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	(woman vocalizing)	0:00
-	Grace and peace to you	0:55
	in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.	0:56
	We welcome you to this service of worship	0:59
	at Duke University Chapel	1:01
	on this fifth Sunday after Pentecost.	1:02
	We also extend greetings to those	1:05
	in our radio and television audiences.	1:07
	Realizing that many of you are visiting	1:10
	the Duke campus for the first time	1:11
	as a part of the Olympic festival this summer,	1:13
	we issue a special welcome to you and offer	1:16
	our assistance to you here at the chapel	1:18
	in any way that we may be helpful.	1:20
	Our guest preacher for this morning	1:23
	is the Reverend Dr. Paula E. Gilbert.	1:25
	Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Life	1:27
	at Duke Divinity School.	1:30
	Dr. Gilbert is a familiar face to those	1:32
	of you who worship here,	1:34
	having preached and presided at services on many occasions.	1:36
	In addition to her teaching responsibilities	1:40
	in American Church History,	1:42
	Dr. Gilbert is currently director of the	1:44
	Ministerial Course of Studies School.	1:46
	We welcome Dr. Gilbert to our pulpit today.	1:49
	The Chapel Tower which is normally open	1:53
	for visitors immediately following service	1:55
	each Sunday will not be open today,	1:57
	it is closed for repairs.	1:59
	Please note the remaining announcements	2:02
	as they are printed in your bulletins.	2:04
	And now here these words of Scripture.	2:06
	The wind blows where it will,	2:09
	and you hear the sound of it,	2:11
	but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes.	2:13
	So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.	2:18
	(triumphant organ music)	2:24
	(choral singing)	2:57
-	Oh, Lord, mercifully receive the prayers	5:52
	of Your people who call upon You	5:55
	and grant that they may know and understand	5:59
	what things they ought to do,	6:01
	and also may have grace and power	6:03
	faithfully to accomplish them	6:06
	through Jesus Christ our Lord	6:09
	who lives and reigns with You	6:11
	and the Holy Spirit.	6:12
	One God, now and forever.	6:14
	Amen.	6:17
-	Let us pray.	6:31
	Open our hearts and minds oh God,	6:34
	by the power of Your Holy Spirit,	6:37
	so that as the word is read and proclaimed,	6:40
	we might hear with joy what You say to us this day.	6:44
	Amen.	6:48
	The first lesson is taken from the Book of Exodus.	6:54
	One day, when Moses had grown up	7:00
	he went out to his people and looked on their burdens.	7:04
	And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew,	7:08
	one of his people.	7:11
	He looked this way and that,	7:14
	and seeing no one he killed the Egyptian	7:16
	and hid him in the sand.	7:19
	When he went out the next day,	7:22
	behold, two Hebrews were struggling together.	7:23
	And he said to the man that did wrong,	7:28
	Why did you strike your fellow?	7:30
	He answered, who made you a prince	7:34
	and a judge over us?	7:37
	Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?	7:39
	Then Moses was afraid and thought,	7:43
	Surely, the thing is known.	7:46
	When Pharaoh heard of it he sought to kill Moses.	7:49
	But Moses fled from Pharaoh	7:55
	and stayed in the land of Midian,	7:57
	and he sat down by a well.	7:59
	Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters	8:02
	and they came and drew water	8:05
	and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.	8:07
	The shepherds came and drove them away.	8:11
	But Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock.	8:14
	When they came to their father, Reuel, he said,	8:19
	How is it that you have come so soon today?	8:23
	They said, an Egyptian delivered us	8:27
	out of the hand of the shepherds,	8:30
	and even drew for us water and watered the flock.	8:32
	He said to his daughters,	8:37
	And where is he?	8:40
	Why have you left the man?	8:41
	Call him that he may eat bread.	8:43
	And Moses was content to dwell with the man	8:46
	and he gave Moses his daughter, Zipporah.	8:49
	She bore a son and called his name Gershom,	8:54
	for he said I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.	8:58
	This ends the reading of the first lesson.	9:04
-	Let us read responsibly, Psalm 121.	9:13
