Tag: discipleship
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Lessons I learned from John the Baptist- 12/9/2018
A few months ago, I delivered a sermon that caused quite a stir – I had a wide range of comments both positive and negative. Now I am not naive enough to know that everyone will agree or appreciate all of your sermons, but as a member of your rostered staff, we do evaluate all…
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Campers, Camels, and Calculations
This past summer my husband, daughter and I embarked on an adventure we had never before tried as a family. Camping! Actually the grand adventure was the journey to the campsite in Custer, South Dakota…a round trip of 4,000 miles in a car…together…for many days. But we were set. We had purchased our 1993 Coleman’s…
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How Do You Learn to Bear Fruit?
Sunday April 29, 2018- Based on John 15:1-8 A few weeks ago, I was watching my grandson Joey- it was that Saturday when the temperature was in the 80’s – a bit too hot and humid for an April day in my opinion. I decided to prune back some of my bushes in my…
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Let’s Gather to Hear the Voice of the Good Shepherd
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. [1 Colossians 1:3] A few years ago, I was walking to my Jeep Compass which was sitting in a parking lot in Maryland where I was living at the time. As I approached my car, I found on the…
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Christ’s Healing Makes Us Whole
Traditional Sermon Epiphany 5 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord, Jesus Christ (1 Colossians 1:3). Today’s gospel passage brings back some memories from an encounter I had many years ago with some friends at church. The discussion we had not only raised some humorous questions, but also…
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Follow Me!
Traditional sermon Epiphany 3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord, Jesus Christ (1 Colossians 1:3). Have any of you ever thought about just dropping everything and starting life anew? I’m not talking about being given the chance to go back in time to start all over and…
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Luther On…
Traditional Sermon Reformation Sunday It has been 500 years since the beginning of the Reformation. Five hundred years have passed since Martin Luther posted 95 debatable topics–thesis statements–about God’s mercy, our faith, and the work of the church. This past year there have been books published, interviews given, and PBS movies made about the life…
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September 3, 2017 Traditional Sermon
Are you a stumbling block or a stepping stone? Jesus and Peter give us advice on what it means to follow Jesus. This morning we are going to play a game. I am going to give you a scenario and you are going to tell me if it is a Stumbling Block or a stepping…
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Ordinary Discipleship
EMAIL DEVOTIONAL Pentecost 12 In a large house there are utensils not only of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for special use, some for ordinary. (2 Timothy 2:20) I share this poem as a part of yesterday’s sermon that ended up being left on the cutting room floor — an editorial…
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In Your Own Backyard
Email Devotional Pentecost 6 But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields. –Matthew 13:23 Upon encountering need in the world, sometimes we are prepared to be a good disciple. Sometimes God asks us to be an agent…
