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4376. Deep Faith

Genesis 6:1-8:22, Genesis 5:1-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... a new life and new place by the Egyptian princess. This new life becomes not just a life but a mission for God. Moses was “born into” or commissioned, baptized if you will into God’s mission.*** Like Jonah, both Noah and Moses are “encased in God’s care,” folded within the arms of God if you will….and in the womb of God….within the deep (the primal seas of creation), out of which God’s creative incarnation emerges. It is God who creates, and God who gives life. It is God who initiates for ...

4377. Identity Crisis

Genesis 32:1-21, Genesis 32:22-32, Genesis 33:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... damage. And though you can remove the arrows that you shot, or take back the words you spoke, the holes in the tree, remain, as do the wounds they created. Whether they remain as open wounds or scars depends upon the way healing is done. It can take time, care, a lot of love to turn wounds into scars. Yet still the scars remain. As reminders. On both sides. In a sense, the rainbow (bow) is God’s scar left upon the created world. It rips across the sky like a multi-color glistening wound that fades away to ...

4378. Rain of Grace

Hosea 6:1--7:16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the “covenant.” A covenant is a relationship. It’s a “marriage” or contract between two entities. In the case of God. There is God. And then, there is us! God made a covenant with us. And God has kept God’s end of the bargain, sheltering us, caring for us, lifting us, loving us. But in order for a relationship to work, we have to also take part! We have to participate. We have to invest and engage in that relationship. We all know that one-sided relationships just don’t work. After a while, it ...

4379. Bringing in the Sheaves

Ruth 1:1-22, Ruth 2:1-23, Ruth 3:1-18, Ruth 4:1-12, Ruth 4:13-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the Jewish people is Shavuot (the wheat harvest). At Shavuot, the Book of Ruth is read, as a symbol of God’s great blessings upon not just the poor, but those whose hearts turn to God. God (and Jesus emphasizes this emphatically) does not care about genetics. God cares about the state of one’s heart, and where that heart is loyal. When one is loving and loyal to God, God bestows upon that person abundant blessings. Jesus spent his ministry turning the tables on the expectations in society. The poor and ...

4380. You Are Gifted

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’” Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.” After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the ...

4381. Heart of a Pelican

Matthew 17:24-27, Exodus 30:11-16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to. But I wanted to be part of their circle of donors. I wanted to support them in their “ministry” to others. I wanted them to know I care about what they are doing and who they are doing it for. This is what it means to be part of a family, a group, in a ... smile we see on our partner’s face and the time we spend doing that activity with him or her. We can eat foods we don’t much care for, if it means that we please the one who prepared it. We can go to the gym even if we hate it, if it means that ...

4382. Emergency!

Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... you out of the horror of a fiery furnace and back into the light of day. The ladder is the firefighter’s life preserver. The ladder is also God’s symbol of saving intervention --God’s lifeline that signals us that God’s presence is here, that God cares what we are going through and is about to intervene in our lives in a big and powerful way. Sometimes we think God isn’t listening or can’t hear what we are enduring. Then all of a sudden, that ladder –that saving grace of God—appears before ...

4383. Run Away Bride

Exodus 24:1-18, Matthew 22:1-14, Hosea 1:1-2:1

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... also takes two to make a covenant, whether of marriage or in relationship with God. You can be in a marriage in which you nurture, care for, nudge, nourish your partner in every way you can think of. But if your partner has no life left for that relationship with you, ... God more than anything else! The Tree of Life will always go on living and loving us even when we don’t water it or care for it. Jesus is the Lord of Unconditional Love! And when we understand how to be in love with God, we can begin to ...

4384. Unfettered Faith

Mark 1:35-39, Mark 1:40-45, Exodus 15:22-27

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of the people Jesus healed and redeemed had done so also. But others had done nothing but live with increasing amounts of guilt and shame, misplaced and misunderstood. In our culture today, we feel guilty about our guilt. And we try too often to take care of ourselves, hide our ills, because we are ashamed of our shame! The priests may do their rituals and rites. They may give good Levitical medical advice and make judgment calls on contagious skin diseases. But only Jesus heals the true ailings of the soul ...

4385. All the Pretty Horses

Luke 12:13-21, Luke 12:1-12, 1 Kings 3:16-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... from our culture, don’t we? We feel sometimes I think that we are neglecting God’s children, but we don’t know how to care for them in a world that rejects us. But I believe, God has a dream for the Church. God has a continued dream for God’ ... Those Who Have Turned Away and Bless Those Who are Loyal (Malachi 3) God’s Warning to Jerusalem Sister of Sodom Who Does Not Care for its Poor (Ezekiel 16) The Warning of Material Corruption and the Bid to Save Many for God (James 5) Paul Calls Disciples to ...

