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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, October 16, 2011 Sounds like a great book title. Wait, I think it has been a book title: there it is on Amazon, with a subtitle—If you could ask God anything, what would it be? The author is Alton Gansky. Sorry to say, but I am unfamiliar with that individual. In fact,
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given on Sunday, October 9, 2011 (note that scripture and study notes are attached) Have you ever thought how Christopher Columbus reacted when he saw the first image of land? Granted he was not the first to journey to new worlds, but this week the calendar reveals that we honor his discovery of the
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given on Sunday, October 2, 2011–World Communion Sunday Exodus 20: The Ten Commandments 1-2 . . . I am God, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a life of slavery. 3 No other gods, only me. 4-6 No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything
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given on Sunday, September 25, 2011 Autumn is here and the trees are beginning to turn. There is a tree on South Street in Warrensburg that is the first one to radiate its autumn leaves. It is a hard maple that stands in front of an apartment complex, located in a dip and under the
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given on Sunday, September 18, 2011 Have you realized that this year is the 150th anniversary since the beginning of the Civil War? The official start date for the war is April 12, 1861 with the attack on Ft. Sumner, in South Carolina. Ft. Sumner was Union under the command of Major Robert Anderson and
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given on Sunday, September 11, 2011 Wow! What a day to be alive and in worship together. The calendar identifies this as one of the country’s significant dates, a pivotal point in which our American lives shifted, and yet we have not seen a positive outcome. Instead we are living in a world numbed
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given on Sunday, August 28, 2011 Note: This particular sermon precedes the annual charge conference. The scripture being used is 2 Corinthians 8 which explains the value of managing money and giving generously to others. It is the foundation of Methodism. Charging Up . . . extravagant generosity This week I read an article
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given on Sunday, August 21, 2011 Apple or Mustard Seed Suddenly, summer is over. School supplies fill the store shelves and now the halls are filling up with students—checking lockers, peeking into rooms, running into old teachers and friends. Just walking through the halls and peeking in the rooms, the longtime symbol of
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given on Sunday, August 14, 2011: This is the second part of the discussion on how finances can keep a church–or individuals–from ministry. Let me begin by defining what I call “financially frozen.” The difficult economic news has left many individuals financially frozen. Whether on a budget plan, a savings plan, a retirement plan, or
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given on Sunday, August 7, 2011 Financially Frozen in Fear Following the news this week has certainly been difficult. First things are doing well, then the whole economic system of the entire world is threatened. What in the world are we to do? Interestingly enough, I have spent some time reading Dave Ramsey’s book,
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