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+ Last updated at 6:25pm (EDST)

+ I just found a lot of Kazantzakis quotes at http://www.bookrags.com/quotes/Nikos_Kazantzakis & I mean a lot! He is my favorite author. No one else comes close.

+ I am eager to add suggested links or your knowledge & wisdom to this or a future Coffee Break. You can comment below or send an e-mail to john@abundancetrek.com

+ My sermon for tomorrow is coming together and you can see my thoughts and the thoughts of others as well as the scriptures and elements of worship at http://abundancetrek.com/js062109web.html

+ "Responding to God's grace" is the title of my sermon. It comes from one of the hymns I chose: "Today We All Are Called to Be Disciples" by H. Kenn Carmichael. You can see some of the text of that great hymn at http://abundancetrek.com/js062109web.html as well as many related thoughts on grace and unity and giving. You can see the whole text at http://www.pcmorristown.org/z090208hymn434.htm

+ TruthOut offers "Some Observations on the Iranian Presidential Election and Its Aftermath", a very different take on the situation on Iran by Phil Wilayto.

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+ I'm thinking today about amazing grace and here are some ideas:

1. Grace creates Faith. It’s not the other way around. The burden, or the responsibility, is on God and not us.
2. Grace comes in a multitude of ways. Grace abounds. Grace prevails. Trust the process. It is mysterious and marvelous. No matter what’s happening, God is involved in a fantastic and fascinating way. We often miss the wonder of it all as we think we must take on the burdens, the responsibilities, which God can do so much better than us.
3. God challenges us and God comforts us. Grace comes in both ways.
4. Sometimes grace comes in the form of Tough Love.