Jeffrey C. Long

One of my latest pleasures in life has been throwing CD’s away. Yes you heard correctly. Throwing CD’s away. I don’t mean purchased CD’s. Burned CD’s. When my iPod’s battery died I had to move to the car CD player as the best place to listen to my podcasts. In order to do that, I [...]

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Hope is not just for the end.  Hope is for the present.  Not just spiritual.  It is practical.  Jesus is at work this instance to bring wholeness, righteousness, peace and justice to this broken dying world. Download sermon_20061015_20061014_1658.mp3

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I am what I like to call a story addict. Some people are addicted to television. Game shows, news, music videos, sitcoms. But for me it is more focused then that. I like a good story, well told. Which includes television shows… currently Grey’s Anatomy and Battlestar Galactica. But also anime… Full Metal Alchemist and [...]

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Well, here it is… my first ever podcast.  Well, for now, it’s me posting an mp3 of my sermon.  I’ve still gotta figure out how to configure typepad to turn it into a podcast and then how to submit it to itunes.  But for now… you get to hear what I sound like.  Comments welcome. [...]

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I have gotten back into posting a daily reading from Johann C. Blumhardt. This can be found at www.jeffreyclong.com/blumhardt. But also in the middle of the right hand column there is a link to the day’s reading. Vernard Eller has edited a reader of writings by him and his son organized by topics. It is [...]

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The following sermon was preached on Sunday October 1st at Filer Mennonite Church It’s an unlovely tree in an unlikely place with an unmistakable message. The tree sits along an interstate highway just outside of Fort Worth, Texas. It is a mimosa tree that appears lifeless, except at Christmas. Each December, for the past ten [...]

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