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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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4526. When Others Serve Your Head on a Platter

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... you as an adult, because you had the least influence or you were lowest in a pecking order. Maybe your head hit the platter as a sacrifice for some supposed “greater good,” even though decapitation had no possible positives for you. But even as we all get to feel that bite of steel on our necks — to experience the bitterness of betrayal at the hands of those who claimed to know and admire us the most it is also true that we all wield our own blade against those we call friends and family. We will all ...

4527. Zombie Zone or Beulah Land?

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... in the heavens: He does whatever he pleases. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; Eyes, but do not see. They have ears, but do not hear; Noses, but do not smell. They have hands, but do not feel; Feet, but do not walk; They make no sound in their throats. Those who make them are like them; So are all who trust in them. (Psalm 115:3-8) Does that describe zombies, or doesn’t it? The “aliens and strangers,” those who worshiped idols made by human ...

4528. Holy Smokes! God Is Here

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... innocent child or listening to a grand piece of music. This particular experience reeked of a direct revelation of God. A woman feels a compulsion to see her ex-husband, a compulsion that is too strong to ignore, and she and the children go to ... and two small fish,” he says, “but how far will they go among so many?” Andrew is probably trying to make the boy feel important. Andrew was like that. Children are important to the teacher. Give the boy some attention and some praise. Besides, it’s good that ...

4529. Fit the Picture

Luke 4:21-30

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... into the picture of the hometown boy making good, so they drove him out. God gives each of you gifts and talents to use in building his kingdom. However, you might think that God cannot use you because "you know you." You might feel incapable of doing a certain job. You might feel ill-qualified or lacking experience. Take for example, Moses, who was considered the greatest prophet of God. Listen to him making his excuses to God for not qualifying for the job God had called him to. But Moses said to the Lord ...

4530. Hit Me with Your Best Shot

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... with a pronouncement from heaven: "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased" (Luke 3:22). He answered the call of the heavenly Father. He made the right choice. When we make the right choices, do the right things for the right reasons, most of us feel that the world owes us a reward, or at least a little slack. But in response to his obedience Jesus was led into the desert by the Holy Spirit to fast for forty days, and after this he was tempted. Couldn't the temptation come at a time when he ...

4531. The Tower of Siloam

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... spiral galaxy that is part of an undistinguished Vegan Super Galaxy. Even so, we are tempted as adults to consider ourselves the center of the universe. It's normal for children to feel that way. Indeed, one of the major stages of development is the recognition that there are others, these others have feelings, and are individuals with as much right to happiness and success as ourselves. One of the first ways children acknowledge that others matter, one of their first gifts, is potty training. Later ...

4532. No ... On

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... between friends and companions. There was storge, the love you might have for your favorite food. In each one of these loves, something is loved because it is worth loving. "I love you because you are attractive, because you are beautiful, because you make me feel good about myself." But God's agape is different. Something is loved not because it is worth loving or because it is beautiful or attractive. In fact, it might be ugly and unlovable. Rather, it is loved simply because the lover chooses to love it ...

4533. That We May All Be One!

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... , which thankfully was never published. However, in his diary entry of Wednesday, October 8, 1862, Kline wrote, Got to see my old friend, Joseph Funk, and succeeded in bringing about a better state of feeling on his part toward me. He became reconciled. He had been somewhat ruffled in his feelings by my Strictures and Reply to his published writings on baptism and feet washing. Dined with him, then home.1 The timing for reconciliation was apt because within two months, the octogenarian Funk died. Indeed ...

4534. Amazing Faith

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... felt-tipped pen and it asked this question: "Dear Walt, how can I find faith? Karen." Have you ever wondered, how is it that some have faith and some do not? Ever struggled within yourself when you waver from faith to unbelief, from unbelief to faith? You feel like Karen, "Dear Walt, how can I find faith?" One can go to the university and ask a professor. "Teacher, how can I find faith?"1 "Well Karen, sit in my classroom and I will explain faith. Faith is notitia, assensus, and fiducia." "Huh? I'm not ...