	I will lift up my eyes to the hills	9:26
	My help comes from the Lord.	9:32
	He will not let your foot be moved.	9:37
	Behold, He who keeps Israel.	9:43
	The Lord is your keeper.	9:49
	The sun shall not smite you by day.	9:55
	The Lord will keep you from all evil.	10:00
	The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in.	10:06
	(uplifting organ music)	10:15
	(choral singing)	10:25
-	The second lesson is taken	11:25
	from Paul's letter to the Romans.	11:27
	But you are not in the flesh, you are in the spirit.	11:31
	If in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you,	11:36
	anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ	11:40
	does not belong to Him,	11:43
	but if Christ is in you,	11:45
	although your bodies are dead because of sin,	11:47
	your spirits are alive because of righteousness.	11:51
	If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus	11:55
	from the dead dwells in you,	11:57
	He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead	12:00
	would give life to your mortal bodies,	12:03
	also through His Spirit which dwells in you.	12:06
	So then brethren we are debtors not to the flesh	12:10
	to live according to the flesh,	12:14
	for if you live according to the flesh you will die,	12:17
	but if by the Spirit you put to death	12:20
	the deeds of the body, you will live.	12:23
	For all who are lead by the Spirit of God are sons of God.	12:26
	For you do not receive the Spirit of slavery	12:31
	to fall back into fear,	12:34
	but you have received the Spirit of Sonship.	12:37
	When we cry Abba, Father	12:41
	it is the Spirit Himself bearing witness	12:43
	with our spirit that we are children of God,	12:47
	and if children, then heirs.	12:50
	Heirs of God and fellow heirs of Christ,	12:53
	provided we suffer with Him	12:57
	in order that we may also be glorified with Him.	13:00
	This ends the reading of the second lesson.	13:05
	(uplifting organ music)	13:18
	(woman vocalizing)	13:24
-	The Gospel is taken from Matthew.	16:09
	That same day Jesus went out of the house	16:14
	and sat beside the sea	16:17
	and great crowds gathered about Him.	16:20
	So that He got into a boat and sat there.	16:23
	And the whole crowd stood on the beach.	16:27
	And he told them many things and parables saying	16:30
	a sower went out to sow	16:34
	and as he sowed some seeds fell along the path.	16:37
	And the birds came and devoured them.	16:42
	Other seeds fell on rocky ground	16:45
	where they had not much soil	16:48
	and immediately they sprang up	16:51
	since they had no depth of soil.	16:53
	But when the sun rose they were scorched,	16:57
	and since they had no root they withered away.	17:00
	Other seeds fell upon thorns	17:05
	and the thorns grew up and choked them.	17:07
	Other seeds fell on good soil	17:11
	and brought forth grain.	17:14
	Some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.	17:16
	He who has ears let him hear.	17:22
	This ends the reading of the Gospel lesson.	17:26
-	Let us pray.	17:47
	Let the words of my mouth	17:52
	and the meditations of our hearts	17:55
	be acceptable in Your sight oh Lord.	17:59
	Our strength and our redeemer.	18:03
	Amen.	18:07
	For the past several months,	18:15
	you and I willingly or unwillingly	18:17
	have been drawn into the unfolding saga	18:21
	of the PTL ministry and the personal lives	18:23
	of Jim and Tammy Bakker and Jerry Falwell.	18:27
	PTL and the improbability you do not know	18:31
	is an acronym variously said to stand for	18:35
	Praise The Lord	18:38
	or People That Love.	18:40
	PTL is the name attached to the ministry founded	18:43
	by Jim and Tammy Bakker just outside of Charlotte.	18:46
	From whence it is carried	18:50
	by satellite across the country and beyond.	18:51
	Up until this week when the questioning	18:57
	of Colonel Oliver North	18:59
	by the Congressional Investigation Panel	19:01
	began to take up the headlines,	19:04
	until this week, you and I have been subjected	19:06
	to daily reports concerning PTL.	19:09
	Radio, television, newspapers,	19:13
	magazines.	19:18
	From dawn to dusk all of these	19:20
	have been full of the religious battle	19:22
	being waged between the Bakkers and Falwell.	19:24
	Over the course of the weeks, day by day,	19:28
