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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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given on Sunday, April 17, 2016 For eight years I have walked a tightrope. Balancing my call to teaching at-risk students and following God’s call to the ministry was tough. Completing the 20 years in alternative education, I felt it was time shift from one call to the next call. The personal transition has been
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given on Sunday, April 10, 2016 Scripture connection: John 21:1-19, NLT Later, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee.[a] This is how it happened. 2 Several of the disciples were there—Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin),[b] Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples. 3 Simon Peter said,
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given on Sunday, November 9, 2009 Life certainly has not been simple this week, has it? We have each had our own daily agenda items to manage; we have working; we have been keeping up with the household chores; we have checked on our family and neighbors; and the list just keeps growing. On top
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given on Sunday, April 3, 2016 Thank you, Margie! You post triggered this sermon. Scripture: John 20:19-23 19 That Sunday evening[a] the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. 20 As he spoke, he showed them the
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given on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016 The Story: John 20:1-9, NLT Early on Sunday morning,[a] while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. 2 She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She
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given on Palm Sunday, March 20, 2016 Reflection: Man the Mission: The Passion of Jesus Christ The Story continues today, Palm Sunday. Typically images of Palm Sunday is one of kids running up and down the aisles with palm fronds waving as though there were a parade. History has created images of a parade
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given on Sunday, March 13, 2016–5th Sunday of Lent Scripture connections: Common lectionary: Isaiah 43:16-21 Psalm 126 (UMH 847) Philippians 3:4b-14 John 12:1-8 Supplementary verses: Matthew 28:18—20 Reflection: Undoubtedly everybody is sleepy this morning as we did spring ahead with daylight savings time this weekend, but our lives are fairly ‘ho hum’ these days.
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Scripture connections: (from the Common Lectionary for Year C) Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 32 (UMH ) 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3,11b-32 Reflection: Years ago, a movie about a mission’s failure came out—Apollo 13—that provided a breath-taking account of how a mission doomed to failure was salvaged by two teams working together yet separate. The spacecraft circling
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given Sunday, October 25, 2009 Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000197 EndHTML:0000034323 StartFragment:0000002834 EndFragment:0000034287 SourceURL:file:///Mom’s%20Stuff/Church/Y2%20ChilNor/Sermons/Praise,%20Praise,%20Praise.doc Here we are: the last Sunday morning of October. The goal for this month was to talk about praise each Sunday, but I just kept struggling to find the words to share with you. Last Sunday I found the inspiration in Psalms 104, which
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Love God, love life, love one another.
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