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The Eyes Have It John 3:1-15 Rev. Catherine Smith In the desert, long before John’s gospel was written, there was the story of a people always walking backwards, their eyes turned toward what had been, people always ready to be distracted from life’s unfolding, by the sightless golden calves. These people, so the story goes, were bitten by snakes. Strangely it was the first time in all those years in the treacherous wilderness that this had happened. It was as though

SPY We invite you to join SPY (Spiritual Practices for Youth) by accepting the “complaint-free world” challenge. Why? Because “our words express our thoughts; our thoughts create our world”. We want to encourage a world of respect and creativity. Through this practice we can become more aware of what and how we speak and be intentional about not complaining and being negative. By turning negative into positive, the energy within us and around us begins to shift making room fo