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676. Godstruck

Acts 2:1-13

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Lori Wagner

... make the changes necessary to attune ourselves to God’s frequency. Atonement is what makes possible this attunement. And when we do “tune our hearts to sing God’s praise,” we’ll see the wonder of God everywhere. The beauty of Pentecost is the ability to recognize God’s voice in everything around you, to see how God reveals Jesus to you in all kinds of ways. To recognize the unity you have with others, all singing God’s song together --in different beats and different notes and different words ...

677. Moving On

Luke 6:12-16, Luke 9:1-9, Luke 10:1-24

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Lori Wagner

... and to heal, so that all would know, they were sent by the One who had the authority of God. Some of the newly commissioned apostles, particularly from the latter 70 Jesus chose, would be fascinated by their sudden abilities. Jesus had to remind even them that the “ability” was God’s! It’s interesting that the Greek word is affiliated with boats and ships. The ship is the oldest discipleship symbol in Christian history and symbolizes the “going out” of followers of Jesus into the world, taking ...

678. Precocious

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... first…but then gradually the songs will stop. Just as a tree that has been in shock or confined loses its ability to bear fruit, so a songbird in confinement loses its song. But a free bird will sing its heart out each and every day. Too many churches have lost ... their song. Let this church not be one that has lost its ability to sing God’s song in a foreign land. And some days the world must seem like a very foreign land! But still, we need to ...

679. Fleeced

Judges 6:1-40, John 20:24-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... us, or not?" Is the Lord among us, or not? That is the question of many in the Hebrew scriptures and also in the gospels. Or is it? When Elizabeth becomes pregnant for example, she praises God at the miracle. When her husband is told, he questions God’s ability and power. There is the difference. And for his challenge, he is muted. On one hand, we have people like Mary, who asks how it can be, but accept God’s gift gladly. We have the psalmist, who even in pain, recognizes the presence of God. We have ...

680. Oh That Cookie Jar Goodness!

Matthew 19:16-30, Mark 10:17-31, Luke 18:18-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... entered into the furnace. Moses knew it when he stepped in front of Pharaoh. Jesus knew it as he hung upon the cross. None of us have the answers to the world’s problems. None of us have the goodness to judge another. None of us have the ability to attain perfection in this world. None of us can live a life without sin and fault. None of us enter eternal life without putting our heart in God’s hands. Jesus’ story is one about attainment vs giving up the cookie jar. The man approaching Jesus is trying ...

681. A Restless Spirit

1 Samuel 28:1-25

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Lori Wagner

... In the movie, Swayze, killed by a treacherous friend, turns up in the medium’s parlor, and begins speaking to her, relentlessly in fact, scaring her half to death! Cause, as she admits, she never really called up anybody. It was fake. She didn’t really have the ability to call up ghosts. So when a ghost actually comes to call, she’s scared witless! It’s got to be one of the funniest scenes in the movies. [Let’s watch it for a moment…..if you can….play the clip.] Well, this is pretty much what ...

682. The Sound of Joy

Genesis 17:1-27, Genesis 18:1-15, Genesis 18:16-33, Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... being part of something much bigger than ourselves, Jesus’ “good news” salvation…that we can’t help but share with everyone we meet. Isaac means in Hebrew “Laughter.” As long as Sarah looked at her son, she was reminded of God’s ability to do the impossible…..and her ability to do the impossible when God’s power rested upon her! Mission is not just going on a trip. Mission is not just another word for evangelism. But each of us has a role in God’s mission, in Jesus’ mission, and it ...

683. Deep Faith

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

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Lori Wagner

... into God’s care. (See Luke 13:24-25) Likewise, pitch was used as a word for atonement (a sealing out of evil). Most interesting is that in Rabbinic Hebrew, tebah also means “word.” Tevah or tebah therefore are the words of prayer which have the ability to keep one afloat, to raise one up above the waters of chaos.*** Like Jonah who is “encased” inside a womb-like whale of God’s doing, Moses and Noah too are encased inside of a “womb-like” box, which serves as an incubation kind of place ...

