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1. In Spite of Failures

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Rev. James Brassard

... family viewing. Her beauty did catch the eye of a married senator from Colorado named Gary Hart. In 1987, when he decided to run for president, a photo of Donna on his lap on a yacht named, “Monkey Business,” derailed his campaign, and ruined his marriage. Suddenly Donna Rice was the most famous adulteress on the planet. Donna was “caught up in a tree.” Donna resigned from her legitimate jobs and for a while couldn’t pay the rent. But she refused offers to sell her story to the tabloids or to TV ...

2. No Excuses

Luke 9:51-62

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Leonard Sweet

... hopes and personal life of one candidate collided all over the network news. Gary Hart, young, bright, promising, was forced to withdraw from the campaign and end his political career because he was caught in suggestive, incriminating circumstances with a young woman, Donna Rice. While Hart's presidential dreams went up in smoke, Rice snagged another fifteen minutes of fame by signing up as the advertising symbol/spokesperson for a new brand of jeans. For several months we all had to endure ads featuring Ms ...

3. Wisdom for the Living of These Days

Proverbs 2:1-22

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John R. Brokhoff

... off to college, one day he would steal the whole railroad! Education does not make one wise in character. When Gary Hart was seeking the Democratic nomination for president, he had an affair with Donna Rice, an affair that caused him to drop out of the race. Barbara Walters, on ABC television, revealed that Donna had graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Carolina. Nor is wisdom the same as scientific technology, which produces today’s miracle machines. It is said that the Devil has a Ph ...

4. The Hands And Arms Of Grace

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:11-32

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Glenn E. Ludwig

... tired of working in his father's pizza shop, so he went to his dad and asked him for his part of the inheritance now, so he could go out on his own. The father agreed and the son was off. He immediately bought himself a Porsche 944, picked up Donna Rice, and headed for Las Vegas. There he bought drugs and booze and friends and when the money ran out, so did the drugs and booze and the friends. He ended up working as a busboy for Wayne Newton, so he could pay off his gambling debts, and he had to ...

5. Decisive Battles With Temptation

Matthew 4:1-11

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Robert Allen

... several public figures. Not long ago, Gary Hart was the leading candidate in the Democratic Party for the nomination for President of the United States. But, when he took a cruise on a yacht called The Monkey Business, with a young woman named Donna Rice, his race for the Presidency was over. He lost his battle with temptation and his hopes and dreams for the future came crashing down around him. A Methodist minister with a bright future in the church was tempted with sensual pleasure. Apparently, he ...

6. Flying Coach to Nirvana

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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Donna Schaper

A good friend of mine, Bob Frederickson, is writing a travel book called Flying Coach To Nirvana. I stole his title for this sermon because I want to do simply what he took 400 pages to accomplish. His book is a collection of essays about visits he has made to Gabon in Africa, the West Indies, and on and on. He thinks of his trips as simple, populist, and personal; his point is that anyone can travel. Traveling is an art that doesn't take big bucks as much as it takes big dreams. His tone is the same way I ...

7. Think on these Things

Philippians 4:4-9

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Donna Schaper

In the letter to the people at Philippi, Paul wanted us to think on things that are beautiful, pure, and excellent. He wanted to teach us asset-based thinking. He wanted to teach us the art of appreciative inquiry. He wanted to limit criticism and the culture of complaint. Paul wanted us to be thankful. Oddly, being thankful does not come naturally to us. We stayed at our best friend's house while taking our daughter on a college visit. We forgot to send a thank-you note. We had a wonderful time — good ...

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