Debra K. Brazzel - Sermon Untitled (August 20, 1995)

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Man	In the third measure.	0:00
	(organ music)	0:03
Woman	Good morning, we'd like to welcome you	1:57
	to Duke Chapel.	1:59
	We'd like to say a special word of thanks today	2:00
	to the Duke Chapel Summer Choir and their director,	2:03
	Mr. Tom Jaynes for their faithful leadership of worship	2:06
	and song this summer.	2:10
	I'd also like to call to your attention that the Duke	2:12
	University Chapel Choir will begin auditions August the 24th	2:14
	through September the first.	2:19
	Please call to schedule a rehearsal if you're interesting	2:21
	in auditioning for our choir.	2:24
	We'd also like to call to your attention that today	2:27
	immediately following the service there will be a reception	2:30
	with lemonade hosted by the congregation outside on the lawn	2:34
	we hope that you'll be able to join us.	2:38
	Now let us continue our worship with a greeting.	2:41
	Please stand.	2:45
	Create in me a clean heart, oh God.	2:50
	Open my lips, oh lord.	2:56
	(organ music)	3:03
	(hymnal singing)	3:55
-	Christ our lord invites to his table	7:42
	all who love him,	7:45
	who earnestly repent of their sin	7:47
	and seek to live in peace with one another.	7:50
	Therefore let us confess our sin before God	7:54
	and one another.	7:58
	Most merciful God,	8:01
	we confess that we have sinned against you	8:03
	in thought, word and deed by what we have done	8:07
	and by what we have left undone.	8:12
	We have not loved you with our whole heart.	8:15
	We have not loved our neighbor as ourselves.	8:19
	We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.	8:22
	For the sake of your son, Jesus Christ,	8:27
	have mercy on us and forgive us	8:30
	that we may delight in your will	8:34
	and walk in your ways	8:37
	to the glory of your name,	8:39
	amen.	8:42
	Hear the good news.	8:56
	Christ died for us while we were yet sinners.	8:59
	If we confess our sin,	9:03
	God is faithful and just and will forgive our sin	9:06
	and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.	9:10
	You may be seated.	9:15
-	Let us pray together	9:28
	the prayer for illumination.	9:29
	Open our hearts and minds, oh God,	9:33
	by the power of your holy spirit	9:36
	so that as the word is read and proclaimed,	9:39
	we may hear your message with joy this day,	9:43
	amen.	9:47
	The Old Testament reading is from the book of Isaiah,	9:50
	chapter five, verses one through seven.	9:54
	Let me sing for my beloved,	9:59
	my love song concerning his vineyard.	10:01
	My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.	10:05
	He dug it and cleared it of stones	10:09
	and planted it with choice vines.	10:12
	He built a watchtower in the midst of it	10:15
	and hued out a wine vat in it.	10:17
	He expected it to yield grapes but it yielded wild grapes.	10:20
	And now inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah,	10:25
	judge between me and my vineyard.	10:29
	What more was there for me to do with my vineyard	10:33
	than I have not done in it?	10:36
	When I expected it to yield grapes,	10:39
	why did it yield wild grapes?	10:42
	And now I will tell you	10:45
	what I will do with my vineyard.	10:47
	I will remove its hedge,	10:49
	and it shall be devoured.	10:51
	I will break down its wall,	10:54
	and it shall be trampled down.	10:56
	I will make it a waste.	10:58
	It shall not be pruned or hoed	11:00
	and shall be overgrown with briers and thorns.	11:03
	I will also command the clouds	11:07
	that they rain no rain upon it.	11:09
	For the vineyard of the lord of hosts,	11:13
	is the house of Israel,	11:15
	and the people of Judah are his pleasant planting.	11:17
	He expected justice, but saw bloodshed,	11:21
	righteousness, but heard a cry.	11:25
	This is the word of the lord.	11:29
	The gospel lesson is from the book of Luke,	11:37
	chapter 12, verses 49 through 56.	11:40
	I came to bring fire to the earth,	11:46
	and how I wish it were already kindled.	11:49
	I have a baptism with which to be baptized	11:53
	and what stress I am under until it is completed.	11:56
	Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth?	12:01
	No, I tell you, but rather division.	12:05
	From now on, five in one household will be divided.	12:09
