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Susandoodles

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

Tag: John Wesley

  • Building our Christian foundations: 5. Grace & grace with accountability

    given on Sunday, February 8, 2015 5.  Grace & Grace with accountability Building a new home takes knowledge, planning, and supplies in order to create a structure that is durable, safe, and functional. Adding the touches that turns a house into a home depends on those living within the walls…

  • Building Our Christian Foundation Series: 3. Defining church

    given on Sunday, January 25, 2015 Defining church usually seems a textbook issue, but church is a word that takes on several different meanings considering the context of the situation. For instance, this morning we woke up knowing that we were going to have a little breakfast and go to…

  • 1. Laying the foundation: Scripture, The Word

    Building Our Christian Foundation: a sermon series on the basics of Christianity Laying the foundation: Scripture, The Word  given on Sunday, January 11, 2015   Over Christmas or on birthdays, I expect many discovered Legos or Mega blocks wrapped in the pretty packages. Or maybe it is a set of…

  • Respond, Responsible, Responsibility

    given on November 2, 2014   Okay, I admit. I have may have shirked my responsibility this week. Maybe I have avoided my responsibility for even a month. I must now face the consequence for what I have—or have not—done. If I am really honest, I have to say that…

  • How Do I Hear God?

    given on Sunday, September 7, 2014 Have you ever heard God speaking directly to you? Have you heard a voice call you by name so clearly that you turned and looked for the source of that voice? Have you suddenly had a thought that came out of nowhere and was…

  • Supermoon: Super God

    given on August 10, 2014 Tonight the second of three supermoons in one year will be visible. Astrologically this is a phenomena that occurs about every 13 months, but this year there are a total of five; the next supermoon is to occur September 28, 2015; in fact, the next…

  • May I introduce our mother, Susannah Wesley

    given on May 11, 2014–Mother’s Day   Today I would like to introduce you to a very special mother, Susannah Annesley Wesley. She was born January 20, 1669, the youngest in a family of 25 children. She married Samuel Wesley and had 17 children including John and Charles. She was…

  • Help! I just fell off my horse. What do I do now?

    given on Sunday, January 19, 2014             Don’t ask how the title for today’s thoughts developed because I have no good answer.  All I know is I was thinking about sermons and suddenly the phrase just popped into my head—and I have not been able to shake it off.  Sometimes…

  • God’s Gifts: Baby Jesus

    given on Sunday, December 29, after an ice storm canceled the Dec. 22 service              Journaling is a dying art, yet it is so important for sociologists in their studies of humanity.  It is also key to historians as they search for secrets of what happened in different time periods. …

  • Avoiding Hell Even on Halloween

    given on Sunday, October 27, 2013 Welcome to the end of October!  The days are getting shorter and by the time we meet again, we will lose daylight savings time.  Shorter days will be even shorter.  Halloween is just around the corner and the store shelves are filled with images…