	we have learned about sexual misconduct,	19:31
	spousal alienation, captivity to prescription drugs,	19:34
	and financial mismanagement.	19:39
	We've watched these popular religious leaders trade insults	19:42
	and exchange allegations of wrongdoing	19:46
	and impropriety of all kinds.	19:49
	And just when we think we have heard it all,	19:52
	and decide that nothing else could possibly come forward,	19:55
	there comes yet another shocking revelation,	19:59
	and we are proven wrong.	20:02
	In an otherwise dull and hot summer,	20:05
	the continuing soap opera of PTL	20:09
	has proven to be captivating and fascinating	20:12
	public recreation.	20:15
	Among the many things that have been put on public display	20:19
	during the PTL saga	20:22
	has been a particular interpretation of Christianity.	20:24
	Crass as it appears in the PTL guise,	20:29
	the interpretation suggest an association	20:33
	between Christianity and worldly success.	20:36
	An air conditioned dog house	20:41
	the size of a large storage shed	20:44
	and 14 caret gold bathroom fixtures	20:47
	jar our sensibilities and exceed all boundaries	20:50
	of what is commonly understood to be in good taste.	20:53
	And yet beneath the lavish homes of the Bakkers,	20:57
	beneath the air conditioned dog house	21:01
	and the gold plated bathroom fixtures,	21:03
	beneath all of this lies a popular belief	21:05
	that material goods and worldly success	21:08
	somehow figure in what it means to be a Christian	21:12
	in 20th century America.	21:16
	Beneath the words about Jesus	21:19
	beneath the words about saving souls	21:21
	is an implicit message:	21:24
	Good Christians make it in this world.	21:27
	Equating Christianity with success	21:32
	is not the message solely of the Bakkers.	21:34
	They may be currently the most blatant	21:37
	and the most ostentatious	21:39
	in their skewed understanding of the Gospel,	21:40
	but they are certainly not alone.	21:43
	Other big name evangelist and popular religious leaders,	21:46
	as well as religious individuals	21:50
	with names not so well known	21:52
	proclaim a similar message.	21:55
	Material goods, a comfortable lifestyle	21:58
	happiness and personal success	22:01
	all become so called evidence	22:04
	of God's blessing and pleasure with us.	22:06
	It is a seductive message	22:09
	that falls upon eager and attentive 20th century ears.	22:12
	In His own day, Jesus was aware	22:18
	that the yearning for success	22:20
	was a powerful temptation for His disciples.	22:22
	And the parable of the sower	22:26
	the Gospel text for this morning,	22:28
	the establishment of God's kingdom though	22:30
	is depicted as challenging and defying	22:35
	all our common notions of what constitutes success.	22:38
	Instead of being ushered in by glorious achievements	22:44
	and resounding victories	22:47
	one falling upon another,	22:49
	the kingdom Jesus proclaims grows mysteriously.	22:51
	It grows almost erratically,	22:55
	and it grows in the midst of many failures.	22:58
	Much of the seed as the parable points out	23:02
	never produces a harvest.	23:06
	It falls on ground too hard,	23:09
	sometimes too shallow,	23:12
	sometimes too infested with weeds.	23:14
	It does not take root	23:17
	or it is implanted where it cannot develop deep roots,	23:19
	or it's growth is choked out by competing vegetation.	23:23
	God's kingdom in this world, Jesus says to the disciples	23:28
	is like unto the sower who goes out to sow.	23:32
	Your scattering of the seed	23:36
	and the proclamation of God's kingdom	23:38
	will be far more difficult	23:41
	and fraught with hardships	23:43
	then you can possibly know.	23:45
	Your ministry will be filled with frequent frustrations.	23:48
	With seen and unseen dangers,	23:51
	and with numerous failures.	23:54
	You will not meet with instant success,	23:57
	and much of your effort will be fruitless,	24:00
	without results.	24:03
	If you expect quick and easy success,	24:05
	you will be sorely disappointed.	24:09
	God's word and worldly success,	24:12
	however that may be interpreted	24:15
	have little to do with one another.	24:17
	Alongside this description	24:23
	of the enigmatic growth of the kingdom,	24:24
	Jesus also says something in this parable	24:27
