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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, February 22, 2009 Did you realize that it is only 49 days until Easter? That is not a very long time to get ready. There are the decorations to put up. There is a huge holiday dinner to prepare. And, has the Easter Bunny talked to you about the supplies you need
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given on Sunday, February 15, 2009 Are you done yawning yet? I know you had to think, here we go again; but I just could not get away from the topic this weekend. Here we have had Valentine’s Day and tomorrow is Presidents’ Day so many have been given an extra long weekend to revive
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given on Sunday, February 8, 2009 Mom’s verse holds a very special meaning to me. She never recited it aloud to me. She never had me memorize it. She did not have any plaques hanging on the wall or little frames of it sitting on the desk. In fact, I did not learn of the
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given on Sunday, February 1, 2009 The problem with procrastination is that you just never seem to get done with anything. I feel like the week has just drug on and on. My structure for preparing the service and the sermon just seemed to be missing. I had sermon ideas when I was writing last
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I decided that I would post the following reply to a cousin who is working on some research. I just keep going over these ideas about education and think it is time for a major paradigm shift. How can we sit back and watch the profession fall apart. We needed dedicated individuals who know they
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given on Sunday, January 25, 2009 Help Wanted: Prayer Partners The news states the plain, painful facts—unemployment is at its worst in the last decade. That is just one problem. The cost of living is going up. The ozone is depleting. The war is still being fought in Iraq and in Afghanistan. The news continues
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given on Sunday, January 18, 2009 I must say I have been listening to a broken record this week. As the week began I pulled out the lectionary and saw that today was Human Relations Day. Now my calendar on the wall says it is just the 18th, nothing special. The school calendar says tomorrow
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given on Sunday, January 11, 2009 I suppose you noticed the basket up here with me. I bet you are wondering what in the world “slow stashing” could possibly mean. Well, I wondered, too, what slow stashing was? The term “slow stash” appeared in my inbox. I subscribe to an internet magazine Knitters Review. This
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given on Sunday, January 4, 2009 This week I saw something I have never seen before: first I thought it was a falling star, then I thought it was a bottle rocket, but finally I realized it must be space debris burning up as it re-entered the atmosphere. It was only around 5 p.m. so
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given on Sunday, December 28, 2008 How was your Christmas? We had a busy week with all the different family gatherings. We have eaten way too much, especially sweets in my case. We have had the joy of giving—and receiving. And somewhere in all this the Messiah arrived. Remember the Messiah? During the Advent season
Susandoodles
Love God, love life, love one another.
Susandoodles 