	Three against two and two against three.	12:14
	They will be divided, father against son	12:17
	and son against father.	12:20
	Mother against daughter and daughter against mother,	12:22
	mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and	12:26
	daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.	12:28
	He also said to the crowds,	12:32
	when you see a cloud rising in the west,	12:35
	you immediately say, it is going to rain	12:38
	and so it happens and when you see the south wind blowing	12:41
	you say, there will be scorching heat	12:45
	and it happens.	12:48
	You hypocrites.	12:49
	You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky.	12:51
	But why do you not know how to interpret the present time?	12:55
	This is the word of the lord.	13:00
-	If we were to search through all the scriptures	13:17
	for the most	13:21
	difficult passages,	13:23
	our gospel text from Luke	13:26
	would undoubtedly be on the list.	13:28
	In fact it is included in FF Bruce's book,	13:31
	"The Hard Sayings of Jesus."	13:35
	I must confess that I was tempted to preach on one of the	13:39
	other scriptures to just avoid dealing with it but as the	13:42
	congregation sponsors electionary Bible study I knew that	13:47
	someone would likely call me on it,	13:51
	Preacher why did you avoid addressing the hard text?	13:54
	So here we are with these harsh uncomfortable words from	14:01
	Jesus, I have come to bring fire to the Earth.	14:06
	Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the Earth?	14:12
	No, I tell you, but rather division.	14:15
	The parallel scripture in Matthew puts it even more	14:20
	starkly, do not think that I have come to bring peace to the	14:23
	Earth I have not come to bring peace but a sword.	14:28
	What hard words.	14:34
	They go against the image that most of us hold of a	14:37
	gentle kind lord who came that all the world	14:40
	might know peace.	14:45
	Hark the herald angels sing glory to the newborn king,	14:47
	peace on Earth and mercy mild.	14:51
	God and sinners reconciled.	14:56
	This is the lord of whom we sing.	15:00
	But Luke gives us a lord who says,	15:04
	I came to bring fire to the Earth not peace	15:07
	but division even among families.	15:12
	The words of this text are jarring and disturbing.	15:17
	They threaten our dearly held images of a	15:22
	gentle, peaceful lord.	15:24
	They tell us of a God who comes with fire and sword	15:27
	to slash and burn and separate.	15:30
	What are we to do with a God such as this?	15:35
	But maybe that's the point.	15:42
	Perhaps we've created an image of God	15:45
	that we can do whatever we wish with	15:49
	one that we can manipulate and control.	15:53
	A nice, manageable loving God	15:57
	who let's us do as we please, sometimes	16:00
	mildly admonishing us but always gentle,	16:02
	easy, nice.	16:07
	In this scripture Jesus burns right through our mushy	16:12
	lukewarm, domesticated images of God.	16:16
	Jesus confronts us with the God	16:21
	of power and judgment.	16:24
	This isn't a safe, nice, controllable God	16:27
	but one who burns like fire and cuts like a sword.	16:32
	The god that Jesus reveals is hot, intense,	16:37
	passionate, demanding.	16:41
	We can't manipulate or ignore this God.	16:46
	This is the one who comes to us with fire.	16:51
	Throughout the scripture, the image of fire is the one	16:56
	reliable sign of the presence of God.	16:59
	God speaks to Moses out of the burning bush.	17:02
	A pillar of fire guides the people out of Egypt.	17:05
	When Moses goes up to Mount Sinai to get the 10 commandments	17:09
	from God it looks to those down below as if the entire	17:12
	mountain is consumed by fire.	17:15
	Fire,	17:19
	dangerous, unpredictable,	17:20
	powerful.	17:23
	Jesus said that he came to bring fire to the Earth.	17:26
	Fire, the sign that in him	17:30
	and through him,	17:33
	nothing less	17:35
	than almighty God is present.	17:37
	So what does it mean to be confronted with a God	17:42
	who brings fire?	17:45
	In the presence of fire shadows get pushed back	17:48
	and what was hidden stands revealed.	17:53
	The truth about life, about us	17:58
	is made plain.	18:02
	Every nook and cranny of our being is seen into	18:04
	and known for what it is.	18:08
