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John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... , an early thirteenth-century monk who identified with the plight of the poor. Two weeks after he became Pope, on the Thursday of Holy Week 2013, Pope Francis went to the Casal del Marmo, a juvenile detention center in Rome where he demonstrated the ideals of Saint Francis by washing the feet of a dozen adolescent prisoners — including one young Serbian Muslim woman. Pope Francis told those young people “washing your feet means that I am at your service.”1 “Lord, when you are gone, how will we get ...

1102. Young in the Mind

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Editor James S. Hewett

People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as yourself—confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair. In the central place of ...

1103. The Attitude of Youth

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Editor James S. Hewett

... a time of life, it is a state of mind, a product of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, a predominance of courage over timidity, an appetite for adventure. Nobody grows old by living a number of years. People grow old when they desert their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, self-doubt, fear, and anxiety—these are the culprits that bow the head and break the spirit. Whether seventeen or seventy, there exists in the heart of every person who loves life ...

1104. Self-Inventory

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Editor James S. Hewett

... he found a new reason for criticizing some feature of the old place. Finally, he decided to sell, and listed the farm with a real estate broker who promptly prepared a sales advertisement. As one might expect, it emphasized all the farm’s advantages: ideal location, modern equipment, healthy stock, acres of fertile ground, etc. Before placing the ad in the newspaper, the realtor called the farmer and read the copy to him for his approval. When he had finished, the farmer cried out, "Hold everything! I've ...

1105. The Great Decision

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Editor James S. Hewett

... of disease from which the boy had made a marvelous recovery two years earlier. Her only chance for restoration was a blood transfusion from someone who had previously conquered the illness. Since the two children had the same rare blood type, the boy was the ideal donor. "Johnny, would you like to give your blood for Mary?" the doctor asked. The boy hesitated. His lower lip started to tremble. Then he smiled, and said, "Sure, Doc. I'll give my blood for my sister." Soon the two children were wheeled into ...

1106. The Little Orphan Girl

Matthew 7:7-12

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Mark Adams

... the hand of the hand of the man at the desk and told him, “I’ll arrange that,” and then he walked out of the room and committed suicide. Often, we put "rules" and "restrictions" on God's love that we bestow upon others, according to our own preferences and ideals. But fortunately for us, God does not do the same. "For whoever knocks, the door will be opened."

1107. An Attitude of Gratitude

John 6:25-35

Sermon

Molly F. James

... for us to do that with our families and friends, many of whom may worship in other places or not at all on Sunday morning. Thanksgiving is an opportunity to push the collective pause button on the hectic pace of American life. That, in itself, is a gift, and ideally one which is a regular part of our own personal spiritual lives. On this day, let us give thanks to God for the gifts in our lives, for the gifts God has freely given us. I invite you to hold onto the sense of gratitude for the tremendous ...

1108. Lost in the Wonder of God

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... down, and when you rise up….” Renowned rabbi Abraham Heschel notes that there is no Hebrew word for “doubt.” The Greek equivalent suggests an opposing truth to the Truth of God. Heschel says that “doubt is an act in which the mind inspects its own ideals; wonder [on the other hand] is an act in which the mind confronts the universe.” (Between Man and God. NY: Free Press, 1997. P. 96) Sin is the refusal to confront the wonder and mystery of God, to allow for the experience of the “super-natural ...

1109. The Cure

Luke 4:31-37, Luke 4:38-44

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... by Hippocrates and Galen. He specifies that she is quite ill.* The Greek word used for healing is iaomai. It means to make whole, free from sin, bring about salvation. Salve, the word for health suggests that in our salvation, we are made whole and brought into ideal human health in our relationship with God. It is a physical and a spiritual healing. Jewish people in Jesus’ day felt that illness was the result of 1) an evil spirit, 2) a curse by an enemy, of 3) the ill will of the dead. Jesus’ ability ...

