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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, September 13, 2009 This is the first of a mini-series. Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000179 EndHTML:0000033750 StartFragment:0000004845 EndFragment:0000033714 SourceURL:file:///Mom’s%20Stuff/Church/Y2%20ChilNor/Sermons/Proverbs.doc Proverbs: A Christian’s Manual I suppose almost every one of us has wondered why in the world there is not a handy manual for raising kids these days. We grow up, get married, and have children.
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given on Sunday, September 6, 2009 Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000188 EndHTML:0000017036 StartFragment:0000002294 EndFragment:0000017000 SourceURL:file:///Mom’s%20Stuff/Church/Y2%20ChilNor/Sermons/Broken%20or%20Not.doc Have you ever had something that was special to you that broke? There is a sense of anger or hurt, often depending on how the item was broken, when you discover the damage. Sometimes you do not see the break at first; sometimes
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given on Sunday, August 30, 2009 “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to
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The sermon posted briefly was deleted in case there was not adequate referencing for the article. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have created. I thought I had provided enough resources to be responsible, but maybe not. I certainly would rather be safe than sorry.
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given on Sunday, July 26, 2009 Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000181 EndHTML:0000027264 StartFragment:0000003277 EndFragment:0000027228 SourceURL:file:///Mom’s%20Stuff/Church/Y2%20ChilNor/Sermons/What%20Now.doc Well, did you check out what your spiritual gifts this week? If you did, great. If you did not, then I hope you at least read through the descriptors of the spiritual gifts. As I read through them again this week, I found
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given on Sunday, July 19, 2009 Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000183 EndHTML:0000024171 StartFragment:0000002997 EndFragment:0000024135 SourceURL:file:///Mom’s%20Stuff/Church/Y2%20ChilNor/Sermons/What%20Gifts.doc The scriptures for the last two Sundays referred to gifts: gifts of the Holy Spirit. We have read the list in various forms, but when you go to the UMC website and read about spiritual gifts, you may wonder how that list of
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given on Sunday, July 5, 2009 Note: This is a short sermon because I had designated the day “Summer Short Sunday” emphasizing casual clothing and a picnic attitude. It was fun, but not very many shorts appeared. Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000192 EndHTML:0000014081 StartFragment:0000002749 EndFragment:0000014045 SourceURL:file:///Mom’s%20Stuff/Church/Y2%20ChilNor/Sermons/Freedom%20in%20Christ.doc Did you hear that good news in the scripture this morning? This
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given on Sunday, June 28, 2009 One year ago, I joined you for my first pastoral appointment. Maybe I am a bit selfish focusing on this event today, but I am excited that we get to begin our second year together this week. Besides, who doesn’t love to celebrate a special event? Of course, there
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given on Father’s Day, June 21, 2009 Each day we get up, we honor our parents. We also honor God, our Holy Father. How we live from the moment we wake up to the moment our eyes close and sleep comes over us is a composite of choices. When I visited the Cokesbury display, I
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given on Sunday, June 14, 2009 Beginning today’s message with a set of encouraging words or some phrase from conference would be easy, unfortunately, the phrase would have to be “somewhere out there” and I have listened to that over and over and over last weekend. I need new words. You see, the Bishop set
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Love God, love life, love one another.
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