4535. Sit Up and Speak!

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... Pastor, what'll I do?" I remember swimming at that very beach with my family over the years. As I drove over to Erna's house, I thought about what she must be feeling. She was obviously totally devastated, heartbroken, stunned beyond belief. "O God, help her," I prayed. We enter our story in the village of Nain best, when we feel a bit of what Erna felt. The mother, in Luke's gospel, from the little hamlet of Nain had only one son. And like the mother from Zarephath in Elijah's time, she had experienced ...

4536. Sister Act(s)

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... and let the candlelight glow touch you and move you. Discover the one thing needful. The second fly in Martha's soup is distraction. "Martha you are worried and distracted by many things." To be distracted is to be unfocused. Our thoughts, our plans, and our lives feel like we are out of control and pulled in every direction. To be focused, on the other hand, is to have a plan, a purpose, a meaning that directs and enhances one's life. What are those things that keep us from sitting and drinking from the ...

4537. But I Really Like the Best Seat in the House!

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

... , and "the last will be first," he went on to proclaim. "If you want to be at the top you had to serve those at the bottom. If you exalt yourself you will be humbled. If you humble yourself you will be exalted." The dissonance was so intense I could feel it in my bones. "Well, that wouldn't work in my business," I would smugly say to myself as the readers read and the preachers preached. "You must become like a little child to enter the kingdom," I would hear. I decided that this was only a metaphor and not ...

4538. The Uniquely Christian Commandment

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... I ask is that the rules be defined clearly enough so I might know whether or not I am doing what I should. We all feel that way. The special problem I have with this commandment to "love one another" is that it sounds so open-ended. It strikes me as ... good for you, and I will do whatever I can to insure that you get it." Christian love is not something the Lord wants us to feel for one another but rather something he wants us to do for one another. As to how this love should be measured, our standard comes ...

4539. Year-Round Christmas

1 Kings 17:1-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of the story, through insight into the hollowness of his own life and heart, he was changed into a person who gave out of joy. He discovered that it was indeed more blessed to give than to hoard. Perhaps our widow can attest to that. Do you want that feeling 52 weeks a year? A year-round Christmas? You can have it. Remember that verse you learned, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35). Or remember the prayer of Saint Francis that concluded, "For it is in giving that we receive; it is in ...

4540. Lust

Galatians 5:16-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... If a man truly loves a woman, nothing is so important to him as her welfare, her peace of mind, her dignity as a human being. And for that, no restraint, no delicacy, no sensitiveness, is too high a price to pay. The same holds true of a woman's feeling for her man. In lust we turn sex into an abstraction, an "it," a thing, that is somehow detachable from personality, and in some unique way, it is ruined. No longer is it a tender and beautiful expression of one person's commitment to another. It is simply a ...

4541. Advent 1

Psalm 25:1-10, Jeremiah 33;14-16, Luke 21:25-36, 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... and then listen in silence for the Divine Voice. Community Confession Loving God — Christmas comes but once a year; thank you for being active in our lives all year long! Reveal the negative aspects of our behaviors and free us from their hold on us. Let us feel your empowering love sending us with peace into the world. Amen. Word Of Grace Like the wreath, God encircles us with divine grace; like the flame, God warms our hearts; like the candle, God lights our darkness. In a baby, we see hope of a future ...

4542. Advent 2

Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 1:68-79, Luke 3:1-20, Philippians 1:3-11

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... listen in silence for the Divine Voice. Community Confession (Unison) Loving God — Christmas comes but once a year; thank you for being active in our lives all year long! Reveal the negative aspects of our behaviors and free us from their hold on us. Let us feel your empowering love sending us with peace into the world. Amen. Word Of Grace (Leader) Like the wreath, God encircles us with divine grace; like the flame, God warms our hearts; like the candles, God lights our darkness. In a baby, we see hope of ...