	All our masks and pretensions are melted away	18:11
	and we stand exposed, known for who we really are.	18:15
	In the light of fire we are known, judged.	18:22
	Judgment is an aspect of the Gospel that we would rather not	18:29
	focus on	18:33
	but nevertheless, judgment	18:36
	is inescapable.	18:39
	Earlier in Luke we heard even now	18:41
	the ax is lying at the root of the trees.	18:44
	Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut	18:49
	down and thrown into the fire.	18:52
	His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing	18:56
	floor and to gather the wheat into his granary	19:00
	but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.	19:03
	There's no getting around the reality of judgment.	19:07
	Jesus came among us with sword and fire	19:12
	to cut a narrow path.	19:15
	He has come to determine who is on the side of life	19:17
	and who is not.	19:21
	It isn't that God cares for some and not for others.	19:23
	It's just that some have rejected life for so long that they	19:27
	have become like weeds that suck the nourishment out of the	19:30
	soil without giving anything back.	19:34
	These who have become useless in God's kingdom	19:38
	must be cut back so that the good fruit,	19:42
	the good wheat might thrive and get on	19:46
	with the business of feeding a starving world.	19:49
	From now on five in one household will be divided.	19:55
	Three against two and two against three,	19:58
	father against son and son against father and mother against	20:01
	daughter and daughter against mother, mother in law against	20:04
	her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her	20:07
	mother-in-law.	20:10
	These are terrifying words.	20:12
	The family is our most cherished human institution.	20:14
	We expect unity in the family, if nowhere else.	20:18
	So why would Jesus say that he comes to bring division	20:22
	especially in the family?	20:27
	You see the very	20:31
	presence of Jesus precipitates a crisis,	20:32
	a division among	20:37
	people in terms of how they respond to him.	20:38
	Loyalties get rearranged and sometimes even families	20:42
	get divided.	20:46
	A Duke student got involved in a tutoring project	20:49
	his sophomore year.	20:52
	He had planned to be a lawyer but he discovered that he had	20:54
	a gift, a call to teach inner-city kids.	20:57
	His parents told him that he's wasting his education and	21:01
	their money.	21:05
	It's been hard for him to go against their expectations.	21:07
	I know a woman who struggled for a long time with a sense of	21:12
	call to the ministry.	21:15
	Her husband tried to talk her out of it.	21:17
	Couldn't she continue to serve the lord in other ways?	21:19
	Wasn't teaching Sunday school	21:22
	and a weekly Bible study enough?	21:23
	What about their children and their lifestyle?	21:26
	Surely they would suffer.	21:29
	She prayed about it, delayed the decision,	21:32
	tried to run from it but finally felt that she had to	21:34
	respond to the call.	21:37
	She entered seminary	21:39
	and her husband felt betrayed by her commitment to God.	21:41
	There's been a divorce.	21:46
	The family was scorched by fire.	21:48
	I have a Japanese friend who was beaten by his father when	21:53
	he discovered that he had converted to Christianity.	21:57
	He gave him a choice,	22:00
	to give up his faith	22:02
	or lose his family.	22:04
	My friend was	22:06
	an outcast,	22:08
	estranged from father and mother and brothers.	22:10
	Following Jesus can be costly.	22:14
	I tell you that, that night	22:18
	there will be two in bed,	22:21
	one will be taken and the other left.	22:23
	By its very nature, the gospel divides with fire and sword.	22:28
	It is hard, demanding, costly.	22:33
	In the fire of judgment we're confronted with the God	22:39
	who sees us for who we are	22:42
	and demands that we make a decision about who we will be.	22:45
	We must choose	22:50
	whom and what we will serve.	22:52
	Will we let God make us useful	22:58
	or not?	23:01
	None of us could stand to face such intense light,	23:04
	such scorching heat.	23:09
	None of us could risk exposing the stark truth about	23:11
	ourselves, none of us could stand before the judging fire.	23:15
	If we did not believe that this is God's own fire,	23:20
