Expansive Joy

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November 12, 2023 | The Rt. Rev. Paul Donison

Passage: Matthew 25:14-30

    We will not enjoy our lives until we realize that our lives out not our own. As Dean Paul examines the Parable of the Talents, we discover that everything we have is entrusted to us to be enlarged for God’s Kingdom purposes. And the joy he promises us is rooted in the fact that Jesus has carried our failures. This gospel reality gives us the joyful courage to dare to boldly live our whole lives for the Lord.

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