# Strangers in the Night

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Podcast: [Vessel Houston](https://stenobird.com/podcast/vessel-houston-6612286)
Published: 2025-09-16T21:24:19+00:00
Episode link: https://vesselhouston.org/liturgy/gathering-liturgy-250914-strangers-in-the-night
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Duration seconds: 1400

## Resource

A “religious” leader emerges through the dark, seeking to understand this mysterious, troublemaking rabbi. The two share a nighttime encounter illuminated by a universe shifting claim, one which our world of outrage and malice needs more than ever. (sermon begins at 01:00) Scripture & Quotations John 3:1-17 John 19:39-40 God’s freely given grace is a humiliation to the ego because free gifts say nothing about being strong, superior, or moral. Thus only the soul can understand grace, never the mind or the ego - Richard Rohr, “Economy of Grace”

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