Susandoodles

Susandoodles

Love God, love life, love one another.

Susan is trained in journalism, teaching and ministry;
now retired, the blog provides a means to continue sharing thoughts.

Category: Religion

  • Graduating in Faith

    sermon given on Trinity Sunday, May 22, 2016 Scripture Connection: Romans 5: 1-5, NLT 12 “There is so much more I want to tell you, but you can’t bear it now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own…

  • God sent us a lifesaver

    given on Sunday, May 15, 2016–Pentecost Sunday Scripture connection: Romans 8:14-17, NLT 3 The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature.[c] So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we…

  • Lydia said yes; so, Mother, may I?

    given on Sunday, May 8, 2016–7th Sunday of Easter and Mothers’ Day  Scripture connection: Acts 16:13-15, NLT 3 On the Sabbath we went a little way outside the city to a riverbank, where we thought people would be meeting for prayer, and we sat down to speak with some women who…

  • A metaphor of change: Growing the Faith Tree

    given on 5th Sunday of Easter, April 24, 2016 Opening scripture: Genesis 2:8-9, NLT 8 Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made. 9 The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were…

  • Making God’s Mission Personal: What am I to do?

    given on Sunday, April 17, 2016 For eight years I have walked a tightrope. Balancing my call to teaching at-risk students and following God’s call to the ministry was tough. Completing the 20 years in alternative education, I felt it was time shift from one call to the next call.…

  • Mission Today: Time to go fishing

    given on Sunday, April 10, 2016 Scripture connection: John 21:1-19, NLT Later, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee.[a] This is how it happened. 2 Several of the disciples were there—Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin),[b] Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two…

  • Keep Life Simple

    given on Sunday, November 9, 2009 Life certainly has not been simple this week, has it?  We have each had our own daily agenda items to manage; we have working; we have been keeping up with the household chores; we have checked on our family and neighbors; and the list…

  • Continuing the Mission by Praying It Forward

    given on Sunday, April 3, 2016 Thank you, Margie!  You post triggered this sermon. Scripture: John 20:19-23 19 That Sunday evening[a] the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. 20 As he…

  • God’s Mission Never Ends

    given on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016 The Story: John 20:1-9, NLT Early on Sunday morning,[a] while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. 2 She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the…

  • Man the Mission: The Passion of Jesus Christ

    given on Palm Sunday, March 20, 2016 Reflection: Man the Mission: The Passion of Jesus Christ   The Story continues today, Palm Sunday. Typically images of Palm Sunday is one of kids running up and down the aisles with palm fronds waving as though there were a parade. History has…