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Matthew 18:15-20

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Glenn L. Borreson

Does there exist anywhere on earth a group of people where one has not hurt another at some time? Maybe that's too large a question. So I would ask: are you a part of any group in which people never, absolutely never, do injury to another person, even by accident? You would surprise me if you could answer "Yes" to that question. All our organizations, our families, even our closest friendship grou...

2. A Taste of God's Tomorrow

Matthew 14:13-21

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Glenn L. Borreson

Fast food is a way of life for Americans. McDonald's hamburgers and Swanson's dinners have not yet replaced "mother and apple pie," but they are vying for position. When my family gets into our aging Pontiac to travel for the major part of a day or more, we want to get to our destination quickly. The time we have always seems too short. So we pause to eat along the way at our favorite fast food re...

3. Close, but No Closer

Matthew 21:23-32

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Glenn L. Borreson

The wife of Henry IV, King of France, in the 1600s, had numerous intense enemies including the Roman Catholic cardinal and her son who became king. On her death bed, however, she promised to forgive all her enemies, including the cardinal. The priest hearing her confession asked her, "Madame, as a sign of reconciliation, will you send him the bracelet you are wearing on your arm?" "No," she stated...

4. Cookies and Milk, a Sacramental Meal

Matthew 14:13-21

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Glenn L. Borreson

Albert Schmidt writes of being at the home of little five-year-old George after the funeral of George's seven-year-old brother, who was also his closest friend and playmate. Little George was so distraught at the gravesite that he had tried to jump into the grave himself. Now at home, he had buried himself and his grief under the bottom of the double-decker bed in their room. He wouldn't come out....

5. The Family Reunion

Matthew 9:35-38

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Glenn L. Borreson

Today my mother's side of the family is having a reunion in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. It's an annual event. Sometimes we attend. This year we won't. For a preacher and family it's always this question: will we spend one of our four free weekends during the year at a family reunion where you don't know half the people and the other half, which you do know, you wish you didn't! Truthfully, that'...

6. Wedding: Once Upon a Time is Today

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Glenn L. Borreson

From the days of your childhood, ____ and ____ , you have heard a good many stories which began, “Once upon a time....” Before you embark upon your married life together, moving from this community which has nurtured you and still loves you, I shall make certain you hear one more. Once upon a time there was a man and a woman. As their lives grew out beyond the boundaries of their separate familie...

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