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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>"The Living Bread", a sermon based on John 6:</span> <span style='font-size:18.0pt'>56-69, for Proper 16 (B), August 26, 2018, is the first one at <span style='color:black'><a href="http://sjnj.com">http://sjnj.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Belief is the Number One Priori"'>Eating flesh and drinking blood was blatantly physical, but Jesus used these shocking images about himself to emphasize how important it is for those who follow Jesus to become vitally involved in the hard issues of life and death, human suffering, and human frailty, and to bring Christ’s love into all situations of life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'>Peace and blessings,</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'>Joe<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>(Preaching at Christ <span style='color:black'>Episcopal</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>Church, East Norwalk, Connecticut) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>