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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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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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Recently my daughter and I made a trip to the Missouri Wildflower Nursery in Brazito, Missouri. This was her first visit, but my second one. The first trip to the nursery was in the early 1980’s with my mom. Mom loved nature and worked hard to make sure that native prairies were preserved in her own space. They
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Currently, I am sitting on the deck on a bright sunny day with the shade trees keeping me cool, and the birds providing a delightful symphony. Life is good. During the past two months, I have had random thoughts race through my brain but struggled to figure out how to put them together coherently. This is what
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What if we lived our lives as simply Methodist? Recently, events I can’t understand shook my world. As I struggle to understand what has happened, know one thing: My life is founded on the principal that Jesus taught us: Love one another as we want to be loved. How difficult does life have to be if we honestly
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Introduction Every Sunday as Pastor Peter begins the sermon, he invites you to prepare by having your Bible and note taking materials with you. I had never considered suggesting this practice, especially right before delivering a sermon. But I like it and you may have noticed I have adopted the same reminder. The Bible provides us a
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The Introduction Today is one of those transitional days. We are honoring our dads and their influences in our lives, and we are closing out spring and moving into true summer. It is interesting how we mark our calendars and how pivotal days like today keep us connected to traditions and guides us through our lives. If we
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Introduction Last week we focused on the family of faith through a look at our parents–the mothers and the fathers. Today, we are going to step away from the nucleus family and consider the aunts, uncles, and even cousins in our lives. Therefore, let’s begin getting to know our extended family. Here is what I suspect you
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Good morning, Church Family, I am Susan Smith, the associate pastor and I know you are all as tired of the cold and snow as I am, but we are looking forward to Spring like weather this week. Sadly, though a quick google search reveals the behaviors of people partying with drinks in hand and
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For a week, I have thought about how to look at 2021. One challenge that showed up in my inbox was to identify one word for the new year. Immediately one popped up: Resilience. Why? Think about the history of our country. How many times has a challenge presented itself and the very principles that established this country sustained it
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Love God, love life, love one another.
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