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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 25, 2013 Last week I shared one of the biggest keys to understanding the Old Testament that I have found to date: the Jewish people were selected from all the peoples in God’s world to serve as a holy people with the purpose of being priests. This was what God told
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given on Sunday, August 18, 2013 Why should Christians read the Old Testament? Much of our Christian Bible studies focus around the New Testament, but that is not even half of the entire Bible. And yes, the COS curriculum has lead to today’s thoughts. For that, I apologize, yet if I had not had
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given on Sunday, August 11, 2013 Scripture reference: Psalm 118 A Day without God? These cooler, rainy summer days are a farmer’s dream come true and I am thankful for that; but for me, now a city dweller, I do not rally well for these days. Therefore, when I knew I had a window
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I have not preached for two weeks prior to August 4. Therefore, this is the first sermon to post in almost three weeks. I gave this one on Sunday, August 4. The preacher was Rev. Longstreth, a rather legalistic style preacher. He was known as Rev. Longstreth and no one considered calling him Pastor
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AC report 2013 This attached Power Point is today’s service. Our lay delegate prepared and presented the service and summarized the conference experience while using a full-fledged program including scripture and music. This is a first for the smaller churches in my appointment. Thanks for the effort.
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given on Sunday, July 6, 2013 Today’s question: What does Christianity look like today? Scripture base: I Corinthians 10:23-31 Today’s thoughts: Consider today’s question. What does Christianity look like? Now think about that in two different contexts—the first 20 years of your life and now. Has your idea of what Christianity looks like the
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given on Sunday, June 30, 2013 Supporting scriptures: Genesis 1:3—Let there be light… 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.[a] 2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,”
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given on Sunday, June 23, 2013 Before annual conference began, registrants received the “21 Days of Prayer,” which introduced a variety of different prayer forms to prepare attendees for the conference, but more importantly to pray for the church in today’s culture. The theme of conference sets the tone for the coming church year: “Praying
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given on Father’s Day, June 16,2013 Enough is enough! The reality of our 21st century’s church is outdated. Is this a problem or is the 21st century the problem? Reporters are trained to look at an issue and then work to answer the 5 W’s and an H. Who is the story about? What is
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given on Sunday, June 2, 2013–based on preparing for Annual Conference where the theme will be “Praying Hands and Dirty Fingernails Praying Hands & Dirty Fingernails: Easy or Hard? Five days from now Annual Conference convenes. I recognize that the value of this meeting seems distant, unimportant, or maybe even detrimental in some ways.
Susandoodles
Love God, love life, love one another.
Susandoodles 