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2526. How Much Should We Pack?

Matthew 9:35-10:8, (9-23)

Sermon

William G. Carter

... many pairs of shoes? Should we pack a sweatshirt? Does it rain in New Mexico? How about a suit jacket, in case our hosts take us out to dinner? And given that we booked a very small rental car, will the suitcase fit in the back? Packing is an art form. There are experts throughout the internet, suggesting “How to pack like a Ninja.” They offer great advice: roll up your t-shirts and take one less than you think you will need. Roll up your socks and stick them in your shoes. To save space, wear a jacket ...

2527. The Fourth Phase

Illustration

Maxie Dunnam

... sense of do’s and don’ts. Then when he went to college, he entered his third phase, which he called atheistic. He shed all pretense of religion and began a no-holds-barred pursuit of truth and love. He mastered psychiatry and the art of personal healing. After twenty-plus years without formal religion, Peck describes what he calls the fourth phase -- waking up surrounded by mystery and grace in a world that is threatened by evil. And that mystery was drawing him into community. Mystery, grace, love ...

2528. Immediately, They Followed

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... his point with these fishermen, their own debates among themselves, their growing determination to sign up and become part of the Jesus movement -- all of that is omitted, telescoped into a few verses. It's just an outline: a sketch at best, a case of lousy narrative art at worst. Tell us what you did at school today, dear. "The bell rang. I went into class. The bell rang again. I went out of class." Mr. Caesar, how was your trip to Gaul? "I came. I saw. I conquered." Flaubert's Madame Bovary, told by ...

2529. Dying, We Live

1 Corinthians 15:51-58

Sermon

Will Willimon

... this great project of science, begun in Bacon and Descartes, was the belief that we held in our hands the conquering of mortality, that life can be lived without limits through human effort. In the middle ages, a great deal was made over the ars moriendi the "art of dying," literature. It was alleged that this was a major purpose of the Christian faith -- to help one die well. John Wesley boasted of his Methodists "our people die well." Now we'd like not to die at all. In the Middle Ages, cancer was the ...

2530. The Inverting Promise

1 Corinthians 1:27-29 · Genesis 25:21-34

Sermon

Will Willimon

... . For one thing, if you don't like the first sermon in the series, will you return for more? When I was a child, our preacher announced a series of sermons on The Lord's Prayer. First week his text was "Our." Next week it was "Father." Then "Who Art." On and on. By the fifteenth sermon in the series, a memorable exposition of "Us Not," the congregation had dwindled so that he was forced to abandon the project and begin a series on the Nicene Creed! For another thing, I plan to introduce you to the story of ...

2531. You've Got to Go Lower

Matthew 16:21-28

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Angela Akers

Pastor David Moore tells about a man who was walking through an art gallery when he came upon a picture of the Lord Jesus dying upon the cross. As he stared into the face of Christ, so full of agony, the gallery guard tapped him on the shoulder. “Lower,” the guard said. “The artist painted this picture to be appreciated from a lower ...

2532. Polite Disobedience

Matthew 21:23-32

Sermon

Steve Molin

... forgive us in the same way we have forgiven others, (forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us) and we fail to realize that we have not forgiven others at all. All of this is to suggest that most of us have perfected the art of polite disobedience. We say one thing to God, and we do another. And then we condemn those whose lives are rougher around the edges than ours are. Essentially, we have politely lied to God, and they have belligerently told the truth to God, and we think we ...

2533. Fearless

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ’s interests and growth, to be loyal to each other only, and to be with each other and support each other through everything for a lifetime. At least that’s the promise made. In a culture of non-commitment, this is a lost art, along with communication, curiosity, and covenantal understanding. How then can Christians learn to function within a non-committal society but with a commitment-rich faith? How can Christians battle “fear” of commitment in their lives and churches, so that they can build the ...

