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479. Dancing in the Wind

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... for a child to dance unheeded in the wind lost to the cares of the world. To A Child Dancing in The Wind Dance there upon the shore; What need have you to care For wind or water's roar? And tumble out your hair That the salt drops have wet; Being young you have not known The fool's triumph, nor yet Love lost as soon as won, Nor the best labourer dead And all the sheaves to bind. What need have you to dread The monstrous crying of wind! William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Begin a Christian, surrendering your ...

480. Don't Forget the Best!

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... job, etc. The late Charles Kauralt once observed, “There are three kinds of memories—good, bad and convenient.” He’s right, of course. We don’t want to remember everything. There is an old Japanese proverb that goes like this: “My skirt with tears is always wet—I have forgotten to forget.” There are some things that ought to be forgotten. Fortunately, our faith helps us deal with the good and the bad in life. And, as we make our way out of the Christmas season and of this year that is nearly ...

481. Four Arms

Humor

One lady wrote in READER'S DIGEST many years ago this powerful little paragraph: When my second daughter was born, my mother came to help me with the new baby and my 14-month old toddler. On one occasion, when both girls were fussing and wet, my husband remarked, "At times like this I think God should have made mothers with four arms." "He did," replied my mother with a smile. "But two of them are on the fathers."

482. Weather Forecaster

Humor

Someone noticed a piece of rope dangling from a sign labeled "Weather Forecaster." Below it was this explanation: "When the rope swings back and forth, it's windy, when it gets wet, it's raining, when it's frozen stiff, it's snowing, and when it's gone...tornado!"

483. Choosing to Be Grateful

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... safely up and down the Bay; Grateful for smart phones that kept us up to date with the latest weather and allowed us to stay in touch with our kids; Grateful for good food and wine, which warmed our hearts and gladdened our spirits even when we were wet and cold; Grateful for the bald eagle we spotted one afternoon, soaring majestically above the trees and then feasting on a large fish that had washed up on the shore; Grateful for books to read and backgammon and scrabble to help us pass the time. And most ...

484. A Costly Cross

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... son, and I actually have an identical scar on my other knee.” It seems that several years ago her friend scooped up her toddler son from the swimming pool and began walking toward a lounge chair. “As she stepped onto the tiled patio, her foot slipped on the wet slick surface. She was also seven months pregnant, and it was one of those moments where you feel like you’re moving in slow motion but there’s nothing you can do to stop the fall. Within a split second, she knew her momentum was toppling her ...

485. The Heart's Deceit

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... set foot in the immaculately kept house. Think of the man who longs for a dog but when gets one sets so many rules that the dog cannot do that there’s no chance they will ever bond together. He can’t sit on the sofa. He can’t get wet paws on the rug. He can’t get fur on his clothing. He can’t lick his face. You know the drill. Think of the woman who longs to be close to her children and yet imposes so many strict rules upon them, snapping at them for transgressing them multiple ...

486. Now That's Rich

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’re rich when you can throw away a pair of pantyhose just because it has a large hole in it. “You’re rich when the Scouts have a paper drive and you have a stack of The New York Times in your basement. “You’re rich when your dog is wet and it smells good.” (1) A few of you can relate to those. If so, you’re rich. Today’s story of the rich young ruler may not be one of our favorite passages of scripture. For one thing, most of us probably don’t think of ourselves as rich ...

487. It Helps If You Laugh

John 15:9-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... her kids go steady. She rings a most indulgent curfew, Her cooking's like no other. Who is this paragon of virtue? Why, EVERYBODY ELSE'S Mother! The whole point is, it's not easy to be a mother or a parent. Parenting kids is kind of like holding a wet bar of soap. Too hard a grasp and it shots out of your hand like greased lightening, too loose a grip and it just slips away. A gentle but firm grasp keeps it in your control. Our children need that gentle but firm grasp. When children are raised in a ...

488. If It Helps You Laugh

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

489. Jesus In Ministry — Us In Ministry

Luke 4:14-21

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... ’t want the responsibility of going out to sea to rescue people. “Why bother?” was their motto. A luxury cruiser was wrecked not far from the station and the crews went out and brought back the half-drowned people. The problem was they were wet, dirty, messy, and created a horrible disaster inside the clubhouse. Their messiness created a mess! This was unthinkable. At the next meeting there was an uproar. A division resulted after angry words were spoken with feelings hurt and bruised. A few wanted to ...

490. Acres of Diamonds

1 Timothy 6:10

Sermon

Russell Conwell

... a ranch out there. He read that gold had been discovered in Southern California, and he sold his ranch to Colonel Sutter and started off to hunt for gold. Colonel Sutter put a mill on the little stream in that farm and one day his little girl brought some wet sand from the raceway of the mill into the house and placed it before the fire to dry, and as that sand was falling through the little girl's fingers a visitor saw the first shining scales of real gold that were ever discovered in California; and the ...

