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Irresistable Wisdom

vector-of-a-cartoon-bull-dog-and-cat-playing-tug-of-war-coloring-page-outline-by-ron-leishman-16819How do we respond to violence? Disrespect? Oppression? Put up with it? Ignore it? Engage? Fight? What do we do when there’s nothing we can do? These are some of the questions that arise as we consider this week’s text from the Gospel of Matthew 5: 38-48. Join us in Celebration at 10:00 a.m.

Dave Barry Author Talk at MPC

Dave Barry portraitThursday, March 13th at 7:00pm, Pulitzer Prize-winning humor author Dave Barry will be at MPC discussing his new book “You Can Date Boys When You’re Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About”. We hope you can join us for what will surely be a wonderful evening of humor and (a tiny bit of) parenting insight.

Corinthian Diversions

imagesThis Sunday during morning Celebration at 10:00 a.m., we’re off to the ancient city of Corinth to learn from that early community of faith. Like many diverse communities, the Corinthian church struggled to find common ground and to continue to welcome more and more members. They also developed divided loyalties to different teachers. Of course, we never worry about such things in Oakland . . . Our service will also feature musical selections from french horn soloist Avery Hawthorne.

Through the eyes of an artist

The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us always. – Willa Cather, (1873 -1947) U.S. novelist, poet and journalist