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Author: Rev. Craig Ross

  • Climbing Out of the Pigpen

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    EMAIL DEVOTIONAL HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY “I will get up and go to my father.”~~ Luke 15:18 (The Prodigal Son’s words from the pigpen.)  “Landing in a pigpen stinks.  But staying there is just plain stupid.  Don’t spend another minute in the pigpen.  It’s time to rise up”  ~~Max Lucado, Glory Days Do you ever struggle…

  • Holy Heresy Sunday

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    TRADITIONAL SERMON HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY Holy Trinity Sunday.  What I think of as “Holy Heresy Sunday.” Beause can’t talk about the Holy Trinity without committing heresy. We just aren’t built to think of something that is two things at one. And yes, I have heard the Wrigley Corp’s promise about their Doublemint Gum.  “Two mints,…

  • Coveting the Past … Embracing the Future

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    EMAIL DEVOTIONAL The Day of Pentecost For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. (Romans 8:24-25) I spent the better part of Friday afternoon listening to a presentation…

  • God’s Great Expectations

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    New Day Sermon The Day of Pentecost Does God have “great expectations” of us, or do we have “great expectations” of God?   The Day of Pentecost just might hold the answer.

  • Choosing through the choices…

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    EMAIL DEVOTIONAL EASTER 7 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.” (Romans 12:16) “What’s the best way to get to the Flower Wagon again?”, I asked. May is the month we plant flowers. Kris has certain likes and desire for…

  • What Goes Up, Must Come Down

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    What goes up, must come down.  The NASA booster rocket that lifts a satellite into space then returns to earth … the pop fly a baseball player lofts into the sky which lands back in a player’s mitt … the daredevil high diver at a traveling circus who climbs that tall thin ladder only to then…

  • God Has Faith in You

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    EMAIL DEVOTIONAL EASTER 6 What is faith?  I knew faith when I was very little.  Faith was what my mother felt toward me.  I knew her faith in me, I lived in the joy of her faith.  My faith was a response to hers; it was not separate from that of my mother.  Father carried…

  • Where Does Your Faith Grow?

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    The Rite of Confirmation has been around a long time.  Over the years it has been characterized by white and red robes … the examination of confirmands in front of the congregation … lofty talk about becoming “members” of the congregation (even though we have always become members of the church through baptism) … gifts…

  • Ashes to Ashes ….

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    EMAIL DEVOTIONAL EASTER 5 Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. The Lord bless him and keep him. The Lord makes his face shine on her and be gracious to her. The Lord look upon him with favor and give her peace.  (LBW Burial of the Dead liturgy) I read these words three times this…

  • Our Surprising God of Abundance

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    EMAIL DEVOTIONAL EASTER 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. (John 10:4) Sometimes God surprises you in life.  It happened to me today in my morning sermon at New Day worship.  We were “listening” for the voice of…