	about how we are to hear and to receive God's word.	24:30
	Hearing, the Gospel says	24:35
	hearing is critical business.	24:37
	It is an urgent matter demanding our full attention.	24:40
	You have ears to hear, hear warns Jesus.	24:44
	God's word is scattered even	24:51
	as the sower scatters seed upon the ground.	24:52
	How you receive God's word demonstrates	24:56
	whether you are hard, stony ground	24:59
	or shallow soil,	25:02
	or weed-infested earth,	25:04
	or soil rich enough for the seed to take root	25:07
	and to grow and one day to bear fruit.	25:11
	Too often, I suspect the word of God that we hear	25:18
	is the word we want to hear.	25:22
	Or to put it another way we tend	25:25
	to make our faith a cut and paste affair.	25:26
	Cutting out the parts that trouble us	25:31
	or make us uncomfortable	25:33
	and pasting together the parts that are comforting	25:35
	to our egos and personal desires.	25:38
	When we know times of trouble,	25:42
	of disappointment	25:44
	of setbacks	25:46
	of pain.	25:48
	In these times we cling to God's promises of deliverance,	25:50
	and to God's offer of mercy.	25:54
	When we experience broken or estranged relationships	25:58
	with friends or loved ones,	26:02
	when we let pass by opportunities to express Christian love	26:04
	in our daily lives,	26:08
	we gladly hear the message of God's gracious forgiveness	26:09
	and God's boundless love.	26:13
	But when we hear Christ invitation	26:18
	to be baptized with the baptism	26:20
	with which He is baptized	26:22
	and to drink from the cup from which He drinks,	26:24
	our hearing becomes less acute.	26:28
	When we hear the call to discipleship,	26:31
	the call to take up our cross,	26:34
	the call to witness boldly,	26:37
	and to serve humbly.	26:39
	When we hear the call to work for justice,	26:42
	to give of ourselves for the sake of others,	26:44
	we become suddenly deaf.	26:48
	The exacting call of discipleship	26:52
	is the call we would just as soon have pass us by	26:54
	because the call to discipleship is not a call to success.	26:58
	Either in terms of material goods	27:02
	or in terms of an easy, comfortable, happy life.	27:05
	The call to discipleship is the call to faithfulness.	27:11
	And faithfulness may well mean	27:16
	estrangement and unpopularity.	27:18
	Loneliness and living with failure in the eyes of the world.	27:22
	If we need proof of this truth,	27:29
	we have only to look at Jesus' own life	27:31
	for ample evidence.	27:35
	For the one who would be a disciple of Christ,	27:39
	for the one who would be fertile soil	27:42
	in which the seed of God's word might take root	27:44
	and grow and bear fruit,	27:47
	hearing is more than simply taking out of God's word	27:50
	what makes us feel good or makes us happy.	27:53
	Being Christ's disciple means receiving	27:57
	the whole of God's word,	28:00
	and our hearing is not simply to be passive,	28:02
	it is meant to be active in that we receive God's word	28:06
	and make it the centerpiece of our lives.	28:10
	We become hearers of the word	28:14
	and fertile soil when we incorporate love of God	28:17
	and love of neighbor in all that we think	28:22
	and say and do.	28:26
	We become seed-bearing fruit	28:28
	when this love of God and love of neighbor	28:30
	determines little decisions as well as big ones.	28:33
	When it guides how we relate to strangers	28:37
	as well as to friends and family.	28:40
	When it leads us out of our comfortable pews	28:43
	and into a hurting and troubled world	28:46
	to hurt and to be troubled too.	28:49
	If this parable is a warning to us,	28:56
	not to equate the Gospel with success,	28:58
	and not to believe that our efforts	29:02
	will always meet with success.	29:03
	If this parable calls us to hear God's word rightly,	29:06
	by the doing of God's will in all the areas of our lives,	29:10
	this parable of the sower reminds us	29:15
	of at least one other truth	29:17
	which we ought never to forget.	29:19
	The harvest of God's kingdom is a sure reality.	29:22
	The scattered seeds of the gospel will bear fruit.	29:28
	The harvest will come.	29:32
	God has promised it,	29:35
	and that promise we can rely upon.	29:37
	Christ calls each of us as his disciples	29:43
	simply to sow the word.	29:46
