Well-Practiced Love
About twenty-five years ago, Friends from various Yearly Meetings and organizations called a special conference on voluntary service that wa
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Brian Young
- May 22
The City, the Temple, the River, the Tree
The Quaker scholar Wess Daniels has written a fair bit on Revelation, on the passage that we just heard, and the book as a whole. One of the
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Brian Young
- May 8
Listening for the Voice of the Shepherd
Some years ago, I was asked to help clerk a couple of meetings for discernment for a small Friends Meeting that was struggling. The meeting
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Brian Young
- Apr 17
The Negative Space of the Tomb
Today is the day we celebrate resurrection. Today we remember that Jesus, who willingly went to his death on the cross, and was laid in the
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Brian Young
- Apr 10
The Things That Make for Peace
Today we’ve heard Luke's account of what is often called, “The Triumphal Entry,” the story of Jesus' coming into Jerusalem prior to the time
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Brian Young
- Mar 20
Faithfulness in Community
Today we’re beginning where we left off last Sunday, in the second chapter of Paul’s letter to the Philippians. If you were with us then,
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Brian Young
- Mar 13
The Faith and The Faithfulness of Christ
When I was a child we lived in Chicago for a few years, on the city’s south side, and one of the many treasures of our neighborhood was the
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Brian Young
- Feb 27
The Fulcrum of Faithfulness
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 27th of Second Month, 2022 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: Luke 22:39-42,45-46 39...
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Brian Young
- Feb 13
No Shadow of Turning
Most of you probably know from personal experience what it is to turn your ankle, yes? Most of us know that sick feeling when you put your
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Brian Young
- Jan 23
From a Tight Place
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 23rd of First Month, 2022 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture:1 Corinthians 12:12–27,...
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Brian Young
- Dec 26, 2021
Competing Agendas
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 26th of Twelfth Month, 2021 Scripture: Luke 2:1–14, NRSV 1 In those days a decree...
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Brian Young
- Dec 12, 2021
Renewed & Gathered in Love
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 12th of Twelfth Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: Zephaniah 3:14-20,...
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Brian Young
- Nov 28, 2021
Pointing Upwards, Pointing Downwards
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 28th of Eleventh Month, 2021 (Advent I) Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: Luke 3:1-6,...
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Brian Young
- Nov 14, 2021
Discipleship Is... A Call to Die
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting,14th of Eleventh Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: Luke 9:23–27, NRSV 23...
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Brian Young
- Oct 10, 2021
Discipleship Is . . . A Call to be Pruned So We May Bear Fruit
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 10th of Tenth Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: John 15:1-11 (NRSV) “I am...
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Brian Young
- Sep 19, 2021
Discipleship Is a Call to Servanthood
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 19th of Ninth Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: Mark 9:30–37, NRSV 30...
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Brian Young
- Sep 5, 2021
Faith and Works, or: A Burrito, A Park Bench, and the Royal Law
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 5th of Ninth Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: James 2:1–9, 14–17, NRSV 1...
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Brian Young
- Aug 8, 2021
Suspended Between Heaven & Earth
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 8th of Eighth Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: II Samuel 18:5-10,...
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Brian Young
- Aug 1, 2021
A Moment of Honest Ugliness
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, First of Eighth Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: II Samuel 11:26-12:15a...
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Brian Young
- Jul 25, 2021
Things Taken
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 25th of Seventh Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: II Samuel 11:1-15,...
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