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4901. Rain of Grace

Hosea 6:1--7:16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ” God and conceiving the divine in your life. That’s all God wants. To “know” God ourselves and to make God “known” to others. Because when we “know” God, God confirms that “knowing” with “conceptions” in our life of healing, balming, binding grace. Can you feel the rain? If you want to drink the water, you can’t stay in your house, and hide away in your room, listening to the rain outside. If you are thirsty, and you want to drink from the fresh, clean rain that falls, you need ...

4902. Wave Riders and Deep-Sea Divers

Jonah 1:1-17, Jonah 2:1-10, Jonah 3:1-10, Jonah 4:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... it. The metaphor of the tree (and soiled tree) along with the metaphor of the ship and sea (and especially the storm) are all physical indicators of Jonah’s inner turmoil. It’s like looking at his feelings revealed. Anyone ever see the movie, “Inside Out”? Jonah is kind of like that. We are seeing his inner feelings imaged out in motion pictures. But the most stunning is that God’s presence stays with him, no matter where he goes or what he does. Once you are in relationship with God, you are in ...

4903. 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

... results, and fretting when things don’t turn out like we hoped they would. We plan events, and few come. We try ministries that sometimes don’t work. We touch lives, and we fret, because those people aren’t in our pews. And sometimes, we start to feel down, because we feel that our efforts don’t matter. But we are not in charge of the Harvest crops. We are in charge of the sowing and the scattering of seed, and we are in charge of nurturing those seeds into fruition, and we are in charge of till and ...

4904. Song of Promise

Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of promise. And they radiate the sounds of faith that can uplift others, even as they uplift us. Songs are also testimonies. And prophecies. They relay a holy history, as in the song of Moses and Miriam. Or they prophesy to a people, as in Isaiah. They express the feelings of the heart, both lows and highs, as in the psalms. And they celebrate God’s victory, as in Psalm 23 or 22. One of the most compelling songs in scripture is the Song of Mary. Pattered closely to the Song of Hannah, Mary’s song may be ...

4905. You Are Gifted

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... I when Obi Wan Kenobi allows himself to be stricken down, and his “spirit” lives on in the force of the Jedi. The “good” always wins. https://youtu.be/8kpHK4YIwY4 It’s like that when we accept the bittersweet gift of Jesus. Even though following Jesus may sometimes feel hard, even if we are stricken down, Jesus always wins, and the love of God cannot be defeated. The gift is so much bigger than we are! When the Magi visited, it was a time of great joy. But it was also a time for fear. And Jesus ...

4906. Run Away Bride

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... they were able to move forward again. Don’t get me wrong. Being there is important!! Running away is not a good idea! But true commitment means more than just showing up. Real relationship means showing up in love even when you don’t feel lovely or loved. Love trumps all mistakes, all passions, all diversions, and all devastations. It means that your relationship is healthy enough to withstand anything life can dish out! That’s the kind of relationship God offers us in His “marriage-like covenant ...

4907. House of Prayer

Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , I think as Christians, we all want to understand the scriptures. We all want to hear the truth in the words of Jesus, to feel the comfort of His healing message, to hear the story of God’s saving mission for the world, to hear what good people we ... say in a rote like fashion a lot of the time, probably not thinking too much about what it says. We love it. It makes us feel all warm and good. It reminds us we are loyal followers of Jesus. It praises God and helps us say “the right words” Jesus wanted us ...

4908. Mercy Me!

Romans 14:1--15:13, Luke 6:27-36, Luke 6:37-42, Luke 6:43-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , who try to make peace, who have been persecuted by others because they tried to do the right thing. “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me,” said Jesus. Those burdened by mistreatment will feel the weight of sorrow for a while, but their hearts can be light, for they reside in the Lord! Faith is like a buoy that keeps us afloat even in a sea of sorrow. “They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them ...

