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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, May 31, 2009 This week the phrase “I believe…” just kept surfacing in my mind over and over. I thought and thought; just what did I believe. I tried to think of a song that said “I believe…” but nothing connected. I read the lectionary and I was reminded that this is
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given on Sunday, May 24, 2009 Remember the lyrics, “memories pressed between the pages of my mind”? I was driving home this week and happened to be listening to oldies when I heard another song’s melody and immediately recognized the song. It was one I remember from my teen years, and it flooded me with
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given Sunday, May 17, 2009Looking at the calendar, I cannot ignore that the week has been filled with all types of life transitions. Mother’s Day may have started the week and that certainly signifies one transition that occurs in so many lives, but on Tuesday I celebrated my dad’s 83rd birthday representing another transition. The
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given on Sunday, May 10, 2009 Mothers’ Day is the topic for almost every sermon being given today. Nothing is wrong with that except that there is a risk. The risk is that the message heard is caught up in a timing cliché and the message is lost. Therefore, today we are going to do
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given on Sunday, May 3, 2009Are you as tired of the rain as I am? I watch the weather, and I just groan. I look out the window and feel myself droop. The backyard is a mud pit with a few patches of green growing wildly. The old phrase keeps replaying in my mind: Rain,
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given on Sunday, April 26, 2009 I celebrated my birthday this weekend and I decided I had to share a few of my gifts with you. Sometime we get gifts that have very significant meaning and what you see before you, my personal Willow Tree collection, is the result of one very small gift from
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given Sunday, April 19, 2009 Working through this week has been a challenge. The calendar was booked. The students decided to work. The weather was still dreary. Events led to new learning, and all the while I had this phrase playing over and over—the value of a word. I could not get rid of the
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given on Palm Sunday, April 5, 2009 Share the Faith I just got back from a conference yesterday and I cannot wait to tell everybody what I learned. First of all, I am not alone in the universe teaching the at-risk students to the best of my ability. Then I want to tell them about
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given on Sunday, March 29, 2009 When I was in high school, geometry was one of the most frustrating classes I ever tackled. In fact, during elementary school, I had developed a strength in math and even went through a self-paced advanced math that came out in the early 60’s. I did not fear math
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given on Sunday, March 22, 2009 Who would have thought that a week off from school could provide a real life experience in Christian living, but I think today’s sermon came from sharing ideas and keeping life simple. Trying to get the starting words of a sermon is not always easy, but today I probably
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Love God, love life, love one another.
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