4386. Deliverance (Angel on Your Shoulder)

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... because God’s angels need no wings, sometimes that “angel on our shoulder” has a name and an address and a special face. Whatever form that angelic “Human Whisperer” takes, it helps us know that God is near. It reminds us that a loving God cares for us. That God is watching over us and protecting us even in the midst of pain and suffering. An “angel on our shoulder” is one of the most intimate and beautiful sensations we can have, and it affirms our intimacy with the divine and transcendent ...

4387. Sweet Vine

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... it has good sun. It is in fact a kind of “clone” of the original. Its identity contains the DNA of the origin-al plant. This is what Isaiah is trying to describe to us. God plants the best vineyard….uses good seed to yield the best vines….cares for that vineyard lovingly and loyally. And yet it refuses to bear good fruit, because its identity has been “mutated” from the origin-al. Its genes haven’t changed. But it’s relational DNA has become mutated in sin from that of the True Vine. It is ...

4388. The Well Watered Soul

Ezekiel 17:1-24, Ezekiel 47:1-12, Matthew 12:1-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... is our sacred cloak that marks us in the world as “made by God” to be in union with God. How we see, use, and take care of our spiritual skin, that living and organic God-sponge, will determine if our lives will wither, or if they will flourish. For the power over ... surface and seeks out the living waters of creeks and currents, streams, and rivulets that reside within. The Madrona does not care if it looks gnarled or strange. Its beauty is in its life, for it will never wither. The Madrona even sheds ...

4389. The Flock Paradox

2 Samuel 5:1-5, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... change agents. When you place them within a community or flock, they can essentially reset a pattern or redirect a flock in a new and uncharacteristic way. A shepherd becomes an “outlier” to the flock by becoming one with the flock. A “good” shepherd that is, one who cares for the sheep, loves the sheep, sleeps, eats, and plays with the sheep, who protects and would die for the sheep! A good shepherd is one who would take on a role in the flock, in order to lead the flock in a way that’s good for ...

4390. The Politics of Love

Mark 15:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... our society to think about unity instead of about partisan divisions. The two authors asked the question, “Instead of a politics of division in our current culture, can we somehow foster a politics of love, a way of relating that emphasizes universal care, concern, and commitment fueled by creativity and collaboration?” The two noted that today in our culture we use the term “justice” in a way that creates division. So, they pose the idea, “what if we could provoke a radical reimagining of justice ...

4391. Stop Talking and Start Walking

Luke 24:13-35, Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... with whom we would trust our lives. We listen to them, because we have a relationship with them….a trusting relationship in which we value what they say, because we know they love us and care for us. Trusting Jesus is like that too. For us to trust Jesus, we need to trust that Jesus loves us and cares what direction we are going.] Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text Jesus’ Appearance in Emmaus (Luke 24) Minor Text God’s Promise (Exodus 23) Psalm 34: Taste and See Jesus’ Suffering Foretold by ...

4392. Immersed

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—just as the Father knows me and I know ... In Jesus’ time, a sheepfold is a secure, walled stone enclosures in which sheep are penned when not out to pasture in care of the shepherd. If no secure gate or door is available, the shepherd Himself would guard the entrance at night by ...

4393. It's Hard to Be an Atheist with Neighbors Like That

Matthew 9:35-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... , “Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” I want you to join me in praying daily that we become a more compassionate church. Deep in our hearts we know that is what Christ wants out of us. He wants us to care enough about people to become involved in their lives. He wants us to be willing to take time to show love to young people and old folks, to the substance abuser and the victims of broken families, to the down-and-out as well as the up-and-in. “The ...

4394. Our Strange, Strong Peace

John 14:15-31

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... die. John’s Jesus is strong, he is powerful, he is authoritative; he is in charge. Before he died he left standing orders for the disciples, and by association for all followers who came after them. Keep my commandments. Before he died, he arranged for the care of the disciples and by association for all the followers who came after them. I’m arranging for the Holy Spirit to come to you forever. The Spirit will teach you and help you remember everything we’ve talked about. Before he died, he promised ...

4395. Be Like Dad

John 17:1-5

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... baby was learning that smiles get you more attention than scowls. But there was the choking: scary and horrific to hear. Some new-called sudden infant death syndrome was seemingly in the news all the time. The parents were beginning to worry. The careful removal of blankets, the changing of sleeping angles, was all for naught. The parents wondered what was happening to the plan for an idyllic childhood for their son. The story moves to the doctor’s office where they heard countless questions and strange ...

4396. God’s HS Smart App is Always Watching

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... demoted. Every “job” we do bears a huge responsibility. That’s the way it is with God’s vineyard creation. When God hands over God’s “baby” –God’s beautiful piece of masterful creative work that is the earth and world we know to us, God is entrusting us to care for it, to treat it as if our own, to treat its peoples and places as though dear to us, to maximize its potential, and be fair to all our co-workers. And what fun it is! But don’t make a mistake –God IS watching. God’s Holy ...

More and more people care about religious tolerance as fewer and fewer care about religion.

Alexander Chase

Babies don't need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of.

Amy Heckerling

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down.

Beverly Sills

Cast all your cares on Him; for he cares for you.

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