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1426. The Ear of the Heart

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... during the week, so they would be prepared to sing with eloquence and exuberance during the sabbath worship. Hymns are an expression of our faith. Hymns are a means of instruction. Hymns create a unity among believers. Dolores Hart was as beautiful as she was talented, which attests to why she was such a prominent actress and singer in the 1950s and 60s. Ah! She gave Elvis Presley his first on-screen movie kiss. Both as an endearing movie star and Broadway theatrical sensation, she was known and beloved by ...

1427. The Power of One Passion and One Prayer

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... dropped out of pharmacy school after hearing one of his sermons about God’s purpose for our lives. She admitted that she had enrolled in pharmacy school because she wanted to make a lot of money. But after his sermon, she decided to commit her talents and energy to serving God. Anne said, “. . . I remembered that good summer I spent working with the church literacy program among the migrant workers’ kids. I really think I was serving God then. I decided after your sermon to go back there and give my ...

1428. The Gift of Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... the door, we must first open it from the inside.” (5) Forgiveness is a gift from God. We have been forgiven, and so we are able to forgive others. Jesus followed his answer to Simon Peter with a delightful parable of a man who owed his king ten thousand talents. We are told that this was an amount equivalent to 15 years of wages to a laborer in that day. The king forgave the man his debt. This same man, however, had an acquaintance who owed him the small sum of 100 denarii--about a single day’s wage ...

1429. Today Is All We Have

Matthew 6:34

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Maxie Dunnam

The talented motion picture director Peter Bogdanovich is well known for what are called “nostalgic” movies. When he made “The Last Picture Show” and “Paper Moon,” someone asked him why he is attracted so much by the past. Mr. Bogdanovich said, “I like any time better than now. I just don’t ...

1430. Affirmations

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Maxie Dunnam

... , you achieve nothing. If you think that you are a nobody, you will act like a nobody. What you believed, you became. Affirmation, to be constructive, must always be positive and inspiring. This does not mean telling yourself something you know is untrue, but it does imply taking what meager talents you possess and developing them to the maximum of their potential with a confidant spirit and a positive faith in the goodness and purposes of God.

1431. Staying Power

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Maxie Dunnam

Scientist Louis Pasteur said, “Let me tell you the secret that has led to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.” Playwright Noel Coward said, “Thousands of people have talent. I might as well congratulate you for having eyes in your head. The one and only thing that counts is, do you have staying power?” Most of us have found it so, what men and women of great accomplishments have pointed out -- that tenacity and persistence are the greatest factors ...

1432. The Last Laugh

Luke 24:1-35

Sermon

Will Willimon

... insensitive and calloused to laugh. For what is there to laugh when there is war, the arms race, capital punishment, Central America, poverty, death? So it's always Maundy Thursday and Good Friday in the church. Everybody believes in Good Friday. It doesn't take talent to preach on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday. After all, you read the papers. You watch the 6:30 News. You have seen enough cowardice, violence, cruelty, betrayal in your day to believe it in Jesus' day. You know: the good get it in the ...

1433. Immediately, They Followed

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... of Simon." When Jesus spoke, the tragic differences between these two brothers were healed and… Or…James had been searching for something in his life, a sense of meaning, of purpose. Oh, fishing was fine but was it a suitable challenge for a man of his talents? Mending the nets, always mending the nets. was sick of it. He reached out for more. Jesus came said, "Follow me," and he was born again, he left his and followed and now he has a nationwide evangelistic ministry. Yet there are limits to what even ...

1434. Speak the Word of Forgiveness

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Maxie Dunnam

The young girl is bright, talented, and until about three years ago was almost a model child -- then she began to rebel. This took the form of drug involvement, skipping school, then running away from home, and then total rejection of her parents. You can imagine the parents’ desperation and despair -- the pain and powerlessness, and, ...

1435. Ready!

Mark 13:24-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... deal with such a devastating blow? Friends tried to help and offer consolation. One was a seminary professor who called to her attention all the biblical material that seemed to be saying so much of exactly what she was feeling. Noting her prodigious poetic talent, he encouraged her to put her feelings to paper. The result is a remarkable compilation that not only helped her healing process but has helped thousands of others as well. The book is titled Psalms of Lament and comes from that collection in ...

1436. Be Near, Ye Faithful

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Sermon

Ronald Love

... between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church. Ward, in 1745, left England and took up residence in Douay, France. Several years later he was ordained as a Catholic priest. Ward was a calligrapher by training, and a skilled musician. These talents allowed Ward make copies of the hymn and distribute the sheet music across Europe. The tune name Adeste Fideles came from the first words of the hymn in Latin, meaning “Be near, ye faithful.” Frederick Oakley translated the hymn from Latin, which ...

1437. No Other Gods

Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... What we serve—what motivates and moves us, in the words of Kelly Minter--becomes our “little-g” god. We may worship God on Sunday but spend the rest of the week serving idols. It is our actions, what we invest our energy, time, money and talents into, that determines our god. Entrepreneur Derek Sivers recalls a conversation he had with his coach about wanting to start a new company. His coach responded, “No, you don’t.” Derek said, “Yes, I do! This is really important to me!” His coach said ...

1438. The Subject Is Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Steve Molin

... m not prepared to say that today, nor was Jesus. When he answered Peter’s question, he painted him a picture with this parable… “The kingdom of heaven is like the servant who owed the king ten million dollars.” That’s today’s equivalent to the ten thousand talents owed by the man. When the man could not pay, he begged for the king’s patience, and out of pity, the king forgave him. Ten million dollars and he forgave it all! But when that same servant left the palace, he came upon a man who owed ...

