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101. Blessed To Be A Blessing

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and just staring at some pigeons. She looked sad and lonely, so the boy went over and sat down next to her. He opened his suitcase, took out a package of the Twinkies and offered it to her. She gratefully took it and smiled at him. Her smile was so warm and wonderful that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered her a can of his root beer. Once again, she took it and smiled at him. The boy was delighted. They sat there all afternoon, eating the Twinkies, drinking the root beers and watching the pigeons ...

102. Testing, Testing

Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

Chris Ewing

... in this? (pause) Does this help you to see your way more clearly? Does it feel like something you can do? Test ... test.... Sometimes it's hard to know what it means to "love" someone, whether God or our neighbor or even ourself. We may think it means to have warm and cozy feelings about them, which we all know simply isn't going to happen all the time — even for people we deeply and truly love, like our life partner or our kids. I don't believe God commands us to have ...

103. A Christmas Program

Luke 2:21-40

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... that night, I went outside to do some chores and they were still there. I could see it was too late for her. No way they could have moved on. I was embarrassed to suggest it, but there was a stable out back and the animals would keep them warm. It wasn’t much, but it was better than having that poor baby outside — that sweet, young thing. I scrounged up an old blanket for her, and found them some leftovers from the kitchen. They were so grateful — can you believe it? I’ve thought about that young ...

104. The Coat Off Your Back

Luke 3:7-18

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... hadn't shaved in days. His frail body showed his meals were few and far between. And those eyes ... they looked so empty. They were eyes without hope. "Hey, mister, I'm hungry. Got a dollar?" he asked and reached out his hand. The question startled the young man. The warm fuzzies of Christmas disappeared in a poof. Before him was a man who did not fit in with the music ringing in the air or the pork pie and spiced egg nog awaiting him at home. "What should I do?" he asked himself. He stared at the man and ...

105. Waiting in Life's Waiting Rooms

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and float effortlessly. Soaring requires trusting in something beyond physical dynamics. Soaring is not so much about skeletal structure or wing to body ratios as it is about trusting something unseen, trusting what you know by faith, not by sight. For birds this is the warm thermal streams of air that can keep them aloft and headed in any direction they wish to go for hours at a time. For those of us who remain faithful and “on watch” during this season of Advent and beyond, our “thermals” are our ...

106. An Army Officer Deeply Concerned

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... people are found in every walk of life. Paul M. Stevens in his book Gathered Gold tells about a Japanese magazine that had a picture of a butterfly on one of its pages. The butterfly was printed with special inks that appeared to be a dull gray until it was warmed by the touch of a hand. If you touched it with your hand, the chemicals in the ink would react and the dull gray would be transformed into a rainbow of colors. (4) That butterfly is a metaphor for the power of love to heal human hearts. That love ...

107. Follow that Dream

Genesis 12:1-8

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... if your feet are cold, you should put something on your head. That didn't make sense to me until someone explained that your body works extra hard to keep your brain warm. It will even let your feet freeze in order to keep your brain warm. That is why a cap is so important on a cold day. But why does the body work so hard to keep the brain warm? Your brain is the most important part of your body, isn't it? What do you do with your brain? That's right, you think. That is also where you see ...

108. Love without Limits

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... I took his fragile hand and began to pray. At the conclusion of my prayer, I said, “Lord, wrap your arms around Walter like a warm blanket. Amen.” When I opened my eyes, I could not believe what I saw. There were tears streaming down Walter’s face, and his ... degree or another, are on the outside, where it’s cold and lonely, yearning for Christ to pull us inside and wrap his warm arms around us. And would you believe there is enough room in his arms for everyone? There is room. There is plenty of room. ...

109. Patterns of Possibility

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... temple in Jerusalem and swept up in the rhythms and rituals of the Jewish faith. For him, to be in the temple felt like a warm bath, a sacred home, and a place of total acceptance and exciting challenge. Mary and Joseph had taught Jesus that he did not belong to ... day a young man left home for college. His mother had helped him pack and then drove him to his new dormitory. After a warm hug, she quickly and quietly left him to get settled on his own. As he was unpacking his suitcase, he found his shirts and ...

