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876. Tell Me Why

Humor

A psychiatrist received a postcard from one of his patients who was vacationing in Rome. The message went like this: "Having a terrific time. Wish you were here to tell me why."

877. What's Her Name?

Humor

A flashy, rich, socialite couple sat in front of a marriage counselor to explain their problems. The husband exclaimed testily, "This is a waste of time. We have a good marriage. I'm CEO in my company, we reap a bundle on the stock market, I buy her everything a woman could want, we live in a million-dollar house, we can vacation in our beach house or our ski chalet whenever we want. Who wouldn't be happy with that? But uh what's-her-name here says I don't pay attention to her!"

878. I Left The Iron On

Humor

One husband knew that every year on the family's way to their vacation spot, just as they would get about eighty miles out of town, his wife would cry out, "Oh, no! I'm sure I left the iron on." Each year they would return home only to find it unplugged. One year, however, was different; the man had anticipated what was coming. When his wife gasped, "We must go back, I just know I left the iron on," he stopped the car, reached under his seat, and handed his wife the iron.

879. Forgot Everything

Humor

Have you heard about the man who took a vacation to forget everything? The first night at the hotel he opened his luggage and discovered he had forgotten everything.

880. Same Effect

Humor

One man came back from vacation and a fellow worker said, "Did you go on your usual camping trip with the family." The guy said, "No. We just opened all the doors, removed the window screens, let the bugs in, ate off dirty dishes, and got the same effect."

The bigger the summer vacation, the harder the fall.

Traditional

882. Sin

Romans 7:15--8:13

Sermon

Will Willimon

Isn't this typical? You get up and come to church -- and on your vacation, too -- on a pleasant summer day and what is the theme? Sin. "What did the preacher talk on today, Calvin?" asked Mrs. Cooledge. "Sin," said this taciturn president. "Well what did he say about sin," she persisted. "Said he was against it." Of course, that was another time when preachers ...

883. Homecoming

Hosea 14:1-3a

Sermon

Will Willimon

... philosophical equivalent to the architecture of South Square Mall. It's not much for theodicy, but it's about the best we can do, having flattened the whole world down to our size, having burned down the ancient habitations, sold the farm, so to speak. We have vacated the temple, for the mall. People of the Bible were convinced that it took at least three thousand years of experience to build a home. Home was a gift of the ages, not something conjured by each generation. Alas, most of us don't know how to ...

884. Returning

Isaiah 40:1-11

Sermon

Will Willimon

... freedom of the Promised Land lay wilderness. And when you hear the word "wilderness" you are not to think back-to-nature-freaks in their cozy pre-fab cabin in the woods, nor are you to have granola visions of hiking in the Adirondacks on your vacation. Wilderness for Israel was a place of wild beasts, temptation, sin, and bewildered wandering with no star to guide. It took Israel forty years of wandering in the wilderness finally to find their way home. I know a man that took forty years in the wilderness ...

885. Having the Right Connection

John 15:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... not substance, but image. There is a social media influencer who has about 300,000 followers on her various social media channels. Her name is Natalia Taylor. Back in February 2020, Taylor posted these beautiful, perfectly posed shots on Instagram of her vacation to Bali. After receiving lots of “likes” and “shares” and comments from her social media fans, Taylor revealed that she never actually went to Bali, at all. She and her photographer had taken all those gorgeous, exotic photos at their local ...

886. Not Your Lips, but Your Life

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

Sermon

King Duncan

... a Facebook video urging residents of his town to avoid travel or large gatherings. “Stay home if you can,” he declared. He sounded like a responsible leader of the people—until it came to light that he had recorded the Facebook video from his vacation spot in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. (3) And he’s only one example of numerous public officials who expected the general population to restrict their activities during the pandemic but did not live up to those same standards themselves. We love to roll our ...

887. More Than Enough

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... ’t learned it, have we? We still find ourselves, whenever we are confronted with a big problem, counting our resources and declaring the situation hopeless. Oh, we can’t possible put a new roof on the building. It’s way too expensive. We can’t open our Vacation Bible School to the community. We don’t have enough teachers and volunteers. We can’t support a missionary. We don’t have enough money. We can’t teach a Sunday school class. We’re too old and we don’t have the energy. You don’t ...

888. Never on Sunday

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... . The members are neither the customers nor the employees but members of the church, even as the hand and the foot and the eyes are members of the body. Those are just three institutional sacred cows. There are local ones as well (chicken barbecues, vacation Bible schools, Sunday school classes, meetings, reports, and so on) and even personal ones (the pew I sit in, my favorite hymn, the time the worship service begins, what kind of clothes people in church should wear, and so on). You can always identify ...

889. It's A Wonderment

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and that Scott be given the strength to face whatever came his way. Part of my prayer was answered with a "No." Scott lost his job. However, he left on very good terms with his boss. He got twice as much severance pay as he was expecting plus all the vacation he had built up; they kept him and his family on the health plan until he could find another job and it took three people to replace him. Two days later, before he had even begun looking for job, he ran into someone he had worked for about five years ...

