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I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for.

Deepak Chopra

The beauty of a face is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion of qualities to each other.

George H. Mead

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

John D. Rockefeller

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

John F. Kennedy

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities - because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Joseph Chamberlain

Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.

Winston Churchill

507. The Sign of Noah

Mark 1:4-11 · Song of Songs 6:9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Holy Spirit is also typical in the Jewish faith. Ruach, the Hebrew word for Holy Spirit, is a feminine word, and many attribute the Holy Spirit with the nurturing qualities of the multi-faceted, multi-gendered God of Creation, Elohim.[6] Likewise, the Song of Songs, echoes both the protective and the strikingly exquisite qualities of the Holy Spirit, which is nurturing, loving, and loyal. Whether symbolizing parent or lover, the dove is a monogamous creature symbolizing the kind of fidelity and passionate ...

508. Happiness Full Stop

John 15:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... and joys and heartbreaks. So, what did they discover about the secret to happiness? The director of the Harvard study summed it up in two sentences: “Happiness is love. Full stop.” The quality of the men’s close relationships with others was the greatest predictor of happiness in later life. Let me say that again: The quality of the men’s close relationships with others was the greatest predictor of happiness in later life. Everything else was a distant second. (4) Jesus served as an example of this ...

509. For The Love of God is Giving

Mark 12:38-44

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... our thoughts and our lives upon God. A life focused upon God is exactly what God most desires for each of us. Not because God is an old meany who doesn't want us to have any fun. But simply because a life focused on God gives life joy and quality. There's a story about a little girl who climbed up in her grandmother's lap, looked at her white hair and wrinkles and then asked, "Did God make you?" "Yes," she said. Then the little girl asked, "Did God make me too?" Grandma said, "Yes." "Well," said the little ...

510. Resurrecticity

John 20:1-18 · Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... in other words, the character of a rubber band to be elastic. But if we don’t take that rubber band and wrap it around a pile of envelopes or files, or shoot it mischievously at our little sister, it’s not of much use, is it? It has that quality of stretching. In our language that suffix or word ending is attached to an adjective, turning it into a noun focusing on the character, essence or substance of the noun. It occurs to me that you may be thinking that you didn’t come here on this Easter Sunday ...

511. Jesus Meets Our Needs

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... but be realistic. Lugging those six twenty-gallon jugs around was not easy, but the result was terrific. After tasting the water turned to wine, the master of the banquet said, “Wow, this is the best yet. Everyone starts with the best and ends with the least quality, but you have reversed it. You have saved the best for last” (Keefer translation). Let me show you. Jesus took the time to show the servants where the large containers were and gave the specific directions on what to do. If we want people to ...

512. The Ear of the Heart

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... , “They have connected with me, and in connecting with me, they’re really connecting with them- selves and thinking of where they were when they first heard one of my songs.” The reason why we enjoy music so much is because of its connective quality. We connect to a message, a place, a person, or a memory. That connection continues to interpret and sustain life for us, as it gives us a sense of purpose and meaning. The Britannica Encyclopedia defines music as, “art concerned with combining vocal or ...

513. Seeds

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

William G. Carter

... turned on the lights for some and kept the lights off for others.” It never occurred to him to evaluate the quality of his sermons, but, well, he was noticing the results. American church people love to look at the results. Where is the ... , and maybe the most important item on the list: the sower knew if that seed was going to grow, it was going to grow. It was good quality seed, the best seed possible. In fact, it might have been the only seed there was. Its source was in the sower. It was his seed, and ...

514. Keeper of the Keys

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... access to God’s voice, that he listens to God’s guidance, and that he is willing to adapt and learn, change and grant access, based not on his own thoughts, but according to God’s will. This in fact is Peter’s most admirable quality, and no doubt the quality that Jesus admired in him the most. Peter is firm in faith but not immovable or rigid in his beliefs about God and God’s people. Peter is a great leader. But Peter is also teachable. The greatest teachers you’ve ever known have most likely ...

515. RSVP

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... decline or confirm. God invites all to his kingdom “feast.” Our response is requested. S’ilvous plait. Jesus has just been teaching everyone who will listen what it means to be part of God’s “kingdom of heaven.” Each of his parables illustrate some quality or feature of what it means to enter into that “kingdom” reality. For Jesus, this is not a “place” but a condition; not a destination but the nature of a covenant relationship that exists not only in the future but in the here and now ...

516. Casters and Menders

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... challenging, he can have doubts, but he also will stay the course no matter what happens! He’s determined, loyal, consistent, and stubbornly committed to what he does and who he works for. He’s confident, and he’s rough. Jesus will need these qualities in Simon Peter. He’s a natural leader. On the contrary, James and John are different kinds of men. Thank goodness. Imagine having 12 Simon Peters! That would never work. James and John, as Jesus calls them, with the emphasis on James, are “mending ...