	To sow the seed.	29:49
	To sow the seed of the Gospel	29:51
	out of love and gladness for the grace we have received.	29:53
	He calls us to be disciples,	29:58
	to be bearers in our age of God's word.	30:01
	To witness.	30:05
	To serve our neighbor in love.	30:06
	To labor in patience and the cause of justice.	30:09
	To do our best to help those who are in need.	30:12
	He calls us to do whatever we can	30:16
	with the abilities we have been a-given.	30:19
	And when we have done our part,	30:23
	Christ promises that our labors will not be in vain.	30:24
	There will be results.	30:29
	Some of the seed will fall into good soil and produce fruit.	30:31
	It is not for us to worry about the size of the harvest.	30:37
	It is not for us to be concerned	30:42
	with how long it might take.	30:44
	It is not for us to be concerned	30:48
	even that we mightst live to see the end	30:49
	of the work that we have begun.	30:52
	We can leave the results to God	30:55
	and look beyond all the frustrations.	30:58
	All the discouragement.	31:01
	All the seeming failures.	31:03
	The promise of Jesus in this parable of the sower	31:06
	is the same promise uttered by God	31:09
	through the prophecy of Isaiah centuries earlier.	31:12
	So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth.	31:16
	It shall not return to me empty,	31:20
	but it shall accomplish that for which I purpose	31:23
	and will prosper in the thing for which I sent it.	31:27
	In the end then,	31:34
	this parable is about success.	31:36
	Not our success but God's.	31:39
	It is God who gives the seed	31:44
	and it is God who will bring the harvest.	31:46
	Not perhaps as you and I would imagine it	31:49
	or even desire it,	31:51
	with victory falling upon victory,	31:53
	but in the midst of disappointments,	31:57
	in the midst of losses,	32:00
	in the midst of failures,	32:02
	the kingdom will surely come.	32:05
	This is the word of the Lord.	32:09
	A word authenticated by the one	32:11
	who taught us by means of this parable of the sower.	32:13
	And who hung upon the cross in proof of it.	32:17
	Not for us a call to victory,	32:22
	not for us a call to success,	32:25
	either in the eyes of the world	32:28
	or in terms of bringing the harvest,	32:30
	but for us by the grace of God.	32:34
	A call to a life of faithfulness	32:38
	by which we in our own day and age	32:42
	are right-hearers of the word,	32:45
	and sowers of God's seed.	32:49
	In the name of the Father, and of the Son,	32:55
	and of the Holy Spirit.	32:59
	Amen.	33:02
	(triumphant organ music)	33:21
	(choral singing)	33:44
Rev. Clark	The Lord be with you.	35:52
	Let us pray.	35:56
	Oh eternal God from everlasting to everlasting	36:08
	the Alpha and the Omega of this vast universe	36:11
	we worship thee.	36:16
	Thou hast created each of us a unique stripe	36:18
	in the fabric of humanity,	36:21
	yet we remember the bond which unites us	36:24
	with our sisters and brothers around the world,	36:26
	even in our diversity.	36:29
	Hear now these prayers offered for the entire human family,	36:32
	as we acknowledge our oneness with Thee.	36:37
	Let us pray for all poor and neglected persons.	36:41
	Unimpressive in the eyes of the world	36:46
	yet beautiful in Thy sight.	36:48
	The homeless and the destitute,	36:51
	the old and the sick,	36:53
	the hungry and the forlorn.	36:55
	Nourish their souls	36:59
	and comfort them with Thy healing presence.	37:00
	Inspire in each of us the manner	37:04
	of Christ's own ministry to those who suffer.	37:06
	Let us pray for all who live in the midst of injustice,	37:11
	terror, disease and death.	37:15
	Look on them with compassion, merciful God	37:20
	and strengthen their faith.	37:23
	Inspire us all to continue	37:26
	in our struggles for justice and truth.	37:28
	Teach us to confront one another	37:31
	without hatred or bitterness,	37:33
	but to work together	37:35
	with mutual forbearance and respect.	37:36
	May we become a truly reconciled people,	37:40
	even with those we call our enemies.	37:44
	Let us pray for all those charged	37:49
	with the responsibilities of governance.	37:51
	Grant all those in authority the wisdom and strength	37:55
	to know and to do Thy will.	37:59
	Fill them with the love of truth and righteousness,	38:02