1110. Do you need a Pharisectomy?

Matthew 9:27-34, Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 12:15-21, Matthew 12:22-37, Matthew 12:38-45, Matthew 12:46-50

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... this. The Pharisees enforced so many laws that it was virtually impossible for most people to abide by all of them consistently much less perfectly. They reveled in their own perfection. And they judged harshly anyone who didn’t live up to their imposed ideals. Sound like anyone you know? Jesus on the other hand is somewhat disorderly. So was John the Baptist, whom Jesus defended in our last discussion. He loved to feast and drink instead of fasting. He loved to hang with “unclean” people. He forgave ...

1111. Elohim

John 1:29-34, Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... God meant for us to be. But we must first learn to recognize God in our lives. That is Jesus’ role in all of this. God's language for "water" is not a word "water," but water itself. God's language for love is not a word or idea or ideal, but Jesus himself. For God SO loved YOU, that He sent Himself in the form of His Son, so that YOU could recognize His love for YOU, and live the life He always intended YOU should live. “See me,” says God. “Come to me.” “I love you.” “I miss you ...

1112. Reveille

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Noah! YOU are someone’s Moses! YOU are someone’s Jeremiah! YOU are someone’s Nathan! Look…..following Jesus isn’t easy! Jesus’ disciples were sent into the world like lambs among wolves! They were at the mercy of those they proclaimed to. It was never an ideal job to be God’s prophet, especially when you had to tell people things they didn’t want to hear. Being a prophet was a risky business. IS a risky business. But the reward of God’s kingdom is so very sweet, and so very beautiful. One ...

1113. All the Pretty Horses

Luke 12:13-21, Luke 12:1-12, 1 Kings 3:16-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... down our resistance and quell our fears. Pray that the love of God that passes all understanding, might be realized in you. Amen. [Optional Ending]: Let’s say, I have here ten 100 dollar bills, or $1000. [If you can do this visually, with real money, it will be ideal. The image of you standing there waving $1000 in your hands will be powerful. Get someone in the congregation to loan you the cash for a few hours.] What if I say to you…..I have need of some people to help me tomorrow to do some work here ...

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.

Adlai Stevenson

Politics, and the fate of mankind, are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness.

Albert Camus

Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.

Albert Pike

At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols.

Aldous Huxley

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

Aldous Huxley

The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.

Aleister Crowley

Two weeks is about the ideal length of time to retire.

Alex Comfort

Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.

Alfred de Vigny

No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic motives, and idealism in our time has been shoved aside, and we are paying the penalty for it.

Alfred North Whitehead

Routine is the god of every social system; it is the seventh heaven of business, the essential component in the success of every factory, the ideal of every statesman.

Alfred North Whitehead

Our ideals are our better selves.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Man is a dog's ideal of what God should be.

Andri Malraux

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1101. What Will We Do When He Is Gone?

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

1102. Young in the Mind

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1103. The Attitude of Youth

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1104. Self-Inventory

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1105. The Great Decision

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1106. The Little Orphan Girl

Matthew 7:7-12

Illustration

Mark Adams

1107. An Attitude of Gratitude

John 6:25-35

Sermon

Molly F. James

1108. Lost in the Wonder of God

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1109. The Cure

Luke 4:31-37, Luke 4:38-44

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1110. Do you need a Pharisectomy?

Matthew 9:27-34, Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 12:15-21, Matthew 12:22-37, Matthew 12:38-45, Matthew 12:46-50

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1111. Elohim

John 1:29-34, Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1112. Reveille

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1113. All the Pretty Horses

Luke 12:13-21, Luke 12:1-12, 1 Kings 3:16-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Adlai Stevenson

Politics, and the fate of mankind, are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness.

Albert Camus

Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.

Albert Pike

Aldous Huxley

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

Aldous Huxley

Aleister Crowley

Two weeks is about the ideal length of time to retire.

Alex Comfort

Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.

Alfred de Vigny

Alfred North Whitehead

Routine is the god of every social system; it is the seventh heaven of business, the essential component in the success of every factory, the ideal of every statesman.

Alfred North Whitehead

Our ideals are our better selves.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Man is a dog's ideal of what God should be.

Andri Malraux

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