Category: Religion
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A Mother’s Story
given on Sunday, May 8, 2011–Mother’s Day Let me introduce you to Sonja. Married to a pastor, she holds an educational degree and works part time as a school librarian. The community in which she lives is rural, small, and somewhat remote—Denver is three hours away but in a different…
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“In May We Celebrated”
given on Sunday, May 1, 2011 Special note: A few weeks ago, in the middle of Lent, I watched a piece on Colton Burpo on NBC’s Today show. It captured me, spell bound. Circumstance made it possible to pick up a copy that evening and I began to read. The…
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Almost Home
given on Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011 This concluded the study series “Walk a Mile in His Shoes” that reviewed the 3.5 year ministry of Jesus. Almost Home Our Lenten journey is over. We have traveled many miles, figuratively, from our homes here in the center of our country, state,…
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Preparation, Parables, Palms
given on Palm Sunday, April 17, 2011 The journey is almost over. We are almost ready to head home but we are going to end our journey in Jerusalem during Passover. Today is Palm Sunday that signals the beginning of Christians’ Holy Week. With winter becoming just a memory…
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Journey Fall 30 AD: accept the challenge; share your faith
given on the fifth Sunday (sorry last blog was the fourth Sunday) of Lent, April 10, 2011 Today we are returning to Capernaum, which is the town that Jesus chose as his home after struggling for acceptance in Nazareth. Our spring break began along the Jordan River near Nazareth and…
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Our Long Journey Continues
given on the fifth Sunday of Lent, April 3, 2011 Scripture #1: Matthew 15:21-22, 20-31, 39-31, 38-39 the Message 21-22From there Jesus took a trip to Tyre and Sidon. They had hardly arrived when a Canaanite woman came down from the hills and pleaded, “Mercy, Master, Son of David! My…
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Going on the Journey: The Buddy System
given on Sunday, March 27, 2011–the third Sunday of Lent I have not taken many group tours, but I remember that the first one was with a group of juniors in high school. One of the first rules that were given us was to make sure and never go anywhere…
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Rejected at Home; Ministry Moves On
given the 2nd Sunday of Lent, March 20, 2011 Rejected at Home; Ministry Moves On Last week we began our Lenten journey in the Holy Land, called Judea in Christ Jesus’ time. The look we had at the land really did not hold many surprises, but the sense of…
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Lent’s Welcome to Jerusalem
given on March 13, 2011, the first Sunday of Lent This is the first sermon in a series “Walk a Mile in His Shoes: A Lenten faith journey through Jesus’ 3.5 year ministry. @font-face { font-family: “Cambria”; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: “Times New…
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Pre-trip planning
given on March 6, 2011 This is the pre-Lent service so the concept is that we will take a spring break, so to speak, walking through the 3.5 years of Jesus’ ministry. @font-face { font-family: “Cambria”; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: “Times New Roman”;…
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