Open My Eyes

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Easter Sunday is the FIRST day of the Easter Season which runs fifty days to Pentecost. ON the Third Sunday of Easter, we read the story in Acts of Saul’s conversion from persecutor of Christians, to Paul, Apostle of Christ. Acts 9:1-20. It’s a powerful story of  the kind of radical conversion that happens when we are open to encountering God.

This is God’s way: enemies are destroyed by converting them into brothers and sisters– adversaries become allies, united by God’s love. This is a story for us all to emulate.

One of my absolute FAVORITE pieces related to this passage is Ken Medema’s “Sittin by the Window Prayin”. Here’s a You-Tube of it. Any performance rights belong to Ken Medema, certainly not to me. Buy the whole CD; buy his entire library. This is a musician of incredible talent before you learn his personal story.

 

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Brice grew up in Clarksville, Tennessee, then lived in Appalachia for almost 25 years, absorbing the unique language and culture of the region. He has lived in Burlington, Iowa for the past four years, where he is Pastor of Zion United Church of Christ. His career path has included hospice social work, parish ministry, public health, and a stint as the owner of a specialty film processing business. Summer days find him as often as possible aboard his sailboat Pneuma, or working in his own or a community garden. Brice is recognized as an Iowa Master Gardener.

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