4909. Crossing Over

Luke 10:25-37, Genesis 48:1-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... discovered a new reason to live. You have crossed over that boundary between grief and life. The world no longer looks grey but sings in living color. Things no longer feel bleak but hope and expectation reigns. Maybe for you it’s a time when your long illness took a turn for the better. You crossed a threshold and could feel your strength returning, your color coming back into your cheeks, your exuberance for life increasing again, your depression lifting. Maybe for you it’s leaving an old job that no ...

4910. Unfettered Faith

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . We can visit doctors, priests, and therapists, but the true power belongs to Jesus. Turn to Jesus. He will heal. Today, I invite you forward. Bring not just your illness, your aging, your grief. Bring all of those with you. But also bring those deeply embedded feelings that are crippling to your spirit –your guilt and your shame. Bring them to the feet of Jesus and ask Him to heal you. Dig deep inside. What kinds of guilt or shame is binding you down today? Jesus wants to release the hold of that kind ...

4911. We Will Be Changed

Ezekiel 37:1-14, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... angry spouse something like witch or crab. Or Peter may be dubbed by his parents rascal or weasel. And pretty soon, Hope doesn’t feel very hopeful anymore. Only very crabby. And Peter may start acting more like a wily rascal than a steady rock. We change according ... are like bones. They define the “inner structure” of our spirit that gives us spine, strength, confidence, assurance, and a feeling of wholeness about our lives. Our names are like our identity DNA. When our bones are “broken,” our whole ...

4912. The Healing Tree

Revelation 22:1-6, Luke 8:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... .] There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole, there is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul. Sometimes I feel discouraged and think my work's in vain, but then the Holy Spirit revives my soul again. There is a balm in Gilead To make the ... whatever is on your heart today, weighing upon you, keeping you from being close to Jesus in your life. Come to the altar and feel the healing in His wings come upon you with a powerful force –and let Him change your life today. For that anxiety within you ...

4913. Let It Loose!

Mark 7:31-37, Exodus 4:1-17, Exodus 4:18-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and take off! We ground ourselves to a humdrum existence of inactivity and stasis, because we are petrified to do it on our own! So we end up doing nothing. Proclaiming nothing. We live in a state of “What if…..” But we aren’t the first to feel this way! Nearly every prophet in the scriptures said the same thing. Even Moses. Listen to the excuses Moses gives God for not wanting to be God’s representative to the Egyptians! “What if they don’t believe me or listen to me and say, “The Lord did ...

4914. The Excellent Meal Ticket

Genesis 37:1-11, Genesis 37:12-36, John 21:15-25, Mark 8:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... turned toward the front. But turn around, and the rest is just plain, bland, one-color. How disappointing! Maybe this is how God feels sometimes when we come to church and show our faces, praise Jesus with arms uplifted, and then go home and put God in ... free entry ticket –one she couldn’t use in her own group. And our late to the group girl entered for free! This is how it feels to be in a relationship with Jesus. You come to the table not knowing if there’s a place, and Jesus looks at you and hands ...

4915. Rooted and Rebooted

Psalm 126:1-6, Luke 13:31-35, 2 Samuel 15:13-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... David weeps as he realizes his betrayal by Absalom, who means to usurp him as King. But his weeping is for all of Jerusalem who he feels has lost her way. Jesus will climb this same hill to weep over Jerusalem, the ones He knew He could not save. But the prophecy ... lay a foundation for those to come. And as we contemplate and remember, we too shed tears for those lost, and yet feel the joy of God’s eternal presence, promise, and restoration life: “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy” (Psalm 126: ...

4916. Lamb Parade

John 12:12-19

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... that expensive oil over Jesus’ head and feet, Judas had become angry, and had gone directly to the high priest in order to strike a deal to betray his master and friend. Now, as he listened to Jesus teach in those last days, he was beginning to feel worried. But not worried enough to change his mind. Neither the disciples nor the many people who followed Jesus, looked up to him, and put their hope in him really understood that he would allow himself to be arrested and put to death. Despite what Jesus was ...