684. One Stone Faith

1 Sam. Chapters 16-19

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Lori Wagner

... , as well as those of faith (God’s sons and daughters who act/speak on God’s behalf). Imbued with the Holy Spirit’s power, God acts within, and God’s power is unleashed. The power of scripture then is in the incarnation, and in its ability to bring readers/speakers into relationship with God through them as “living stones” of God. As Paul put it, we become then “adopted sons and daughters” of the Father. The stone as metaphor also has a pilgrimage note to it. When rocks are found in water ...

685. Here Be Dragons

Isaiah 6:1-13

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Lori Wagner

... literally like those Seraphs around the altar before the throne of God –as God’s passion, God’s fiery love and sacrifice for humanity, stoked both by our sin and bound in our beauty. The metaphor of fire along with the Seraph (saraph too) suggests both the ability to sear and harm, as well as to sear and purify/heal. So too is the snake in the call of Moses –they can bite and burn with their poison, and they can be the power of healing (the bronze serpent on Moses’ pole), because fire is subject ...

686. Elisha's Bones

2 Kings 13:10-25

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Lori Wagner

... feet! The power of touch can’t be denied. We all know it. We all need it. A gentle and loving touch has the ability to connect us warmly in a uniquely human way. Touch makes love tangible and real. Touch puts “teeth” in a declaration and makes it live. Or ... give love bones? To allow God to live and breathe through you in a way that makes your faith vital, and gives your love the ability to stand you on your feet and send you out to walk your talk? To give love bones gives us raising power so that when ...

687. Holy Quail!

Exodus 16:1-36, Numbers 11:4-35

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Lori Wagner

... ’t help yourself. And then, after all the restraint you can muster, you go for it. You eat the biggest piece you can. Later, you clutch your stomach all night long in pain. Too much chocolate!!! As a people, our ability to do things in moderation is a bit stunted at times. Likewise, our ability to wait. When we want something, we usually want it now, Now, NOW. Hence the development in our country of something called “fast food!” Food on the run. Food super fast and super easy so we can gobble it all ...

688. Faith is a River That Flows

Genesis 19:1-29

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... what actual geological event may have leveled those cities. The scriptures describe a rain of sulfur, much as in Pompeii. Perhaps it was a rain of lava. Perhaps the fiery rain of salty rock. But what’s important in our story isn’t the loss itself, but our ability I think to identify with these stories of grief. We might want to retitle our take of this story –“How not to get stuck in your grief.” Or maybe, “How not to let your mourning drag you down so that you cannot move forward in your life ...

689. Mercy Me!

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

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Lori Wagner

... your spirit like nothing else. Your anger by far hurts you more than the person you are angry with. Whenever you have unresolved anger within your body and your spirit, you are doing daily damage to your heart, your spirit, your faith, and your ability to love. You can’t have a healthy relationship with Jesus when your heart is engaged in bitterness with someone else. Every time you judge someone else, you add more weight to your own spirit. “For every person will carry his own burden.” (Galatians ...

690. Stop the PANIC!

Luke 15:1-32 · Exodux 15:1-27--16:36 · Psalm 23

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... t even that the Israelites couldn’t trust that God would keep on doing it. It was that they got so lost in their infighting, their blaming, their fear of the future, their discomfort in feeling out of control of their destination, that they lost their ability to keep going in the direction they chose. They got so caught going “in circles” that they couldn’t bring themselves to trust Moses to lead them through to their destination. What did he know anyway? they thought. He doesn’t know what we’ll ...

691. Tale of the Tares

Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 9:35-38

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... exist. Temptations exist. It’s not our job to cut down everything in our path that might be alien to our mission. It’s only our job to walk a Jesus walk through it, loving the world that God created, loving the people in it to the best of our ability. Jesus will do the rest. The strength of Jesus will sustain you even in trouble. The joy of Jesus will sustain you even in sorrow. The faith of Jesus will sustain you even in doubt. The love of Jesus will sustain you even when others hate you. A flower ...

692. Sweet Vine

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , it is transformed into a holy being of God. The adama becomes Adam. Adam receives from God an identity as a beloved person who exists in covenant, in relationship with God. Adam’s identity is infused with new purpose, new freedom, the ability to love, an ability to be in relationship with God and others.** After the departure from the garden (perfect relationship) however, a new kind of relationship must be formed –a grafted one if you will. No longer is humankind automatically one with the Vine. But ...