	the fire of God's presence, the fire that wants to	23:24
	speak to us, to guide us, to instruct us,	23:27
	to save us.	23:30
	It is the fire of a potter who wants to make useful vessels	23:32
	out of damp clay.	23:36
	It is the fire of a jeweler who want to refine pure gold	23:38
	from rough ore.	23:42
	In other words it does not have to be the fire of	23:46
	destruction, it may also become	23:49
	the fire of transformation,	23:52
	a fire that lights us up and changes us,	23:55
	melting us down and reforming us more nearly	23:59
	to the image of God.	24:02
	It is the fire with which Jesus himself was baptized in the	24:04
	crucifixion and resurrection.	24:08
	It is the fire with which he baptizes us,	24:12
	inviting us into bright hot relationship with him.	24:15
	So while the fire that Jesus bring judges,	24:22
	it also, it's the same fire that saves.	24:25
	It is said that if you put a frog in a pot of cold water	24:31
	and place it over a low heat the frog will swim around	24:35
	and around in the water never realizing that it's getting	24:39
	hotter and hotter	24:41
	until it dies from the heat.	24:43
	Sometimes life is like that for us.	24:47
	We swim around and around in the lukewarm water	24:50
	never realizing that the choices we make	24:53
	are heating the water so that the very life	24:56
	is being sapped out of us.	24:59
	But when we encounter the bright hot fire of the lord	25:03
	we can no longer remain indifferent or unaware of the	25:07
	dangers that we face.	25:11
	When we faced fire we can't ignore it or drag our feet	25:14
	or pretend that it doesn't exist	25:17
	or put off the decision until another time.	25:19
	We must decide then and there how we will respond.	25:22
	It confronts us with a crisis and a decision.	25:26
	It's heat singes us so that we know that our very life	25:29
	is at stake.	25:33
	We must choose what we will live for	25:35
	and what we will die for.	25:39
	It gives us a sense of urgency.	25:42
	We must decide whether we will give our allegiance to the	25:44
	will and way of Jesus Christ or whether we will reject him	25:47
	and go our way for all time.	25:51
	This is the God who comes in hot,	25:55
	demanding fire to save us from the life that leads slowly	25:58
	but inexorably to death.	26:03
	The God who comes in fire desires not only to separate	26:06
	and refine but also unite.	26:10
	In metallurgy, fire is essential in producing alloys.	26:15
	Through fire two distinct different elements are combined so	26:19
	that they might enhance each other to form a	26:23
	new stronger, substance.	26:26
	A similar spiritual process takes place when we are touched	26:29
	by holy fire.	26:34
	At Pentecost the coming of the holy spirit was described as	26:37
	tongues of fire which rested upon each person	26:42
	filling them with power.	26:46
	The immediate result was a group of strangers from every	26:48
	corner of the world	26:52
	united around the confession	26:54
	that Jesus Christ is lord.	26:57
	They went on to overcome one division,	27:00
	one human barrier after another,	27:04
	language, race, culture	27:07
	to create a fellowship of believers in Christ.	27:09
	It is a story of a spiritual fire that binds.	27:12
	Through the fire of the holy spirit,	27:18
	God works to unite us with God's self and with each other.	27:21
	This isn't just a theological concept but a spiritual	27:25
	reality through which we are united with the	27:30
	very being of God.	27:32
	It is the mystical union which we share through Christ in	27:35
	the holy spirit that unites us to each other	27:39
	as a community of faith.	27:42
	And gives a peace which cannot be shaken	27:43
	no matter what circumstances we face.	27:47
	A peace which comes not from the absence of conflict	27:50
	but from the absolute assurance that we are not alone.	27:54
	The very presence and power of the almighty God,	27:58
	the one who comes with fire is with us.	28:02
	Jesus came to bring fire to the Earth.	28:08
	Whether we receive these words as promise or threat	28:13
	depends upon how we respond to him.	28:18
	Wherever there is rejection of the Gospel,	28:22
	then division and judgment are the outcome	28:25
	but wherever there is acceptance,	28:29
	the fire burns away everything that chokes off life	28:32
