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2 Corinthians 12:1-10

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King Duncan

... I knew my mother was in the next room crying.” (7) God does not cause our suffering, God shares our suffering when we have a thorn in the flesh. Is it a mere coincidence that when Christ hung on the cross, his head was crowned with thorns? Mary Tyler Moore was right, “none of us gets out of here without pain.” But pain can ultimately bless us if it gives us empathy for others, if it helps us be more approachable and help others more easily relate to us, and especially if it gives us a new sensitivity ...

2. When Religion Becomes a Laughing Matter

Genesis 18:1-15

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John E. Harnish

... of this, Sarah is hiding behind a door when the angel comes and she begins to snicker under her breath, tries her best to contain it, tries to turn it into a cough like kids in church when they get the giggles. It begins to bubble up, uncontrollably, like Mary Tyler Moore at the funeral for Chuckles the clown: [2] 1. Sarah's laughter is, first of all, the laughter of disbelief. It's the laughter of "No way! You've gotta be kidding! We're gonna have a what?" It's clear from the text that she laughed and he ...

3. Grateful For The Giver

Luke 17:11-19

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... department pronounced them whole but Jesus did not. Any relationship that’s exploitative is sick. Where a man uses a woman or a woman uses a man - even though they might be married - the relationship is sick. People using their neighbors - that’s sick. In a re-run of The Mary Tyler Moore Show we saw Mary coming into her apartment staggering under two overflowing bags of groceries. In comes neighbor Phyllis who thanks her for "picking up a few things" since she was going to the store anyway. Then we saw ...

4. Was Jesus the First Buster?

Matthew 21:23-32

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Leonard Sweet

... one-third page ad for the new album by P.M. Dawn called "Jesus Wept" (85). - A full-page report on some new "street translations" of the Bible, as written for African-American teenagers, called Rappin' with Jesus: The Good News According to the Four Brothers (57). - An interview with Mary Tyler Moore, where she tells of her experience as Elvis' last leading lady she played a nun in "Change of Habit." In the last scene, Elvis is playing guitar in a musical Mass, while ...

5. The Natural Look

Luke 9:28-36 (37-43)

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Susan R. Andrews

... If there was such a thing as an Oscar for the best actor in scripture, Moses would be at the top of my list. But when I imagine Moses, Charlton Heston is the last person I see. My Moses is a bit like Lou Grant — you know Mary’s boss in the old Mary Tyler Moore Show. In my mind’s eye, Moses is paunchy, bossy, bald, irreverent but he is also honest and real to the core. By the time we meet Moses in this morning’s scripture passage he has been through the mill. A stuttering shepherd and an ex-murderer ...

6. Advent 4. Won't You Let Him Into Your Christmas?

Luke 2:8-20

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James W. Moore

This sermon is based on Luke 2:8-14. Not the Luke 1 text above. His name is Matt. He is a grown man now, a six feet, 5 inch tall Texas, but each year his family remembers and celebrates something he did one Christmas when he was just a young boy. It happened in Tyler, Texas in 1966. Matt lived in the best of worlds or the toughest of worlds depending on how you looked at it because, you see, Matt was one of six children, and he was the only boy. That’s right, he had (count ‘em)… 1, 2, 3, 4… 5 sisters! Now ...

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