4543. Easter Day

Psalm 118:1-2, Isaiah 65:17-25, Luke 24:1-12, John 20:1-9, Acts 10:34-43, 1 Corinthians 15:19-26

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... is empty! That we, too, can be fully alive! We eagerly sing and pray our delight. We express our joy with the news that Jesus lives! This resurrection morning, we welcome new life, new opportunities for creativity, new ways to be your people in this place. We feel your power and your grace. Thank you. Amen. Sermon Idea The biblical story will have been read so it will be fresh in people’s minds. The question is: How does this story influence our view of the world? What keeps us dried up, stifled, blocked ...

4544. Epiphany 4

Psalm 71:1-6, Jeremiah 1:4-10, Luke 4:21-30, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... statement. People: Hmm. We know that the spiritual journey with God requires more than words in an official document. Leader: Welcome to this sanctuary where love is a divine gift and our human goal. People: Great! We are glad to be here; for one hour, we feel protected from the world’s cynicism and profiteering gaze. Leader: But love is not confined to one hour each week! People: Right. Here we are refreshed in spirit so we can be patient and kind, not jealous or conceited. We lose all desire to be ill ...

4545. The Problem with ‘Hail Mary’ Moments

James 3:13-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... (the “world’s “loser list”) as the highest form of commitment and love for the body of Christ is the difference between a vicious dog fight and a peaceful puppy pile-up. The world will never understand what those who live a life transformed by faith feel every day. To live outside the “win/loss” column of violence and victory is to live a life in the spirit of humility and wisdom. And no one outside the community of faith will ever be able fathom that such a life is fulfilled and overflowing ...

4546. Epiphany 9

1 Kings 8:22-23, 41-43, Psalm 96:1-9, Luke 7:1-10, Galatians 1:1-12

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... we believe that when and where two or three people gather to praise and pray, you are there. So we pray for loveliness and peace everywhere men and women, boys and girls turn to you. In temples, on hillsides, on playgrounds, in classrooms — let each of us feel loved and appreciated. In countries where war is the habit, find a way to let peace overwhelm the violence so that even the ground is made sacred. God of Profane Spaces — when we think of you as Creator of all the universe, we cannot imagine any ...

4547. Epiphany

Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14, Isaiah 60:1-6, Matthew 2:1-12, Ephesians 3:1-12

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... your activity with us. Let us be wise as we journey from now until eternity. The gift we give this hour is our undivided attention. We anticipate being enthused by your Spirit with words, silence, and music. Amen. Call To Confession (Leader) Do you feel confused? Empty? Burdened? Ecstatic? Now is time to consider gifts not given. Or maybe unkind words and actions directed toward someone. Or maybe soul wounds that are not healing. After our spoken prayer, make your own in silence to God. Join me. Community ...

4548. Lent 2

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18, Psalm 27:1-14, Luke 13:31-35, Philippians 3:17--4:1

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... we praise you. In times of disaster and violence, in times of upheaval and stillness, in moments of joy and delight, we can feel your grace. In this hour, our attention turns to you and we listen carefully for your voice. Amen. Call To Confession With words ... activities. What do we wish would have been different this past week? What gives us reason to rejoice? In these moments, feel the Spirit soothe and bless. Pray aloud with me and then continue your conversation silently with God. Community Confession Holy ...

4549. The Golf Shot That Destroyed an Airforce

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... that religion is important in life. Now let me get this right. We believe that there is a personal God who created us and reigns over us. And we believe that Jesus is his very Son. And yet we do not take the words of Jesus seriously? We do not feel that those words apply to us? His words are not really important? I’m not certain that’s a very wise approach to life. Jesus says to us in today’s lesson that we should take sin very seriously. “If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off . . .” That ...

4550. Proper 6

2 Samuel 11:26--12:10, 1 Kings 21:1-10 (11-14) 15-21a, Psalm 5:1-8; 32:1-11, Luke 7:36--8:3, Galatians 2:15-21

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... give us satisfying relationships and happiness. Struggling with our human relationships and with spiritual contentment makes us feel alive and willing to manifest our experience with Christ. Contemporary Affirmation We know God, the Creator, by ... for our lives. Though some of them have abandoned us and mistreated us, we believe they did the best they could. So free us from feelings of being unwanted and unloved. Free us from hurtful memories. Free us to love ourselves and to be glad for the adults who are ...

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