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1. The Art of Restoration

John 3:1-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of the sins that have accumulated upon and within us and reveals and remolds us into a new place. He makes us gleam as we did from our first beginning. We are “reborn!” We are all God’s artwork! Each one of us is a unique and beautiful piece of art made and signed by God’s own hand! Each of us is different, and each of us has been in some way throughout our lives been chipped or broken or weighed down or scarred by sin or hurt, pain or difficulty. And yet, in the power of the Holy Spirit ...

2. The Art of Critique

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the ways that people behave. And he knows that an unhappy spirit makes for judgmental and often unsuccessful, even harmful critic. But Jesus’ answer is not just to give advice or admonishment or wag fingers in our direction. For Jesus is the Master of the Art of Critique. Instead, Jesus offers us a “yoke.” He offers to take the lead and bear the brunt of everyone’s frustration, anger, difficulty, and struggle. He offers us a rest from our internal conflict, and peace from our anger, a break from our ...

3. The Art of Reconciliation

Luke 12:49-59

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to be part of this communion of grace. We celebrate the differences that make each one unique. We respect the challenges that invite us to the responsibility of continual reconciliation, understanding, listening, and love. We accept Jesus’ challenge to create beauty and art where others see division and to recognize God’s artistry within every human face. Today, I challenge you to be the kind of peacemaker and restorer that Jesus imagined we all as disciples could be. What will this mean for you? Within ...

4. The Art of Living Until

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... the meanwhile. That time has not yet come. The end is not yet. And I am saying to you that the first requirement for mastering the art of living until is to find out what will be at last the only important thing and make this the most important thing in your ... converge upon the narrow place. But we are not stopping here. This is only the first of the things we need to understand about the art of living until. We go on now to look beyond the narrow place. And, even over there, we can hear the word of Jesus, " ...

5. The Art Of Borrowing And Lending A Donkey

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... I acted on it, and I want you to know it works." To be willing to explore new horizons because of the instructions that we receive from our master teacher, to embrace new truth, to be still learning, is the mark of mature persons. That's all in the art of borrowing a donkey -- you have to trust the instructor, and you have to follow the instructions precisely. II. Now that we have looked at the borrowers of the donkey, let's look at the lender -- the man who owned the donkey. That's about all we know about ...

6. On the Art Of Listening To Sermons

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... ground conditions. It is, at one level, about how we listen when the Word is proclaimed. The parable offers some guidelines on the art of listening for God’s Word in the sermon. Listen. Guideline Number 1: Do not have your mind made up before you ... ’s active, loving presence makes a significant difference in our lives and in our world when it takes root. Life can indeed be the art of the possible which succeeds in spite of overwhelming odds to the contrary. If we hear it, then we are called to go tell ...

7. The Art of Fruit

Luke 3:7-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II’s imperial court in Vienna. Suddenly the budding artist was thrust into a rich renaissance-style intellectual and artistic atmosphere, which boasted interchange between botanists, astronomers, physicians, and alchemists. These would influence his art, and soon he would begin churning out vegetable and fruit likenesses of local celebrities and benefactors. At first, these may seem to us cartoonish and strange. And indeed, Arcimboldo became later known for good reason as the ...

8. The Art of Keeping Quiet

Luke 1:5-25, Ezekiel 3:16-27

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... quietness could he be soothed and given the peace and trust to wait for the miracle to come. Remember this: quietness is not inactivity. Just as a field that lies fallow is not a field where nothing is happening but where everything is happening, so quietness is the art of trusting God and entrusting your future to God’s providence and promise. Advent more than any season is about God’s gift of stilling our hearts and minds, so that we can wait for God to work miracles in our lives and in the lives of ...

9. The Art and Agony of Patience

James 5:7-10

Sermon

Heather Sugden

... might have grown up with an Advent calendar that was used in your family each year, highlighting biblical verses to tell the story of Advent and Christmas. Or you might cherish memories of a handcrafted calendar that beautiful told the story of the season through the arts. In my home, we have often been drawn to the reward-based calendars that offer up a small decoration, chocolate every day, or even a small set of building blocks to create a toy. These were all great ideas but often seemed to push against ...

10. Our Father Who Art in Heaven

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... Protestant seminaries of today. Over half the student body is female. Fewer and fewer men are going into the ministry. Some would claim the men have been "feminized" out of the church. Nevertheless, in the church, feminized or not, we still pray to "our Father who art in heaven." We read a Bible where the overwhelmingly dominant image of God is male and Father. So in keeping with the Lord's Prayer to the Father, let us explore some of the masculine attributes of God and their helpfulness to boys, men, and ...

11. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... live a simpler lifestyle. It’s a way to live with less “stuff” in the present and to make things easier for your loved ones when you actually do die. A few years ago, a Swedish artist named Margareta Magnusson wrote a best-selling book titled The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning. Here are some of her tips for doing it well: Start at the top of the house—attics, closets, etc.—and work your way down to the basement Invite family and close friends to help you go through your things, and to take ...

12. Our Father Who Art on Earth

Proverbs 1:8-19

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

This morning we celebrate a rather poor imitation of something that takes place on the second Sunday in May. It is the day when we pull our leftover sentiments out of the deep freeze where we stashed them on Mother’s Day, warm them up a bit to dish them out now for Father’s Day. Yes, it is Father’s Day. It always comes as a bit of a shock and surprise, doesn’t it? No one talks very much about it. About the only ones who make us aware of it are the merchants who have for sale those things, which, by some ...