491. Why Christianity?

Romans 1:1-7

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... . In fact, one of my favorite professors once invited me to be a guest speaker in his class. It was a sociology class, and they were studying religion and society. He wanted a local pastor to come and speak about the church and community. I was still a little wet behind the ears, but I thought I did a pretty good job explaining my role and answering questions. As the class was wrapping up, there was a student in the back of the class who raised her hand high. I called on her and she asked, “Why are you ...

492. Finding Your Dream Job

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... . They sell the balls to companies that clean them and re-sell them. Or, how about this one: Water slide tester? Theme parks hire folks to test out new water slides and rate them according to safety, fun and comfort. If you are adventurous and like getting wet, this may be a great job for you. Or this one: Online dating ghostwriter: Some people make good money writing profiles for folks to post on online dating sites. If you love to write and you love to play matchmaker, this may be your dream job. Here ...

493. Imagine This

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

John Jamison

... it helps me understand what is to come later. As I hear the words from Matthew today, I can see John standing out in the middle of the Jordan River, just as he had done for a while. But today, Jesus is standing out there with him, his hair still wet from the water John had just poured over his head. Along both sides of the river, I see the crowds. They have come from all over the place to see John, and many had come to be baptized themselves because of their belief in John’s message. But right now ...

494. The Way of the Lord

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself” (verse 4). We might almost skip over these practical details, assuming that Jesus removed his outer robe and wrapped a towel around him, so he wouldn’t get his robe wet or dirty. But the word choice here is literally that Jesus “laid aside” his robe, and this same expression is used repeatedly when Jesus speaks about his coming death. “I am the good shepherd,” said Jesus, “The good shepherd lays down his life for the ...

495. Good News/Bad News

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... on my other knee.” Then she told her story. It happened several years ago at a swimming pool. She scooped up her toddler son from the swimming pool and began to walk toward a lounge chair. As she stepped onto the tiled patio, her foot slipped on the wet, slick surface. She was seven months pregnant, and it was one of those moments where you feel like you’re moving in slow motion but there’s nothing you can do to stop the fall. Within a split second, she knew her momentum was toppling her forward, and ...

496. Dying, We Live

1 Corinthians 15:51-58

Sermon

Will Willimon

... will, die. So we might as well get on with the only really pressing business there is in such terminal circumstances: figuring out how to die well. If religion can help with that, it's interesting. If it can't, it's as bland and boring as a bowl of wet, cold oatbran. For those of us who expect to be saved by Jesus rather than by eating right, risk avoidance cannot be the name of our game. What would you estimate to be the AR of a St. Paul, a Teresa of Calcutta or a Martin Luther King? The story ...

497. Carrying God's Mark

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Children's Sermon

Various Authors

... for change on one side of the other hearts. Next we will mark the hearts. Provide the children with a dish of olive oil and a dish of ashes and invite them to put their finger once in the oil, then in the ash. (Make sure you have some wet wipes available for clean-up!) One by one, invite the children to make an ash cross on the back of each of their hearts. Explain to them that during Lent, these hearts will represent very special prayers of thanksgiving and of petition (asking for help). The crosses on ...

498. Teach Us to Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Will Willimon

... What sort of example had my prayers been for him? “Oh Lord, we thank you for the sun, and the birds, and the bees, and blah blah blah…” Lee Keck, of Yale, who preached here last spring has called the “Pastoral Prayer” a “bowl of wet noodles dumped on a congregation. As a preacher, as someone who leads prayer regularly, I must ask myself what I’m saying about prayer, but the way I lead prayer-- a cliché-ridden goulash of conventional phrases and sweet sounding platitudes served up with honey ...

499. Bearers of the Seed

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... her command to bear a child seriously, and that child would become part of the covenant ancestral line that would bear the messiah. Likewise, the baby Moses, a prophet/priest from the tribe of Levi, would be saved, and nurtured by his own mother as a wet nurse to an Egyptian princess. His life would become integral to the Jewish story. He would be the rescuer of God’s children. From the Passover in which Israel’s children are saved, to the saving of Jesus from the massacre of infants, God’s children ...

500. A Portion of Thyself

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... life. In his senior years, however, he became bitter. Nobody had ever really thanked him! None of the younger people in the church realized how much he had given! So he pulled back and wrapped himself in a security blanket of self-pity. One woman’s face was wet with tears when she came to see me. All these years she had volunteered her time and talents! Other women went out, got jobs, and earned money. But she always felt it was her responsibility to visit the needy to make meals for the poor, and to call ...

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