Category: Religion
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Paul Sends You Love
given on September 28, 2008 I realized this week that Paul is like a mentor for me. His life may not really compare to mine, but some of his feelings and his thinking does. Last week when I started looking at Philippians, I found a sense of calm in his…
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What Is Bugging You?
given on Sunday, September 21, 2008 This has been one of those weeks. Each of you knows what I mean; this week has been filled with all those irritations that just eat at a person. First there was the computer issue—I gave up and had to call tech support and…
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Grace for Life
given on Sunday, September 14, 2008 Sometimes I just love being a Methodist. This week I was tackling the assignment for the Course of Study class that I have in October. The class is on Wesley’s theology. Some might yawn and think how boring, but I love to learn about…
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Solid Rock or Sinking Sand
(given on September 7, 2008) Have you ever awakened in the morning with a song running through you mind? Usually I hear a song as I am driving along or through the day somehow and it gets stuck in my brain on replay. It is enough to drive one over…
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You Might Be a Christian
(given on July 27, 2008) Since Bruce and I got the new car, we have been listening to the satellite radio. One of the stations we have tuned in is the comedy channel. We have laughed so much while driving down the roads. An interesting thing about comedy is that…
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Communion’s Connection to Christ
(given on August 3, 2008) One of the most comforting smells for me is that of homemade, baked bread, I love bread and not just one kinds. I think sourdough bread is one of the best flavors, then there is cinnamon bread which even smells better while it is baking. …
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Knowing the Holy Spirit
(given July 20, 2008) Sometimes there is an experience we have in our lives that just stump us and we have no real understanding of what that experience means. Maybe that is an understatement. Maybe I should say that we have many experiences in life that we do not understand. …
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Seeds of Faith
(given July 13, 2008) During licensing school one assignment was to select a lectionary reading and complete a sermon with that set of scriptures. Two of the students in my small group selected today’s reading from Matthew. My first thought was how boring; but then as I began preparing for…
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Tackling the Old Testament
August 31, 2008 I have avoided the Old Testament. I am not sure why, but I really did not understand what all those books have for me. At one time I began reading the different stories like that of Joseph, Moses and Jonah. I read the Song of Solomon several…
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How To Transform the World (Aug. 24, 2008)
Have you ever stopped to think about Paul and his personal drive to fulfill Jesus’ mission? We are sitting in our living rooms during the evenings watching TV and thinking how tired we are. We went to work. We cleaned the house. We had to do the grocery shopping. We…
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