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Nine Things We Can Pray Together (Sermon)

From a sermon delivered at Anaheim United Methodist Church, 2003. Based on Matthew 17: 1-9,  The Transfiguration of Jesus I have been thinking a lot about what Jesus would have me say and do as your preacher in these days when our nation prepares for war with Iraq .  There is a great part of me that has wanted to simply steer clear of the topic.  In so many respects it would be easier to pretend that the gospel of Jesus Christ had nothing to say about this controversial matter of war and peace.  But to pretend that the gospel has nothing to say about this matter would be to succumb to the wishful thinking of Peter.  It would be to pretend that ours is a Christ who stays on the mountaintop, separated from the complications of human history.  It would be to deny that Jesus came down off the mountain.  And so today I want to share with you the pondering of my heavy heart in these days when the war drums beat so loudly across our nation and the world.  Before I do, I have to share