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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, December 5, 2010: Main idea: John the Baptist prepared the people for the coming of the Messiah. Questions: Who is John the Baptist? Why was it necessary for John the Baptist to predict Jesus’ coming? Do we need another prophet today? Are we really prepared for Christ to come? Song reference: “Days
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given on Sunday, November 28, 2010 Main idea: Each person needs to be prepared for the second coming of Jesus at a moment’s notice. Questions: What is “apocalyptic”/ Do today’s Christians still believe in Jesus’ coming/ What do we need to do to prepare Christians for Jesus’ coming” Welcome to the Holiday Season, 2010.
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given on Sunday, November 21, 2010: Here we are stepping into the holiday season and the to-do-lists are loaded down. The typical visit to the grocery store becomes a major journey: the parking lot is way too full, the last cart has a wobbly wheel, the aisles are packed higher and wider with all the
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During the sermon on Sunday, November 14, 2010, my COS paper was reviewed with the members. The post here is the paper completed for the COS class. The Celtic Cross, even the various knot patterns, have long appealed to me. Maybe it is because I do have some genetic connections with Ireland, Scotland and Wales,
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There will be no post of this week’s sermon. I have to be honest, I just did not feel like I ever made a clear point. Fortunately I have gracious congregations who allowed me to be a tired, worn-out human. At times the daily business really can get in the way of hearing God. I
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given on Sunday, October 31, 2010 Halloween or All Saints Day Here is the problem: a Sunday that landed directly on Halloween and the very next day is All Saints Day. This sets up quite a dilemma when the goal is to put together a meaningful service when everybody knows that the entire country is
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given on Sunday, October 24, 2010 Reading an article by Martin Thielin, “How a Two-Hundred-Year-Old, Declining, County Seat Church Got Its Groove Back” and focusing on the concept of “rethinking church,” I stumbled upon the descriptor ‘ancient-modern’ as a reference to a successful style of worship. Then it occurred to me that that same descriptor
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given on Sunday, October 10, 2010 Did you notice anything unusual this week? Did you stumble across something that needed repairing? Did you still have to mow your yard even though we are now in October? Did you notice the leaves are beginning to fall? Each day that you step outside of your home, you
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given on Sunday, October 3, 2010–World Communion Day Note: This sermon was designed to include the hymns and the scripture from the lectionary. Therefore, I hope it reads smoothly for you. Hymn: Great Is Thy Faithfulness UMH No. 140 Accepting the Mission Based on 2 Timothy 1:3-14 from the Message Today we cannot possibly imagine
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given on September 26, 2010 The bright moonshine this week may have kept a few of you awake. The storms we heard may have made solid sleep difficult. The howling of coyotes may have penetrated the quiet evenings. A thousand concerns ranging from the windows being open to making the next round of payments kept
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Love God, love life, love one another.
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