4917. The Wild Within

Luke 4:1-13, Mark 1:9-13, Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ’s Search for Meaning” in which he processes the emotional grief of the WWII concentration camps, “Wild” is a place, stripped of pretense, order, cultivation, and expectation. It’s a place where we can not only imagine but get in touch with our baser feelings, our raw grief, our inner landscape, and God. In order often to really seek meaning, identity, ourselves, and God’s presence in our lives, we need to remove ourselves for a while. We need to go to and grow into our “wild place.” Jesus ...

4918. Trust Your Intuition

1 Corinthians 15:1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , zoning in on what’s important, and discarding what isn’t. In fact, the internet is a kind of created “intuitive” medium for creative research in this regard. Ever have a really bad feeling that you just shouldn’t go in a certain direction? “Smart people listen to those feelings. And the smartest people among us - the ones who make great intellectual leaps forward - cannot do this without harnessing the power of intuition,” says Bruce Kasanoff.** The more we trust our intuition, the ...

4919. 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

... to be a strong individual being as well as a communal being. We, like everyone else, follow the flock in celebrating this age-old holiday, of decorating trees, and making cookies, and buying presents, and basking in candlelight. It gives us a special, cozy feeling to sing carols and distribute hot chocolate. Yet as Christians, we are also driven by the need to individuate from the commercialization and hype of Christmas and to lead the flock into more meaningful ponderings of what it means to tell the Story ...

4920. The Olfactory Sense of Prayer

Exodus 30:34-38, Exodus 30:22-33, John 12:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Or the power of ritual. Or the power of scent. Today, I invite you too to take part in a ritual of anointing. As you come forward to the altar to receive your anointing with either Frankincense and Myrrh or Rose of Sharon, I encourage you to feel the presence of Jesus around you and to take the reminder of this sacred experience with you into the upcoming week. Shabbat shalom! *The photo for this sermon is taken from an article in Mission Network News, entitled “’Incense and Fire’ Prayer Gathering for ...

4921. Against the Grain

Mark 3:13-19, Isaiah 28:1-29

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... how to solve those problems, he sang, “the answer is blowin in the wind,” meaning the answer is as intangible as the wind. It can’t be pinned down. It’s out there somewhere, but it’s not evident right now. Sometimes in our culture, we may feel that way. We may feel that the winds of life and the currents of culture are racing ahead leaving all kinds of issues in its path. But the good news is, as followers of Jesus, we don’t need to get caught up in it. We can be the rocks that form houses ...

4922. The Pit of the Soul

Luke 9:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... eye” that seems to discern his very spirit. Vexed by this sensed “reveal” of his innermost soul, our narrator kills the man and buries him under the floorboards. Soon the police come by, having been called by a neighbor, who heard a scream. At first the narrator feels he has been clever enough to fool the police, saying it was he who screamed. But as the police stand there talking, the man’s conscience begins to get the better of him. [Here you can make the sound in the story if you wish.] He begins ...

4923. The Crack in the Wall

Joshua 2:1-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... not be the mudbrick walls of Jericho, thick and 10 stories high. But some of our inner and outer walls are pretty high, aren’t they? High enough to keep others out who want to get close to us, high enough to block out pain we don’t want to feel, high enough to keep family and friends at a distance and rebuke intimacy, high enough to protect us we think from getting hurt in the future. But these walls, just like the walls of Jericho, are an illusion. For one blast of God’s breath, one mighty storm can ...

4924. Raison d’Etre

Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... quickly, then frantically, to build a fire. With each failed attempt his hands became more and more useless from the cold and caused him more problems. Finally, when he used all of his matches in one final and desperate attempt, he got a fire started. He could feel its life-saving warmth beginning to spread into his frozen hands, face, and legs. He reached up to break a few branches off the tree he was sitting under for shelter and, as he broke off a branch, he realized that the boughs over his head were ...

4925. Fake News vs. Fantastic Good News

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... that most of his prayers centered around the question, “Why?” Why was his family going through this crisis without him? Why had his father died young? Why couldn’t God stop the storms and the floods hitting his family’s home? And as he sat there feeling helpless, he sensed a voice inside of him saying, “You don’t have to do this alone. You’re not by yourself.” At that moment, Okung reports that he realized he had never been alone. As he said about that night in the chapel, “I knew only ...

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