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Mark 10:35-45, Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , at our family tables, most often the patriarch or matriarch or the one in “charge” still sits at the “head “ of the table, surrounded by the next “in line.” It was a position of honor, but also a position of power. And “sitting” had a double meaning. To “sit” next to the king, meant not only did you place your behind down there on a chair, but that you “ruled” next in line to the king as well. Even if Jesus’ disciples heard what Jesus said about his “heavenly kingdom,” they ...

1202. The Lamb

Luke 19:28-44, Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, John 12:12-19

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Temple, and was therefore associated with joy. But Jews loved meat, which presented a problem after the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD. “Could freshly roasted meat also be eaten on the solemn evening before the Ninth of Av, the fast cay commemorating the double destruction of the Temple?” How could anyone eat such a joyful food as meat on such a solemn occasion? Did the ancient rabbis conceive a Talmudic twist that allowed them to eat meat? “The meat would need to be cured for at least two days ...

1203. Fleeced

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... some who seem always to have faith that never wavers, those whose faith endures through every struggle. Then there are the rest of us . . . those who sometimes need the reassurance of God’s presence when things don’t go very well. Thomas Didymus does indeed have a double----the rest of humanity. Jesus loves all of us. He doesn’t chastise us for our doubt and fear, but reassures us with his presence and promises. Jesus will lift us up when we are down, and help us find balms in Gilead when we need them ...

1204. Higher Ground

Luke 24:36-49, Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!" (Isaiah 52:7) A 2016 film called “Everest” re-captured the fascination and fear of our highest mountains. Based on the true story of a double expedition up the Himalayan slopes in 1996, the film chronicles the deaths of all but two when a fierce blizzard swirls in, thwarting their safe descent. Despite the wisdom and experience of the group’s leaders, they were no match for nature’s ...

1205. The Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... He writes down his address for her and tells her he will take complete responsibility for the man on the stretcher. The woman asks him if he’s related? A friend? The rabbi replies, no. But anything the man needs, he will cover it. “Say, what!” You do a double take. Stunned, you watch the rabbi say a short prayer, and then leave the hospital, making sure the staff knows, he will be back in the morning to visit the man and to make sure he has no other needs. Then he then leaves the hospital, no doubt to ...

1206. Lady of the House / The Practice of Joy

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... house” or “mistress in charge.” And the Hebrew word comes from the root “maror,” bitter, grieved, stressed, strong, master, as well as from the verbal derivative, “meri,” rebellious. The word is also related to myrrh, the herb of mourning. What a wonderful double meaning in her name for this story. Not only is she the strong, capable, able “lady of the house,” the mistress of the feast,” but her demeanor is also a bit grieved, stressed, bitter, as she in this story, is not going about ...

1207. The Infiltrator

John 10:1-21, John 10:22-42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ? We all have our favorites. We’ve all seen episodes in which there are “bad cops” among the force that exists to serve and protect the community. Instead of protecting those they are called to serve, they take advantage, prey upon, persecute, double-cross, thwart the good being done by those who take their jobs seriously. Sooner or later, the time comes when they are discovered, and rooted out. Those who are “crooked” cops are separated out from those who walk the “straight and narrow” path ...

1208. A Restless Spirit

1 Samuel 28:1-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... you did it to your parents. You have to be sly to be a parent, right? It doesn’t matter if it’s today or 50 years ago… No matter how well you raise your child, at one time or another, he or she will remind you more of a double agent in a spy story than the sweet, angelic innocent you thought you were bringing up in your home. We as humans are often funny, yet adorable creatures. But in all honesty, we tend to shoot ourselves in the foot to spite our face as often as we shoot straight ...

1209. One Stone Faith

1 Sam. Chapters 16-19

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , feed sacks and shoe scraps. And who, planting time and harvest season, will finish his forty-hour week by Tuesday noon, then, pain'n from 'tractor back,' put in another seventy-two hours." So God made a farmer. God had to have somebody willing to ride the ruts at double speed to get the hay in ahead of the rain clouds and yet stop in mid-field and race to help when he sees the first smoke from a neighbor's place. So God made a farmer. God said, "I need somebody strong enough to clear trees and heave ...

1210. Lion of Judah

Gen 49:1-28, Judges 13-15, Matt 4:12-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Virtual Library and the Jewish Encyclopedia. **The word ariel (sometimes used to mean “hearth” but other times to mean “eagle” is also linked at times with ari (Hebrew for lion) or arieh (Aramaic for wild beast). Ezekiel’s “griffin” combining the eagle and lion would seem to bear out this double meaning and multi-faceted image of God with characteristics of both.