693. 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

... until we become loaded up with rules, regulations, the debris of guilt and shame, right down to our bones. And soon, we begin living a false identity, a garbage identity instead of a true identity. We are no longer a fish but scum. And we have lost the ability to nourish anyone else. It wasn’t by our own doing. We were fed trash about ourselves. But we sometimes can’t tell the difference between what nourishes us and what destroys us. And we end up with what I like to call “Toxic Spirit.” Only God ...

694. Jubilaeum

Genesis 1:1-2:3, Genesis 2:4-25, Leviticus 25:8-55, Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to see people, not as we want to, but as God sees –with mercy, forgiveness, beauty, and love. Especially those we otherwise could never love on our own. Pentecost and Jubilee both are a culmination of our ability to offer Jesus’ atoning grace to all people. This is God’s true love feast in this time and place. By allowing the “voice”, the “breath”, the “sound” of God’s voice to reverberate in your own heart and mind and soul, you will be God’s beautiful symphonic sound ...

695. Deliverance

Isaiah 49:8-26, Isaiah 44:24--45:25, Exodus 15:22-27, Exodus 13:17--14:31

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Lori Wagner

... ’s a venture that requires patience, focus, and a great deal of trust. “Do you trust me?” is the question each participant must ask not only of each other, but of the person locking you in. For in playing the game, we are not just relying on our own ability and acuity, but we are putting our very lives and our freedom in the hands of the person holding the keys. Trust in cars passing on the highway is another similar metaphor. These people are only a few feet from you going 70 or 80 miles an hour, and ...

696. Dusted

Mark 6:7-13, Matthew 10:1-42, Luke 9:1-9, Luke 10:1-24

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Lori Wagner

... us, Jesus can help us transcend that muck of the sandpit. Because we are inbreathed by the breath of God, we have the ability to look beyond our limitations, to believe, to have faith in what we cannot see but we know can move us and sustain ... , the Truth and Promise of Jesus? When Jesus asks us if we have eyes to see or ears to hear, he is talking about our ability to transcend our limitations, our stubbornness, our refusal to look further than our own big toes, and to see and hear God’s presence among, ...

697. Let It Loose!

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

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Lori Wagner

... not assume belong together. When we loose the ties on our shoes, strength is not what we think of as the result. However, the kind of loosing that God does for us is a relief from being “tied up.” Our strength comes in our freedom from bondage, our ability to stand alone and strong, to be ready for new “ties” and new “roles” –ones that may be new or unfamiliar to us. [If you are using the material from the exegesis, you may want to use the example of a shoe and shoelaces, and then demonstrate ...

698. Stop Talking and Start Walking

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

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Lori Wagner

... say, we’ve always had a bit of a problem asking for direction. How many of us have been on that vacation trip, have taken a wrong turn, and have avoided stopping to ask directions at any cost?! We’d rather pore over our maps and trust in our own ability to get ourselves from point A to point B than to come into relationship with someone else and ask for their assistance. Am I right? Come on. I know some of you know what I mean! Now instead of those paper maps, we have virtual assistants who will listen ...

699. The Olfactory Sense of Prayer

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... before God from the angel’s hand.” Revelation 8:3 Props: Several strong-smelling ingredients (such as onion, garlic, cilantro, horseradish, ramps), incense or anointing oils and/or candles Those of you who love cooking know how important your sense of smell is to your ability to create artisan recipes. You need to be able to smell the ingredients in order to know how they will taste. In fact, the way our human brain and receptors are set up, our sense of smell determines whether or not we can taste the ...

700. Dream Weaver

Luke 2:1-7

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Lori Wagner

... , less guarded, less bound by the parameters of our own logic and our own boxes, more apt to trust in our intuitive side, our visions and signs, non-verbal communication, our ability to break free of our physical limitations. Paul Ricoeur calls our dream state a state of teleology, in which we anticipate what we may become and have the ability to choose alternative futures. When our defenses are down, we can more clearly see. When our dreams are down, we are blind and immobilized. How many of you have had a ...

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