more than twice that many funeral in 2011. Now that I’ve been here in the community for nine … Continue reading →

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Pastor Note #22 –Life, Death, Meaning, and Love

Posted by gachorpenning on August 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I’m sitting in Wegman’s café drinking a cup of their dark roast coffee. It’s a little to much for me, actually. I am a consumer of very large quantities of coffee. But I have to admit that that strong, dark roast coffee is sometimes just a little too much for my mouth. I want very … Continue reading →

Filed under Pastor Notes · Tagged with Christian life, Christianity, church life, comfort, death, Elmira, funerals, Gary Chorpenning, God's presence, hope, prayer, redemption, salvation, suicide, teen suicide

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