13. The Art of Impersonation

Matthew 5:21-37

Sermon

King Duncan

Series: Seeing God More Clearly in 2020 Who would you say is your favorite celebrity? Can you imagine walking in his or her shoes for one day? It would probably be challenging. The only people who can come close to understanding what it’s like to walk in their shoes might be celebrity impersonators. Did you know there is a worldwide industry of people who pretend to be famous celebrities? These impersonators usually look like the people they are imitating. They dress like them. They take on the celebrity’s ...

14. The Art of Following

Matthew 4:12-17, Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

If you’re my age or older you may remember Homer and Jethro. They were a comedy team who specialized in country music parodies and satire. They were sometimes referred to as “the thinking man’s hillbillies.” One of their routines went like this: HOMER: Jethro, if you was to win the Irish sweepstakes for two million dollars, would you give me half? JETHRO: Why, Homer, you’re my best and closest friend. You know I would. HOMER: I do know you would. That’s what friendship is all about. HOMER: Jethro, if you ...

15. The Art of Reflection

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Last week during the Superbowl, a commercial came on for the youth initiatives supported by NFL players. In the ad, the football players led groups of young kids in a kind of “football” cheer that invited the young people to join in declaring, “I am somebody.” “I may be young. I may be small. But I am somebody. My clothes may look different. My face may look different. My hair may look different. But I am somebody. I must be respected. I must be protected. Never be rejected. Because I am somebody.” The ...

16. The Art Of Transition

Luke 9:51-62

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

Another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” Jesus said to him, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:61-62) Someone once said that people do not voluntarily change until their level of discomfort is greater than their level of fear. I have a good friend, a fellow baby-boomer, who was required by the company he worked for to move to a different part of the state. The move meant a promotion and a sizable ...

17. Faith on the Fringe

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to be held in the vast, beautiful Edinburgh Castle. The opening of the event was to be celebrated at St. Giles Cathedral, former parish of John Knox in the Reformation and the Presbyterian stronghold of the Church of Scotland. As a huge patron of the arts and concerned with the spiritual depletion of the time, it was only natural that the church team up with the Festival Society to inaugurate the event. Sunday, August 24, 1947, the three-week festival began with a service of worship and praise held at St ...

18. Held In His Arms

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... began to talk, the soldier told of how the man's son had told everyone of his, not to mention his father's, love of fine art. "I am an artist," said the soldier, "and I want to give you this." As the old man unwrapped the package, the paper gave way to ... the power shown in the arm of the Lord against Jesus, underneath you are "the everlasting arms"! We conclude our story about the art collector father. During the days and weeks that followed his son's death, the man realized that even though his son was no ...

19. Black Preaching: A Four-Cornered Universe

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... . This might sound strange to some, but the truth is the black preacher is a shaman of sorts, a cosmic conjurer, a medicine medium who provides regular doses of a prescriptive cure for the congregation's ailments. The medicinal aspects of black preaching as an art form can be observed in what is said and how it is said. The "whoop" so characteristic of black preaching may well have begun as a ritual ceremony to petition the healing and magical powers of the Holy Ghost. (A close affinity exists between the ...

20. Extravagant Guestures in a Cost-Effective World

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... people who struggle to provide the basics for the people whom they love. Can one not therefore argue that spending thousands and thousands of dollars on stained glass repair is a form of poor and reckless stewardship? Or perhaps there was a time when you went to an art event and you quickly spied an absolutely gorgeous vase. To your eye, it was singularly beautiful and you had to have it, and to this day you enjoy it. However it cost you $450 and every time you pass by it, you still feel a twinge of guilt ...

21. Three Days To See

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Helen Keller

... living marvel of Roman sculpture as well as that of later generations. I have passed my hands over a plaster cast of Michelangelo's inspiring and heroic Moses; I have sensed the power of Rodin; I have been awed by the devoted spirit of Gothic wood carving. These arts which can be touched have meaning for me, but even they were meant to be seen rather than felt, and I can only guess at the beauty which remains hidden from me. I can admire the simple lines of a Greek vase, but its figured decorations are lost ...

22. Cast in the Image of God

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... government, when the Emperor represents the very status and power that Jesus eschews? Or will they nail him as a dissident? They wait for his response, ready to pounce. But Jesus turns the tables on them once again. Like many passages of scripture, the “art” and beauty of Jesus’ responses to these kinds of entrapments is lost on us due to problems with translation. The NRSV translates the Pharisees’ challenge in Greek this way: “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in ...

23. The Road To The Wilderness

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... give you all the kingdoms of the world." But, Jesus refused all of that. He had heard the voice of God at his baptism, "Thou art my beloved Son, with thee I am well pleased." And Jesus remembered who he was. Do you remember who you are? You see, what we ... answer is determined not so much by what we ought to do, but by who we are. When we have heard the voice of God saying, "Thou art my beloved son or daughter, with thee I am well pleased" - then we know what to do. Then we turn away from the temptation to be ...

24. Something Is Missing

John 6:24-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... to use them to fill that emptiness. EVERY WISE PERSON WHO HAS EVER LIVED KNOWS WHAT IS MISSING: A SENSE OF MEANING. Why are we here? Where are we headed? What does it all mean? For many people there is no meaning. This is the message of our art and literature over the past few decades. All art has a message, and it speaks of the times in which it was created. Take modern artist Jackson Pollock, for instance. He became famous for his "random" artwork done purely by chance. If you took your child to a modern ...

25. Rushing And Realizing

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... was filled with anxiety as he waited to hear of his son's fate. And then it came. Only days before Christmas, the news arrived that the art collector's son was dead. His son had died a hero. He had been trying to help a fallen comrade when he himself had been shot. ... were furious. Was he crazy? All they'd sold was a worthless picture of the old man's son. What about the rest of the art? The auctioneer pulled out a draft of the old man's will and said, "It's very simple. According to the will of the father, ...

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