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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, August 9, 2014 Are We the Ephesians? Scriptural base: Ephesians 4:25-5:2 (NKJV) Reflection: The calendar reveals the truth that summer in our community is over and school begins. One might not think it would matter that school is starting, but in our culture that signals the end of vacations, kids running around
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given on Sunday, August 2, 2015 Growing up, Dad always said grace before every meal we ate at home. He did not offer grace when we were eating at a restaurant. At the time, the routine was just that—routine. I never really thought about what he said or did not say. If it was a
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given on Sunday, July 26, 2015 (I was not in the pulpit on July 19.) How to take God on Vacation Summer brings vacation time for most of those in the United States. With school in session for 9-10 months of the year, summer traditions have included going to church camp, vacation Bible school, picnics,
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given on Sunday, July 12, 2015 Scripture base: Ephesians 1:3-14, NLT The thought never occurred to me that If we were returning to the past and living in Galilee whether my family would have been Jewish or whether we would have been a Gentile. The question sprung up as I read a statement from the
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given on Sunday, July 5, 2015 Fourth of July Weekend and everything is dressed up in red, white and blue. We cannot deny that our country is celebrating its heritage this weekend, but the heritage is not always easy to preserve or even to understand. Our hymnal has several selections that reflect this country’s history,
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given on Sunday, June 28 June is ending and July looms ahead and kicks off with a holiday—the Fourth of July. Summer is here, vacations are planned, and I feel like celebrating. The question, though, is what would I be celebrating. And who has ever heard of celebrating as part of a worship service. Well,
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given on Sunday, June 21, Father’s Day 2015 Consider this statement: “God’s highest aim is for all to experience love, justice, peace, and abundance. . . “ Is not that exactly what our fathers want, too. The child’s cry in the backseat of the family car, ‘are we there yet,’ is being echoed this week
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given on Sunday, June 14, 2015 Annual Conference is over. In many churches, the pastor will be absent because in two weeks, they have to have their homes packed, move to a new spot in Missouri, and unpack into a new house. On top of that, they have to prepare that first, all-so-important sermon for
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Just a reminder: Every time I re-read the sermons, I find different ways of wording things. The story of Joseph from Genesis needed fuller explanation, so I added it extemporaneously. There may be times that I have to make a quick adjustment while presenting the sermon. Thank you for reading and especially a thank you
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given on Sunday, May 24, 2015 All too often we have a holiday weekend and discover that Sunday’s worship service is smack dab in the middle of it. For those who meet each week, worship is part of the basic routine. For many, though, this is the weekend to get away and attending church quickly
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Love God, love life, love one another.
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