Children’s Sunday Sermons
July 6, 2008 Good morning boys and girls. I hope you all got enough rest last night. Iím sure you know how important it is to get enough sleep every […]
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More Than Good Intentions
The father of a twenty-four-year-old daughter and a twenty-three-year-old son formulated the following telephone answering machine message to respond to calls from his grownup offspring … “Hello, I’m sorry I’m
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How Do You Do?
The story of the field laborers in today’s Gospel Lesson begins with Jesus’ statement, “Now the Kingdom of Heaven is like …” (Mt.. 20:1). The owner of the vineyard hires
That We Believe!
John 3:16 is one of the verses contained in today’s Gospel Reading. Over the years, professional football fans have been given regular glimpses of this Scripture citation on their TV
Tying Up The Cat?
“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare’s Juliet asks in “Romeo and Juliet.” What’s in a name, indeed! There is an old baseball story about a game in which the Cleveland Indians
Without Question
Who among us is here today for some vague reason? Who among us is here today because it’s the thing to do once a week — a weekly routine? More
In The Commonplace
A young playwrite was extremely gratified when an important New York City critic agreed to attend the opening of his first Broadway play … The critic came to the opening
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Why? Why? Why?
One Sunday morning, a group of third-graders listened to their teacher’s lesson on the subject of miracles … For her scripture text she had chosen a reading from the sixth
Lean On Him
Years ago the widely-read newspaper advice column know as “Ann Landers” received as many as twelve thousand letters a month. Nearly all of them were from persons burdened with a
Warm To The Touch
Someone has wondered what it would be like if God decided to install a voicemail telephone system in Heaven. Imagine praying to Him here and now and getting this response:
Treasure Him!
In the early days of World War II, it was feared by many that England was in imminent danger of being invaded by Hitler’s armies. It was then that Winston
Change Your Stance!
A local church congregation, heavily weighted with senior citizens, staged a panel discussion on the subject of longevity … The panel included several of the parishesí oldest members. During the
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Seeds of Love
A young gardener was placed in charge of a large greenhouse … She was judged to be a careful, methodical and willing worker. Although the greenhouse owner’s judgment proved to
Unfinished Business
A poster was once widely circulated in which the following acronym appeared: P-B-P G-I-N-T-W-M-Y The letters stand for … Please be patient. God is not through with me yet. How
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Children’s Sunday Sermons
April 6, 2008 Good morning girls and boys. Can anyone tell me what a brownout is? Well a brownout is when a city doesnít have enough electricity to power all
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Power and Authority
A government surveyor brought his equipment to a farm, called on the farmer, and asked permission to take readings for use in constructing a proposed highway that would run through
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Arenít We all?
Many years ago, someone wrote a song entitled ìIím A Dreamer, Arenít We All?î Sure we are! Weíre all walking down ìThe Street of Dreamsî (another song title). And, sooner
Citizenship
He slept beneath the moon, he basked beneath the sun he lived the life of ìgoing to doî and died with nothing done. In a very real sense, we gather
Preaching All The Way
The Gospel writers tell us that Jesus was criticized by the haughty Pharisees for many things. In todayís Gospel Episode they rail against Him for associating with sinners. In New
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Sealed Into Place
In an old ìPeanutsî comic strip, Charlie Brown is pictured on the beach building a beautiful sand castle … When the castle is completed a very self-satisfied Charlie stands back