2534. Never Really Alone

Mark 14:1-15:47

Sermon

Mary Austin

... look at the reverse — all the faithful, hard-working, committed people who love God deeply… and don’t live in big houses or; have millions in the bank. If God actually worked that way, preschool teachers would drive Maseratis, and nurses would collect fine art. All of you would be millionaires, and football players and movie stars would live in small apartments. We all know it doesn’t work that way. When she was diagnosed with cancer, Kate Bowler had to rethink all of these ideas. Her diagnosis has ...

2535. There Is No Point

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Maxie Dunnam

In the play, "Cold Storage," Joseph Parmigian struggled with a terminal illness that made him feel helpless and hopeless. In one of his many discussions with a Jewish art dealer named Landau, he asked, “What is the secret of the universe?” This was his response: “The point is there is no point, and that my Jewish friend is the secret of the universe. I, Joseph Parmigian, have solved the problem five thousand rabbis with five thousand beards working five ...

2536. The Lord Is With Us

Luke 1:26-38, 2 Samuel 7:1-17, Romans 16:1-27

Sermon

Will Willimon

... We live, not on cloud nine or in a perpetual rose garden of philosophical delights. We live here, on Mount Ararat, in the ragged tents of the Hermonites, with visits on Christmas from uncles named Ehud the Fat. We are creators of profound thoughts, grand works of art, dreamers of noble dreams; yet we are also people who must get born, and do grow old, who bash heads and slit throats, and someday must die. We are those who speak about God as the unmoved mover, the ground of our being, the source of ultimate ...

2537. Teach Us to Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Will Willimon

“Teach us to pray” was one of the few things the disciples” asked of Jesus. He gave them a model prayer; “Our Father who art in heaven...” Tertullian calls the Lord's Prayer “an epitome of the whole gospel.” On Sundays, we, like those disciples before us, come to Jesus asking, “Teach us to pray.” The Prayer of Intercession comes right after the sermon and scripture because the word helps us to discern between true ...

2538. Growing Into Our Scars

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Mary Austin

... weeks passed, he was glued to my side, complying with instructions, attempting to do his work, and once in a while even smiling. For a child with severe attachment issues, it was quite amazing that he was developing a bond with me. One day on the way to art class, Kyle unexpectedly grasped my hand. It was unusual for a boy his age and size to hold his teacher’s hand, but I knew I must act like it was the most normal thing in the world. I simply relished the moment — an unimaginable breakthrough from the ...

2539. The Body Of Christ, On Repeat

Luke 24:36b-48

Sermon

Mary Austin

... to get the golf swing or the yoga move into our muscle memory. We have to learn just the right touch for sanding wood or kneading bread dough. We have to remember how to edit a video or play a song. It works with music, manners and art. Repetition is part of building faith, too. In this Easter season, one sighting of the resurrected Jesus isn’t enough. One conversation between him and the disciples won’t work. He kept showing up and showing up so the disciples could — and we can really understand this ...

2540. Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?

John 10:11-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... spend their days wandering the beautiful hills. The reality is not that peaceful! Sheep must be continually guided and cared for, watched, and taught. But more than that, a good shepherd needs to be skilled at self-preservation, as well as a kind of “martial arts!” Shepherds were the “tough guys” of the hills. They had to fight off all kinds of predators from lions to bears to snakes to wolves! They often used rocks and a powerful sling to battle these ferocious creatures. To back down or run away ...

2541. Taking the Long Way Home

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Will Willimon

... typifies our culture. It is understandable how this young woman got the impression that religion is something kept tucked away, out of sight, far from the crossroads of intellectual endeavor for that is how religion is often dealt with in contemporary media, arts, and intellectual discourse. We compartmentalize our lives in the same way that a university departmentalizes intellectual endeavor. Now, I’m going to do biology and then I will put that on the shelf and do a little religion, and when that is ...

