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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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Sermon for the 5th Sunday of Lent. The last in the Old Testament Family series. Note the scripture connections are blended into the text of the sermon. Also, I shared a video which is provided as a link within the text. This was primarily to help the kids connect into the saying, “When life hands
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Reading this morning’s KC Star on-line, two articles had paragraphs that need careful reading. Both caught my attention by the words that could easily be skipped yet need careful reading. First, in the news article, “Where’s Gov. Greitens? Not with Trump this visit” (March 15, 2018, p.4), about one third the way down, after explaining
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Living in the Midwest, and truly the Midwest as we are central Missouri, one starts looking for signs of Spring. Now the sun is out today, but there is still a bite to the air. Most of us would say that it is very typically a March day. That does not change the fact
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Two articles came across the web this week that address the difficulties a small church faces in serving the surrounding community. In the article, “What Is Your Signature Ministry?” the point was made that a small church should identify what its ministry is: “Often churches try to do too many things, being all
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Sermon given for the 4th Sunday of Lent–a mini-series. Scripture connections: (using the New Living Translation) Genesis 25:19-26 9 This is the account of the family of Isaac, the son of Abraham. 20 When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
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Yes, I am a little slow tuning in to some of the more contemporary and cultural trends. But in January, I read the article in the USA Today for January 22, 2018. Seeing ‘1968’ on that page I suddenly realized the significance. Fifty years separated that 1968 from today’s 2018. Needless to say, I had
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Yesterday the weather was dreary. Here it is March and spring is teasing us with the usual crocus beginning to bloom while the weather also includes a blizzard north of here. I decided I wanted a hot pot of beef short ribs cooking. Surely a house filled with short ribs cooking could fend off the
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Sermon given on Sunday, March 4, 2018, the 3rd Sunday of Lent during which the sermons are focusing on the Old Testament families and the lessons for the 21st Century Scripture connections: Genesis 12:1-4a The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I
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