517.

Psalm 73:1-28

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... is not that Yahweh will bring the unjust to ruin, nor that God guides his people and can be their strength and portion. These claims are widely attested elsewhere. The breakthrough concerns two qualities of God marked by two conjunctions: yet in verse 23 and but in verse 26, both of which contrast divine and human qualities. First, we see divine persistence in that although one may be embittered and a brute beast before you, yet . . . I am always with you; you hold me. . . . You guide me. (Thus, contrary to ...

518. God Encounter

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... name for photographers –the “golden hour,” a time of mystical, serene atmospheric density, filled with soft, even, balanced light. At dawn, colors feel more vivid and warm, and the world feel strangely compelling. Photographs taken in “the golden hour” have a soft captivating quality that can’t be compared to the bright light of day. The “golden hour” is a photographer’s favorite time to create landscapes, portraits, and silhouettes that capture the exquisite beauty, mystery, and ethereal ...

519. Spirit Struck

Acts 2:1-21 · John 14:8-17, 25-27

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... will be part of God’s beautiful, multi-faceted, intricately amazing…unity. [1] “New wine” meant it was not yet fermented. The wine had no substance. It was weak-bodied, unmatured, and considered of low quality –basically cheap juice. The remark was meant as a debasing insult. It wasn’t just insulting of the quality and veracity of their experience, but also the disciples’ character, as though they are “putting on a cheap act,” as obviously people don’t get drunk on unfermented juice.

520. For Someone Who Led an Extraordinary Life

2 Timothy 4:1-2; 6-8 · 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 · Luke 24:13-35

Eulogy

Richard E. Zajac

... up and applaud the minute they enter a room. Do that and you’ll have a lot to marvel about. Do that and you can go back to your family and friends and tell them that you had viewed and got to learn about a life that exhibited many marvelous qualities. Take Lt. Thomas James Eugene Crotty, whom we’ve come to remember and honor here today. If you had rubbed shoulders with him, if you would have gotten in touch with and gotten to know him, just think of what you could marvel about. You could marvel at his ...

521. For Someone Who Led a Happy and a Virtuous Life

Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 · Matthew 25:31-46 · 1 Corinthians 2:9-10

Eulogy

Richard E. Zajac

Up [If he or she possessed a scrapbook, what would be the snapshots that would most definitely be included? Describe the wonderful adventures, the dream trips upon which they embarked.] A movie years ago won an Oscar for animated films. It was of such high quality that it got nominated for an Oscar for the best picture of the year. I’m talking about Up, a film from the animation wizards at Pixar Studio. It begins with one of the most touching and poetic four minutes ever seen on the silver screen and all ...

522. In Those Days: The Voice Of The Time Keeper

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... make that lunar year keep time with the seasons. While we think of time as something that can be measured precisely, sliced and diced to the tiniest fraction, for Jesus and his contemporaries time was a quality defined by light and darkness, the seasons, and the position of the sun and the stars. There was a quality to which God’s people found them-selves, waiting for a Messiah descended from King David to bring deliverance. When would God do this? Hard to say. After all, as it says in scripture, “with ...

523. Return To God

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... this becomes a real stumbling block for people. It is almost as if we pursue a double standard for our spiritual lives. We seek the grace and the forgiveness and the unconditional love of God. Yet, we become hard-hearted when we are asked to extend those same qualities to others. Somehow we perceive that we are more deserving of these blessings than others. That which we have been freely given, we want others to earn. A colleague once told me of a visit he had from a young woman. She was 28 years of age and ...

524. Suffering And Service

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... depths to which humans will go in the evil they are willing to project on one another. Some time ago I read a story about a long-distance runner named Gary. Gary was renowned for his toughness and his persistence. Those were the qualities that made him a formidable long-distance runner. Gary's toughness was attributed to his experiences as a child. But Gary had some personal problems. He apparently was unable to establish and maintain meaningful relationships. That, too, was attributed to his difficulties ...

525. Unusual, To Say The Least!

Amos 7:1-9, Amos 7:10-17

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... , or pleading a court case, or whatever), God called you, and however unlikely it seemed, the glad result is that here you are doing exactly what God called you to do. Unusual, to say the least, isn't it? The truth is that fundamental qualities for ministry are within reach of every consecrated person. It is not required that one be a person of unusual intellectual ability. What is demanded is virtue that is sweetened by the spirit of Jesus Christ. The spiritualization of our average capacities is much ...

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Deepak Chopra

The beauty of a face is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion of qualities to each other.

George H. Mead

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

John D. Rockefeller

John F. Kennedy

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities - because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Joseph Chamberlain

Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.

Winston Churchill

507. The Sign of Noah

Mark 1:4-11 · Song of Songs 6:9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

508. Happiness Full Stop

John 15:9-17