1439. Gracious

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of service. In our scripture for today, we see Jesus telling his listeners another story (the third in Matthew 25) about what it means to be in true relationship with God. In the parable of the oil lamps, he emphasized faith in God, in the parable of the talents, he emphasized commitment to God. Now in this third parable, speaking about the way we treat strangers, Jesus speaks of how he knows a true disciple–by the state of the heart, and he notes that the state of the heart is revealed in the acts of the ...

1440. Jesus Gets a Business Card

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Mary Austin

... I am, Jesus asks? Can you follow me? Can you take up your cross: face the burdens of your life, and carry the cares of the world? He has these questions for us. We have questions, too. Faith demands that we ask ourselves these things. Does my work use the talents God gave me? By work, I mean however we spend our days: raising kids, paid work, volunteer work. Do my relationships show the love and grace of God? In the way I talk to my friends, my neighbors, my partner, my kids, am I talking to the face of God ...

1441. Embarrassing Visits

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Mary Austin

... into a years-long battle with depression. It’s her struggle, not mine, and she gave me permission to talk about it. I thought I knew how to be a reasonably effective parent. You know: the balance of love and structure, the importance of family, nurturing the talents the child has. There were vegetables and books and math lessons in the summer… that was a big hit, as you can imagine. When she stopped going to high school, when she had to be in the hospital, when we had to keep trying different medication ...

1442. Text Message From Jesus

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Mary Austin

It was often said that the late President Reagan was the “great communicator.” He was very talented, but the title really belongs to Jesus. In all the gospel stories that we have, he’s always communicating something. Every time he heals someone, there’s a message about God’s love for people. Every time he teaches, there’s a lesson about who God is, or who Jesus ...

1443. Your Body Is a Temple

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

Ronald Love

... society. The new temptation would be “fame.” In The New York Times an article was printed on November 11, 2009, by Alessandra Stanley who wrote, “Fame has a spellbinding power in American society, the one thing that can trump wealth, talent, breeding, and even elected office. Reality shows and social websites like Facebook long ago knocked down barriers that kept ordinary people trapped in obscurity.” For this reason Stanley wrote, “…some people take huge risks for the freedom to be someone ...

1444. Casters and Menders

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... thoughts and directions. The most creative ideas come from bringing together unexpected and unlikely pairings of disciplines, directions, ideas, and minds. Musical scholars believe, for example, that one of the reasons the Beatles still remain the most unique, talented, and amazing musical group in history comes from the pairing of 4 truly gifted, different, and unique minds. Lennon and McCartney in particular together created a style of music and creative excellence that neither could match on their ...

1445. Praying the Lectionary: Lent 1

Mark 1:9-15 · 1 Peter 3:18-22 · Genesis 9:8-17 · Psalm 25:1-10

Bulletin Aid

Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson

... whole world. God of mercy: C: Hear our prayer. P: Gracious God: During this Lenten season, make us ever mindful of the tremendous sacrifice you made for us, O God; that we, in our own small way, may be inspired and empowered to make sacrifices of our time, talents, money, and whatever else is proper for your sake and the sake of your realm. God of mercy: C: Hear our prayer. P: Divine healer: today we remember all among us who are ill in body, mind or soul, especially those whom we name before now either out ...

1446. Family Ties And Unties

Mark 3:20-35

Sermon

David Coffin

... grew up in a Roman Catholic working class family that was employed at the steel mills, which is major town economic bedrock. Rudy always wanted to play football for the University of Notre Dame. There were a couple problems. First, he was short, lacked strong talent, and he had difficulty in school due to dyslexia. His family and girlfriend all thought that he would fail in this venture. At age 22, when his best friend Pete died in an industrial accident, Rudy set out to pursue his dream. He discovered he ...

1447. Dancing in the Wind

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of God that flowed from his presence. To them, he was still just their teacher. Now, this is important for us to understand, just as it was important for Jesus’ disciples to understand. We don’t gain assurance in our faith from believing that Jesus was merely a talented teacher, a good person, a gifted prophet, or a wise leader. We don’t a sense of stability and a feeling of joy that exudes the entirety of our being from imagining that Jesus is just a man who lived long ago, who continues to teach us ...

1448. Gathered Around Jesus

Mark 6:30-34; 53-56

Sermon

David Coffin

... . Jesus had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd Mark 6:34 (RSV). What happens when people experience a sudden change of events that leaves them feeling isolated, lonely, and with fewer resources? Families who had given much time, money, and talents to a given congregation’s ministry leave an obvious void, as more pews are empty. The weekly offering was such that the pastor was asked to hold on to his paycheck for another week of offering to cover the amount of the check. It ...

1449. You Can Talk the Game, but Can You Play the Game?

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Sermon

Will Willimon

... . But I'm also there because it is wonderful (on those all-too-rare moments when the Panthers are actually doing well), when a gaggle of fellow human beings (rather large and beefy fellow human beings) get it all together, blend their individual talents and bend their wills into one, executing their plays with perfection. I had much the same feeling about the perfo1rr1ance of the Raleigh ballet. In a world of rampant permissiveness -- where we are accustomed to accepting sloppy work, as long as people mean ...

1450. For Someone Who Led A Magnificent Life

Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 · 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 · 2 Corinthians 4:6-11 · Luke 24:13-35

Eulogy

Richard E. Zajac

... had Bill Stanton not been born. So, too, would be the presbyterate of this Diocese. I don’t need to tell you that Bill was a great mimic. He could mouth the stereotypical accent of each and every nationality and wasn’t averse to using that talent to fool and trap unsuspecting priests. I can remember his calling a mutual friend of ours who had just been named pastor of an Irish parish, with his patented Irish brogue, pretend to be a parishioner decrying the German heritage of the new pastor. The guy ...

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