1211. Vendetta

2 Kings 1:1-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... others, break relationships, defy ourselves, and mistrust God. In carrying out a vendetta, you become an adversary to yourself, to your own kin, and to God. It isn’t the god Baalzebub who effects evil upon a life, but one’s own spirit that double crosses one’s own self by allowing envious and jealous inclinations to guide one’s actions. I call this a “baalzebul spirit.” The irony is, the more you form a vendetta against someone else, the more you undermine yourself. Jesus runs across the irony ...

1212. Plucked from the Blaze

Zechariah 3:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... at that “photograph” of Jesus –that art, that stained glass, that sculpture, or that painting. Remember when YOU were saved. Remember when you became a “brand plucked from the burning.” You are saved to serve. Remember to re-member. In in that double remembrance, go….serve the world in Jesus’ power, and in God’s peace. Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text The Lord Clothes Joshua the High Priest to Govern Over Jerusalem, a Brand Plucked from the Flames (Zechariah 3) Minor Text Joseph’s ...

1213. Dusted

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... conjunction with dust or ash. One recognizes one’s mistake, and seeks to “rise above it” by throwing ashes or dust from one’s head or ripping off one’s dirty clothing, and making a change of “direction.” To be “dusted” therefore can have a double meaning. In our culture, it can mean to lose, be tired out, be killed, be blown away. But it can also mean to be “sprinkled.” Interestingly enough, in Old English/Old High German, the word for dust “tunst” in OE meant storm or breath, as ...

1214. The Olfactory Sense of Prayer

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... week.”*** The central metaphors for havdala are light, scent and taste. It is a multisensory, rejuvenating experience that includes fire, spices and wine. During the ritual, one rejuvenates one’s faith to last through the coming week. In the ceremony, a special double-twisted candle (with intertwining wicks) is lit and a cup of wine is blessed, while smelling sweet spices. Everyone passes the spices around, and each person takes a deep whiff of the scent. In breathing in the spicy oils, each person’s ...

1215. The Crack in the Wall

Joshua 2:1-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the outer wall of the city of Jericho, much like the monastery you see here below. Her inn, where she could welcome visitors and serve as a watchtower, was literally part of the “wall” of Jericho. Jericho was a well-fortified city. It had a double wall. The first wall was built around the outer periphery, and this protected and inner wall to the innermost inhabited area. But more than that, Jericho was itself a “border” city that separated the desert from the lush and beautiful land of the Jordan ...

1216. Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... -do spirit. Only now we are hearing claims that, in some areas, fracking has permanently disturbed and polluted the aquifers — the underground lakes from which we get our drinking water. In Oklahoma, where fracking is widespread and common, the number of earthquakes doubled from 2012 to 2013. They had 2,300 quakes that year. Some argue that fracking is the obvious cause. Others point to heavy rains as the reason. In the meantime, the fracking goes on and the legislators wring their hands and argue. Lots ...

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.

Aeschylus

Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months.

Anthony J. D'Angelo

The real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrow and double our joys.

B. C. Forbes

If a man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Benjamin Franklin

A town that has no ceiling price, A town of double-talk; A town so big men name her twice, Like so: 'N'Yawk, N'Yawk.'

Christopher Morley

The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years.

David Ogilvy

To convert an hourly wage to an approximate yearly salary, double the wage and change the decimal to a comma.

Don Tichnor

If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal.

Doug Coupland

A joy that's shared is a joy made double.

English proverb

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1201. Seat of Power

Mark 10:35-45, Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1202. The Lamb

Luke 19:28-44, Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, John 12:12-19

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1203. Fleeced

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1204. Higher Ground

Luke 24:36-49, Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1205. The Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1206. Lady of the House / The Practice of Joy

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1207. The Infiltrator

John 10:1-21, John 10:22-42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1208. A Restless Spirit

1 Samuel 28:1-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1209. One Stone Faith

1 Sam. Chapters 16-19

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1210. Lion of Judah

Gen 49:1-28, Judges 13-15, Matt 4:12-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1211. Vendetta

2 Kings 1:1-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1212. Plucked from the Blaze

Zechariah 3:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1213. Dusted

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1214. The Olfactory Sense of Prayer

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1215. The Crack in the Wall

Joshua 2:1-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1216. Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.

Aeschylus

Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months.

Anthony J. D'Angelo

The real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrow and double our joys.

B. C. Forbes

If a man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Benjamin Franklin

A town that has no ceiling price, A town of double-talk; A town so big men name her twice, Like so: 'N'Yawk, N'Yawk.'

Christopher Morley

The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years.

David Ogilvy

To convert an hourly wage to an approximate yearly salary, double the wage and change the decimal to a comma.

Don Tichnor

If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal.

Doug Coupland

A joy that's shared is a joy made double.

English proverb

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