Category: Religion
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Are You Ready Now?
given on Sunday, November 28, 2010 Main idea: Each person needs to be prepared for the second coming of Jesus at a moment’s notice. Questions: What is “apocalyptic”/ Do today’s Christians still believe in Jesus’ coming/ What do we need to do to prepare Christians for Jesus’ coming” Welcome…
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If Snoopy can do it, so can I!
given on Sunday, November 21, 2010: Here we are stepping into the holiday season and the to-do-lists are loaded down. The typical visit to the grocery store becomes a major journey: the parking lot is way too full, the last cart has a wobbly wheel, the aisles are packed higher…
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Bondi’s To Love as God Loves as viewed through a Celtic Cross
During the sermon on Sunday, November 14, 2010, my COS paper was reviewed with the members. The post here is the paper completed for the COS class. The Celtic Cross, even the various knot patterns, have long appealed to me. Maybe it is because I do have some genetic connections…
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Frustrations
There will be no post of this week’s sermon. I have to be honest, I just did not feel like I ever made a clear point. Fortunately I have gracious congregations who allowed me to be a tired, worn-out human. At times the daily business really can get in the…
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Halloween or All Saints Day?
given on Sunday, October 31, 2010 Halloween or All Saints Day Here is the problem: a Sunday that landed directly on Halloween and the very next day is All Saints Day. This sets up quite a dilemma when the goal is to put together a meaningful service when everybody knows…
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Rural Churches: an ancient-modern mission
given on Sunday, October 24, 2010 Reading an article by Martin Thielin, “How a Two-Hundred-Year-Old, Declining, County Seat Church Got Its Groove Back” and focusing on the concept of “rethinking church,” I stumbled upon the descriptor ‘ancient-modern’ as a reference to a successful style of worship. Then it occurred to…
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Why is mission necessary?
given on Sunday, October 10, 2010 Did you notice anything unusual this week? Did you stumble across something that needed repairing? Did you still have to mow your yard even though we are now in October? Did you notice the leaves are beginning to fall? Each day that you step…
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Acting in faith; accepting the mission
given on Sunday, October 3, 2010–World Communion Day Note: This sermon was designed to include the hymns and the scripture from the lectionary. Therefore, I hope it reads smoothly for you. Hymn: Great Is Thy Faithfulness UMH No. 140 Accepting the Mission Based on 2 Timothy 1:3-14 from the Message…
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How Do We Rest?
given on September 26, 2010 The bright moonshine this week may have kept a few of you awake. The storms we heard may have made solid sleep difficult. The howling of coyotes may have penetrated the quiet evenings. A thousand concerns ranging from the windows being open to making the…
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When Work and Life Challenge Us: God, grant us grace
given on Sunday, September 19, 2010 Have you been paying attention to the national news? Have you heard the statistics from the Census Bureau concerning the latest figures on poverty? The nightly news reported it; it was picked up by the local stations; and it was the page one feature…
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