	and make them mindful of their calling	38:06
	to serve with integrity.	38:08
	Let us pray for all who feel unloved or unwanted.	38:11
	For those who seek to harm themselves or others.	38:17
	For those who indulge in material excess	38:21
	attempting to fill an interior void.	38:24
	For those who live within institutions	38:28
	surrounded by people yet lonely beyond words.	38:30
	Heal these Thy children, oh God,	38:35
	that they may know the unique worth	38:38
	Thou hast bestowed upon them.	38:40
	These prayers we lift unto Thee Almighty God,	38:44
	trusting in Thy mysterious ways.	38:48
	Grateful for Thy eternal goodness.	38:51
	In the name of Jesus Christ we pray.	38:55
	Amen.	38:59
	In the spirit of thanksgiving,	39:02
	for the mighty acts of God,	39:04
	let us offer our gifts and ourselves unto God.	39:06
	(somber organ music)	39:19
	(woman vocalizing)	41:23
	(triumphant organ music)	46:52
	(choral singing)	47:12
-	Oh Lord, our God	48:12
	to the Author and Giver of all good things,	48:14
	we thank Thee for all Thy mercies	48:17
	and for Thy loving care over all Thy creatures.	48:20
	We bless Thee for the gift of life,	48:24
	for Thy protection roundabout us.	48:26
	For Thy guiding hand upon us,	48:29
	and for the tokens of Thy love within us.	48:31
	We thank Thee for friendship and duty	48:34
	for good hopes and precious memories.	48:37
	For the joys that cheer us	48:40
	and the trials that teach us to trust in Thee.	48:42
	Most of all, we thank Thee	48:46
	for the saving knowledge of Thy Son, our savior.	48:47
	For the living presence of Thy Spirit, the comforter.	48:51
	For Thy church, the body of Christ.	48:54
	For the ministry of word and sacrament	48:57
	and all the means of grace.	48:59
	In all these things oh Heavenly Father,	49:02
	make us wise into a right use of Thy benefits	49:05
	that we may render an acceptable thanksgiving unto Thee	49:08
	all the days of our life.	49:12
	This we pray in the name of Jesus Christ	49:14
	who taught us boldly to pray.	49:17
	Our Father	49:19
	who art in Heaven	49:20
	hallowed be thy name.	49:22
	Thy kingdom come,	49:24
	Thy will be done	49:25
	on Earth as it is in Heaven.	49:27
	Give us this day our daily bread	49:30
	and forgive us our trespasses	49:32
	as we forgive those who trespass against us.	49:34
	And lead us not into temptation	49:38
	but deliver us from evil.	49:40
	For Thine is the kingdom	49:42
	the power	49:44
	and the glory forever.	49:45
	Amen.	49:47
	(somber organ music)	49:51
	(choral singing)	50:39
-	And now go forth in peace	53:10
	and be of good courage.	53:11
	Holdfast to that which is good,	53:14
	rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit,	53:16
	and may the blessing of God,	53:19
	Creator, Christ and Holy Spirit	53:21
	be with you all now and forevermore.	53:23
	Amen.	53:27
	(triumphant organ music)	53:30

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Title:

Paula E. Gilbert - Sermon Untitled (July 12, 1987)

Description:

Sermon start time: (Part 1) 18:15. Sermon end time: (Part 1) 33:04.
The sermon is a call for followers of Christ to listen to the call—“invitations which will never be reissued”—and create a more equitable world. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: “Turning points...precise moments in time, occasions never to be repeats, invitations never to be reissued, these are the turning points in our lives. Sometimes anticipated, sometime unforeseen, sometimes sought, sometimes denied, sometimes welcome, sometimes not. But always there. These turning points in our lives. The call of Christ—the one who walks resolutely towards Jerusalem—is direct and personal. Insistent and unequivocal. Follow me. And the one who calls goes before us. Lighting the dark places and showing us the way.”

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Date:

July 12, 1987

Speaker:

Gilbert, Paula E., 1952-

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Ordinary Time

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Duke University. Chapel

Identifier:

UA.17.01.0003 VHS-0039
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Duke University Chapel recordings, 1954-2005

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