2542. Bread and Call

John 6:35, 41-51

Sermon

David Coffin

... . I was at the lower fifth of my class in high school. I was not good in gym class either, so the military was out for me. I ended up in the same vocational school as my brother Anthony; however, they only had openings in “Printing and Graphic Arts.” So I attended that vocational school for two years. While I was not viewed as an academic scholar in my suburban high school, I was at the top of the class among the urban students in my vocational school printing class. One student per year was chosen to ...

2543. When the Rules Change

7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Sermon

David Coffin

... the same time. In Mark 5, while Jesus is en route to healing Jairus’ daughter, he also healed a hemorrhaging woman and made sure she knew that it was her faith that also helped in her healing. Jesus was the modern person who might have an art or wood project going in the back room or in the shed, while they were working on cooking a meal for the family — with the cell phone on, awaiting calls from friends who serve as “network” partners to find another position or business opportunity. In Mark’s ...

2544. A Portion of Thyself

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... to me!” We don’t always do well at that, do we? The Internal Revenue Service tells us that few of us even admit to giving for charitable causes. Americans give only about 1.65% of their incomes to charity! That included all charitable causes, like the arts, universities, hospitals, and cultural centers! That’s 85% less than tithing! It’s not that we are isolated from the needs in our world. We hear the news, we see the pictures, we are challenged by the requests that come every day in the mail. When ...

2545. Into the Wilderness

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... twentieth-century preacher, remembered a morning at a restaurant. He was the featured speaker at a large church conference out east and was finishing his presentation notes as he ate breakfast. The eatery had unique décor, including good quality and artfully fashioned pewter salt and pepper shakers on the tables along with matching creamers. Pastor Stedman knew that these would nicely complement his wife’s collection. Every table had a set, so the restaurant obviously had more in its backroom storage ...

2546. A New Creation in Hope

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Sermon

Bonnie Bates

... people. It’s a little like the story about a man who had a huge boulder in his front yard. He grew weary of this big, unattractive stone in the center of his lawn, so he decided to take advantage of it and turn it into an object of art. He went to work on it with hammer and chisel, and chipped away at the huge boulder until it became a beautiful stone elephant. When he finished, it was gorgeous, breathtaking. A neighbor asked, “How did you ever carve such a marvelous likeness of an elephant?” The man ...

2547. Never Satisfied

John 14:8-17, (25-27)

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... we decided to both work for a year before I went back to college. We were rolling in money, averaging a total of about $300.00 per week. We bought a convertible ― used, we weren’t completely crazy. We outfitted the convertible with a state-of-the-art eight-track tape player and huge speakers. We considered getting a better, nicer apartment and another car. We took up golf. We even thought about putting my education on hold for another year. There were just so many things that we wanted to buy, so many ...

2548. Strength for The Journey

John 16:12-15

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... , after a few skull sessions, I realized that it wasn’t the band alone that animated the crowd on those Saturday mornings. The band brought with it, into the coliseum a certain spirit, a spirit of pride, of tradition, of discipline and skill and art and dedication that overflowed from the members and into the fans. That spirit would show up again in the stadium, before the game, when the band made what they call their “Ramp Entrance,” and again, at half-time when the performed the “Script Ohio ...

2549. Why Pass By?

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... ? Or maybe they were just indifferent. The late Elie Wiesel, after surviving the Auschwitz concentration camp, said that one of the most important lessons his experience taught him was that, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. The opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” Perhaps these two men, the priest and the Levite, were so self-obsessed, so narcissistic ...

2550. For Someone of Distinction

Matthew 5:13-16 · 2 Timothy 4:1-2, 6-8

Eulogy

Richard E. Zajac

... being married to Jill. I never heard the details of how they met, but if there were ever two people made for each other, it was John and Jill. They both shared a love for music, they both had an eye for beautiful things, they both loved the arts and loved the classics and loved to teach and loved engaging conversations. And as much as John always had an eye for a pretty woman, none could compare with Jill. John adored her. And then how about the family the two of them created: Dietrich, Linda, and Christian ...

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