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i could kiss them / but the bravest make mistakes A sermon on the 3rd act of Joseph's 7 act drama: If you listen carefully , you’ll notice two stories taking place in today’s single passage of Scripture. On the one hand, there’s a tawdry passage fit for the steamiest moments of daytime television. And on the other hand, there’s the passage that soars with the wondrous work of God .   These two stories, though , of course , are one and the same . Let me tell you one of them. And as I do, chart the rise and fall of the protagonist. In this telling, Joseph has the hand of God on him.   It begins with good ol’ Joe landing a new job. And from the word go , he’s got that golden touch. Everything he puts his hand to succeeds . As such, he’s quickly promoted .   What’s more, all that success starts attracting attention . Eventually, Joseph gains the eye of his boss’ spouse . And she’s so taken with him that she puts in a word for Joseph.   This word does the trick, ...

you take me out to pasture now A reading from Genesis 39 As we prepared for our trip to Croatia, one place kept turning up in nearly all the travel literature we read: The Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb. It’s an odd concept, to be sure. A museum dedicated to the breaking of bonds. Apparently the idea formed when the creators went through a break-up of their own. As they went through all their belongings, deciding who would get what , they joked about forming a collection ; an exhibit of artifacts that told the story of relational demise .   So they put out a world-wide call for artifacts from debris of past relationships. And as pieces flooded in, they quickly had enough material to form a traveling exhibit.   …So many were the entires, though; and so popular was the exhibit, that eventually a permanent location had to be established to house all the artifacts! Now, when you enter the museum there’s a note explaining how w...