	and binds us to God and to each other in an intense	28:37
	passionate love.	28:41
	In a few minutes we will celebrate the great thanksgiving.	28:45
	Sometimes because this is a familiar ritual,	28:50
	we underestimate its power	28:54
	but this high drama, dangerous.	28:57
	A holy sacrament.	29:02
	It is communion.	29:04
	Through this simple ordinary bread and wine	29:07
	we are united	29:12
	with nothing less than almighty God.	29:14
	If you look closely	29:20
	you will see tongues of fire.	29:21
-	The lord be with you.	29:40
	Let us pray.	29:44
	Oh God, we come before you this morning in praise	29:49
	and thanksgiving	29:53
	ever mindful that you are our God and we are your people.	29:55
	We pray for ourselves and for others.	30:02
	Many of us enter into this hallowed place	30:08
	like starving souls needing bread,	30:11
	like parched flowers seeking water,	30:14
	like storm tossed ships looking for safe harbor.	30:19
	Satisfy the needs of our souls from the depths	30:24
	of your mercy.	30:27
	Nourish us with your presence	30:29
	and speak to us in your word.	30:32
	Lord, in your mercy.	30:36
	We are not our own but yours.	30:42
	Claim us as your right.	30:44
	Keep us as your charge.	30:47
	Love us as your children.	30:50
	Fight for us when we are assaulted.	30:53
	Heal us when we are wounded	30:56
	and revive us when we are destroyed.	30:58
	Lord, in your mercy.	31:02
	We pray this morning for those whose lives are filled	31:08
	with suffering and pain,	31:12
	those whose hearts are heavy with sorrow or anxiety	31:15
	and those whose lips no longer pray but have surrendered	31:20
	to despair.	31:24
	Give them courage if not relief.	31:27
	Surround them with hope as well as love	31:31
	and give them occasion to open their lips in a song	31:35
	that will breathe into them a new spirit	31:39
	and new life.	31:42
	Lord, in your mercy.	31:45
	As we approach the beginning of a new school year	31:51
	we pray for this community of learning.	31:53
	Bless our leaders with wisdom and integrity.	31:57
	Give our faculty insight and patience.	32:02
	Furnish our students with a zealous expectation	32:06
	for discovery.	32:09
	Grant that our search for truth be accompanied by humility.	32:12
	The request for understanding be attended by compassion	32:18
	and that whatever small successes we experience	32:22
	might be tempered by an awareness of our own frailties	32:27
	and gratitude for your great mercies.	32:31
	Lord in your mercy.	32:35
	In raising these as in all our petitions and intercessions,	32:40
	we place our trust and confidence in you, oh lord.	32:44
	In the midst of our conceit, judge us and divide us	32:50
	from our weakness and sin save us and empower us	32:55
	with your holy spirit.	32:58
	Be thou our wisdom	33:01
	and our true word.	33:05
	Amen.	33:08
-	Let us stand and offer one another signs of God's peace.	33:13
	You may be seated.	33:41
	As forgiven and reconciled people,	33:44
	let us offer ourselves and our gifts to God.	33:47
	(organ music)	34:02
	(hymnal singing)	35:31
	(organ music)	40:08
	(hymnal singing)	40:47
-	The lord be with you.	41:48
	Lift up your hearts.	41:52
	Let us give thanks to the lord our God.	41:55
	It is right and a good and joyful thing always and	42:01
	everywhere to give thanks to you, father almighty,	42:05
	creator of heaven and Earth.	42:09
	You formed us in your image and breathed into us the	42:11
	breath of life.	42:14
	When we turned away and our love failed,	42:16
	your love remained steadfast.	42:19
	You delivered us from captivity.	42:22
	Made covenant to be our sovereign God	42:24
	and spoke to us through your prophets who look for that day	42:27
	when justice shall roll down like waters and righteousness	42:31
	like an ever flowing stream.	42:35
	When nations shall not lift up sword against a nation,	42:38
	neither shall they learn war anymore	42:41
	and so with your people on Earth and all the company	42:45
	of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn.	42:47
	(organ music)	42:52
	(hymnal singing)	42:58
	Holy are you and blessed is your son, Jesus Christ.	43:38
	Your spirit anointed him to preach good news to the poor,	43:42
	to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of	43:45
	sight to the blind,	43:49