110. Beyond a Friendly, Cuddly Christmas

Matthew 2:13-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... our sins. And sin is ugly. It’s evil. It’s a rebellion against God and sets us on a collision course with death. The warm and fuzzy Christmas baby came to save us from every form of evil. That’s a heavy calling and a huge burden. And Jesus, Mary ... when God will wipe away every tear from our eyes, and there will be no more death, or crying or pain. As we leave the warm and fuzzy Christmas season and enter into a new year, as we stand in line in department stores and return Christmas gifts that did not ...

111. Soul Food

Luke 9:10-17, Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:30-44, John 6:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... it will remind you that only in God will your soul find its nourishment. Not by bread alone can you live, but by the “Word” of God. [Hand out the recipe …or have it in their bulletins.] 1 t active dry yeast (the zeal for sharing Jesus’ message) ¼ c warm water (the waters of your baptism) 1 c milk (the hope of the coming kingdom) ½ t baking soda (God’s ordinances) 2 c barley flour (the promise of God’s blessings) ½ t salt (a little bit of faith) ½ c seeds (God’s Word planted within you) 3 T ...

112. Raison d’Etre

Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... the greatest danger in such frigid temperatures was water. There were springs deep below the snow that, because the snow had insulated them, had not completely frozen over. If he stepped into one of these he would have to stop and immediately build a fire to stay warm and dry out his feet and legs. To do otherwise was to freeze to death in minutes. He had always made the dog cross any suspect areas first to make sure they were safe but now, refreshed from his meal, his confidence restored, he was in too ...

113. The Warmest Climate

Humor

"Your mother-in-law needs a warm climate." said the doctor. "How about Florida?" suggested the son-in-law. "Not warm enough." "How about Death Valley?" "Not warm enough," muttered the physician. For a moment the son-in-law looked at the doctor in silence, and then left the room. In about a minute he was back with a pistol in his hand. He handed it to the doctor. "You shoot her, doctor. I can't."

114. Beware! Angels

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Will Willimon

... for it is the pleasure of the universe to give us what we need.' In this happy cosmos, there is no need for people to look out for each other, to work for justice, or to wrestle with evil. Stroked by angel wings, we can rest in a warm, nurturing natural world.... ''Perhaps this present tide of angel interest is 'part of a great revival of spirituality in America,' as Freeman claims. Perhaps it is 'an opportunity for us to realign our priorities and choose the pathway of the divine rather than the pathway of ...

115. We Need Another Miracle

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... to the well-being of hundreds of millions of people living along the coasts. Since 1900, sea levels have, on average, gone up around eight inches, and this rate is increasing. For decades, the oceans have served as a crucial buffer against global warming, soaking up roughly a quarter of the carbon dioxide that humans emit from power plants, factories and cars, and absorbing more than 90% of the excess heat trapped on earth by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Without that protection, the land would ...

116. The Legend of the Touchstone

John 20:1-18

Illustration

James W. Moore

... could recognize the touchstone by its warmth. The other stones would feel cold, but when you picked up the touchstone, it would turn warm in your hand. Once a man sold everything he had and went to the coast of the Black Sea in search of the ... cold... he threw it into the sea. He picked up another stone - cold! He threw it into the sea. He picked up another stone... it turned warm in his hand, and before he realized what he was doing... he threw it into the sea! That's a good parable for Easter, isn't it ...

117. When Following Is Not Enough

Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a)

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... hiding in fear, hoping someone might be God’s hand reaching out to them. Sometimes as we worship, we spend time wondering what we might do to make our worship experiences more like mountain tops, doing things that will give people that sense of awe, that warm feeling that God might be in this place. There is nothing wrong with that. Not unless our search for ‘awe’ becomes more important than our desire to simply care for the people around us who feel no ‘awe’ in their life today. Sometimes, those ...

