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Panic settled upon me after hearing how driven the state of Kansas has become in its effort to lure, entice, kidnap the KC Chiefs across state lines. Wouldn’t that be a federal offense? The same sense of panic sat in when Jackson County failed to renew the tax for the KC Royals in April. Why panic? I
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During the past few months, I have had the honor of officiating at two funerals, and yesterday I attended a third funeral. There is one resounding principle that keeps ringing in my ears: the greatest gift ever is love. Yesterday’s funeral was for a member of my church family of 28 years. I came to this community to
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Three weeks into a rest period, I find myself in confusion. I am so used to operating on a schedule and knowing my goals, this pause in that life is very uncomfortable. I am so fortunate to have family and friends–personal and professional, who know how confusing this time is for me and know that
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Dear Americans, I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday. I know getting older sometimes makes us want to skip a birthday, but let face it–no one really wants to be ignored on their birthday. This year it is difficult to celebrate, I know, because the America we have today has developed into a
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This is the final sermon after 10 years in the pulpit. Sunday, June 24, will also be the last sermon that I have threaded together the images of the Church of Resurrection’s stained glass window (Leawood, KS). This has been such an interesting six months as I have studied the window and considered its creation as a visual
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Sermon given on Fathers Day 2018. This is again loosely connected to the Church of Resurrection’s stained glass window (Leawod, KS) that has woven the sermons together since January 6, 2018. There is one more planned before stepping away from the pulpit for a time of renewal. The calendar and all the media remind us
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Meal time can easily be a problem, especially as we cook two or three times a day. But I find that figuring out how to keep meals from being so routine that it losses appeal just because it is a frequently repeated menu. My tendency to avoid boredom and think “outside of the box” also
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Sermon given on Sunday, June 3, 2018 and loosely connected to the Church of Resurrection’s stained glass window. Leaving college and my farm life, I moved to Lexington, MO, and stepped into a new community that seemed so far away from my roots. One facet of that new community was its historical connection to the
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As I prepared the sermon, I started remembering how our family handled Memorial Day, which we called Decoration Day. The day was a process–beginning in the morning picking flowers from our own yard. No purchased ones were ever used and I never remember not having fresh ones available. The next step was wrapping old Folgers
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Sermon for Memorial Day Weekend Sunday, May 27, 2018. Another connection to Church of Resurrection’s stained glass window. As we enjoy the Memorial Day Weekend as a holiday, the purpose of the holiday can easily be ignored—at least in today’s social environment. Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, began in 1868, and its origin
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Sermon given on Pentecost Sunday, May 20, 2018. What a powerful day to bring together the messages of Pentecost, John Wesley’s Aldersgate Experience, and the 50th anniversary of the merger of the Evangelical Brethern and the Methodist churches in 1968. Reflection: The Church Begins: Pentecost Ignites the Apostles Pentais Greek for the number five, and
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Sermon for Mother’s Day, May 13, 2018. Susanna Wesley is one of the figures included in the Church of Resurrection’s, Leawood, KS, stained glass window which has loosely tied the sermons together for the past several months. Just imagine where The Church would be without mothers. Mothers have raised children perpetuating their culture’s faith
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Love God, love life, love one another.
Susandoodles 