	to set at liberty those who are oppressed	43:51
	and to announce that the time had come when you would	43:53
	save your people.	43:56
	He healed the sick, fed the hungry	43:58
	and ate with sinners.	44:01
	By the baptism of his suffering, death and resurrection,	44:03
	you gave birth to your church,	44:07
	delivered us from slavery to sin and death	44:10
	and made with us a new covenant by water and the spirit.	44:13
	At his ascension you exalted him to sit and reign with you	44:18
	at your right hand.	44:22
	On the night in which he gave himself up for us,	44:24
	he took bread, gave thanks to you,	44:27
	broke the bread, gave it to his disciples and said,	44:30
	take, eat, this is my body given for you.	44:33
	Do this in remembrance of me.	44:37
	And when the supper was over he took the cup,	44:40
	gave thanks to you, offered it to his disciples and said,	44:43
	drink from this all of you,	44:47
	for this is the blood of the new covenant	44:49
	poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.	44:51
	Do this as often as you drink it	44:55
	in remembrance of me.	44:58
	And so in remembrance of these, your mighty acts	45:02
	in Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in praise and	45:05
	thanksgiving as a holy and living sacrifice	45:09
	in union with Christ offering for us	45:13
	as we proclaim the mystery of faith.	45:16
	(organ music)	45:19
	(hymnal singing)	45:26
	Pour out your holy spirit on us gathered here	45:35
	and on these gifts of bread and wine.	45:38
	Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ,	45:41
	that we may be for the world the body of Christ redeemed	45:45
	by his blood.	45:48
	By your spirit, make us one with Christ,	45:50
	one with each other and one in ministry to all the world	45:53
	until Christ comes in final victory and we feast	45:57
	at his heavenly banquet.	46:01
	Through your son, Jesus Christ, with the holy spirit	46:04
	in your holy church, all honor and glory is yours	46:08
	almighty father, now and forever.	46:12
	(organ music)	46:15
	(hymnal singing)	46:23
	Our father who art in heaven,	46:33
	hallowed be thy name.	46:37
	Thy kingdom come, thy will be done	46:39
	on earth as it is in heaven.	46:42
	Give us this day our daily bread	46:45
	and forgive us our trespasses	46:48
	as we forgive those who trespass against us.	46:50
	Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.	46:54
	For thine is the kingdom and power	46:58
	and the glory forever,	47:01
	amen.	47:04
	When we break the bread it is a means of sharing in the	47:09
	body of Christ.	47:13
	When we drink from the cup	47:19
	it is a means of sharing in the blood of Christ	47:21
	which unites us with the power of almighty God.	47:23
	The body of Christ given for you.	47:31
	The blood of Christ given for you.	47:36
	(organ music)	48:01
	Come to the table.	48:04
	(organ music)	48:08
	(hymnal singing)	49:48
	(organ music)	55:00
	(hymnal singing)	55:50
	Please stand for the prayer after communion.	58:33
	Eternal God, we give you thanks for this holy mystery	58:40
	in which you have given yourself to us.	58:44
	Grant that we may go into the world in the strength	58:47
	of your spirit	58:50
	to give ourselves for others	58:51
	in the name of Jesus Christ, our lord,	58:54
	amen.	58:57
	(organ music)	58:59
	(hymnal singing)	59:44
	Go forth in the peace of our lord.	1:02:58
	May the grace of the lord Jesus Christ	1:03:01
	and the love of God and the communion and unity	1:03:03
	of the holy spirit be with you and keep you,	1:03:06
	amen.	1:03:10
	(hymnal singing)	1:03:13
	(organ music)	1:03:25

Item Info

Title:

Debra K. Brazzel - Sermon Untitled (August 20, 1995)

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Sermon start time: 13:17. Sermon end time: 29:26.
God's fire is intense, whether it is of judgement or love. We must prepare ourselves to withstand it through trusting in God. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: “So while the fire that Jesus brings judges, it also is the same fire that saves.”

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Date:

August 20, 1995

Speaker:

Brazzel, Debra K.

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Duke University. Chapel

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