118. Upside Down Christmas

Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

Will Willimon

... offering, everywhere, anywhere here on the earth. (Music Colin Gibson Words Shirley Murray) Odd, we come to Christmas thinking of Christmas as the time that sets everything right. Christmas is the time to come home, to return to that time in our memories when all was warm, and good and right, when everything that's come upside down in our lives is set, at least for a couple of days in December, right side up. Yet in the Bible, Christmas was that time when everything was turned upside down. It wasn't about ...

119. Good News / Bad News

Luke 12:49-56

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... that fire represented in the symbolic life of the church. The gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ, the real presence of God’s kingdom in this life, was like fire, he said. It has the power to light the darkness in our lives. It has the power to warm our hearts when they are cold and to purify our lives when they are contaminated and soiled with sin and estrangement. But there is another side to the gospel, a side about which we do not often hear or speak, a side which can cause pain, tears, and division ...

120. The Narrow Door

Luke 13:22-30

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... ll be covering the entire race from the finish line right here at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. The contestants are warming up and preparing for this grueling granddaddy of runs. This race is so difficult because of the hilly terrain surrounding the sleepy little hamlet ... of Bath, Ohio. Let's catch some of the runners as they are warming up, and see if they have some time to talk to our audience. (SHE MOTIONS TO A RUNNER WHO APPROACHES) This is Rahab ...

121. The Race

Luke 6:17-26, Luke 6:27-36

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... us up when we are down? (JESUS COMES TO RUNNER WHO IS LYING ON THE GROUND AND HELPS THE RUNNER UP) Someone to brush us off and to encourage us. (JESUS BRUSHES RUNNER OFF AND TALKS ENCOURAGINGLY TO HIM. OTHER RUNNERS TURN AROUND AND ALL THREE RUNNERS WARM UP FOR THE SECOND RACE) Someone who can help win the race. (RUNNERS START AGAIN. JESUS IS CHEERING FOR RUNNERS) Yes, win! With Jesus, our helper and friend, we can win the race of life. (MIDDLE RUNNER WINS AND ALL FREEZE) Therefore, since we are surrounded ...

122. How To Treat Your Enemies

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... difficult to get it going again unless you borrowed from your neighbor. For this reason, when you went on a trip, you'd take some hot coals from your fire, place them in a firepot, sit it snugly in your turban, and go out on your journey. The warm embers kept your head warm, and when time came to camp for the night, you had enough hot coals to light your fire. Furthermore, if you were visiting in my home and rose to go, I, as a hospitable person, would go to my fire, rake out a few glowing embers and heap ...

123. Invitations To The Light

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

... strangers approaching with laughter and singing, she drew further into the doorway and her own world of darkness. Someone else's celebration was too much for her to bear. But when the strangers saw her, they stopped. One of them sat down beside her, gave her some warm bread, and said, "The king is serving a banquet tonight for the wedding of his son. He'd like you to come to eat at his table and celebrate with him. Will you leave your tattered blanket here in the darkness? The king has provided a wedding ...

124. Behold The Man Who Taught By The Sea

Mark 4:1-20

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... Most of us can look back across the years and remember such a person. I can remember Sunday school teachers in my childhood years. I remember the songs we sang, the lady who played the piano and was so happy about it, the cookies they gave us, the warm feeling they created which caused me to think of Sunday school as a wonderful place to be. I remember a teacher in college who first introduced me to Paul Tillich and Karl Barth, and opened up a world of new insight and understanding. I remember a teacher in ...

125. Responsibility And Motivation

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... with Naomi: "É Your people shall be my people, and your God my God." Could Ruth really have foreseen the situation into which her new faith would lead her? Of course not. No more than any young couple can really foresee what life will bring when they make warm and loving commitments at the altar, perhaps reciting the words of Ruth 1:16. No more than any person can really see what it will mean when they commit themselves to Jesus Christ and the Church. No one can fully see the future with its promises and ...

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