890. It's a Wonderment

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

891. Which King Do We Worship?

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

Think about the last trip you took to a new place. Maybe you went on vacation or maybe you just went across town. Did you notice that it seemed to take more time to reach your destination than it did to return home? This sensation of seeming to take longer to make a trip than it is to return home is universal and even has an ...

892. Welcome, Joe!

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... its final destination. While on the layover, a flight attendant casually wished Kreuz a good time in San Francisco. She was unaware that the German passenger didn’t speak English. He heard the two magic words “San Francisco,” and assumed he had reached his vacation destination, so he got off the plane in Bangor, Maine, began touring the town. He wandered the streets of Bangor for three days before he discovered his mistake. A local family took him in. His story made it into the local newspaper, and a ...

893. Mountaintop Moments

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... are by far the best and most emotional for us. We linger before saying good-bye, treasuring those moments in our memories. That last touch. That favorite piece of chocolate. That last piece of delectable pie. The outfit reserved for that last night of vacation. These are all ways that we highlight our experiences. We save the best for last. We do this in nearly everything in life. The most spectacular fireworks are always the ones that come last. The most difficult routine is the last one a gymnast will ...

894. Take Heart

Matthew 14:22-33

Sermon

Will Willimon

Jesus needs a vacation. Crowds pressing in, so many hungry, hurting people seeking something from him. He tries to get away from it all, to be by himself to ponder his future, to pray. He got in a boat in order to get away from it all. But he can't get away. When ...

895. True Worship

Ephesians 3:14-21

Sermon

Will Willimon

... greatness of God, I knew, I bent my knees before the Father of us both. I know that you have come here this Sunday to worship. Some of you have made a special effort to be here in this great, beautiful building. Some of you have come away from your vacation to be here. You want to worship, to be ''lost in wonder, love and praise.'' But a pipe organ can't make you praise, and even so great and glorious a church as this one is not the basis of truly Christian worship. No, true worship, to the very depths ...

896. How Did I Get That Job?

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... . God was not proud, however. Why was this guy a fool in God’s eyes? The simple answer was, “This very night your life will be demanded from you” (Luke 12:20). And there you have it. We are not promised tomorrow. All our plans for easy retirements and vacations in the sun can be laid waste in an instant. If we die, who gets it all? Not us, that’s for sure. You may remember the old saying that announces, “There are no pockets in a shroud.” Then there’s the ever popular, “There are no U-Hauls ...

897. Have Your ID Ready

Matthew 11:2-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... of Castro’s soldiers. The soldiers thought these wealthy Americans were supporters of the current government, so they intended to kidnap them and hold them for ransom. Weissmuller and his friends couldn’t convince the soldiers that they were just tourists on vacation. Until, that is, Weissmuller proved his identity by doing his famous Tarzan move—he beat his fists on his chests and let out his ear-piercing Tarzan shriek. The soldiers instantly recognized it, and they let him and his friends go free ...

898. Silent Sinning

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... into the old model of overworking that our culture has implemented for years, resulting in unhealthy work-life balance. Today’s younger generations are more health conscious and more interested in making sure they have time for their families, the gym, leisure, vacations, and downtime. They simply refuse to work more than the required number of hours. If put under pressure to do so, they typically will look for better pay and better pastures.[1] A person who is “quiet quitting” will typically do the ...

899. Time to Listen

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... and asked them to get a letter to J.K. Rowling. In the letter, the friend, Annie Kidder, asked if Rowling would give Natalie a synopsis of the book before it came out. In short, she wanted to know the ending before she died. Rowling was on vacation when she received the message. She emailed Natalie’s mother as soon as she got the message, giving her all the details of the story’s ending. But tragically, little Natalie had died just one day earlier. Rowling was determined to honor the life of her young ...

900. How Does Prayer Work?

1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16)

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words (1 Corinthians 2:10-13 NIV). These profound words of scripture remind me of that old saying, “Prayer is not bending God’s will to our will; it is bending our will to God’s will.” I remember going on vacation with my family when I was a kid. Our resort was next to a big lake, and you could take canoes out on it. One morning, I decided to go canoeing. On my way back in, I accidentally dropped the oar in the water -- and the current took ...

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876. Tell Me Why

Humor

A psychiatrist received a postcard from one of his patients who was vacationing in Rome. The message went like this: "Having a terrific time. Wish you were here to tell me why."

877. What's Her Name?

Humor

878. I Left The Iron On

Humor

879. Forgot Everything

Humor

Have you heard about the man who took a vacation to forget everything? The first night at the hotel he opened his luggage and discovered he had forgotten everything.

880. Same Effect

Humor

The bigger the summer vacation, the harder the fall.

Traditional

882. Sin

Romans 7:15--8:13

Sermon

Will Willimon

883. Homecoming

Hosea 14:1-3a

Sermon

Will Willimon