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Someone has described us as... -- Luke 15:1-1 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
Someone has described us as the throw-away generation.
A mother would be considered... -- Ezekiel 33:1-11 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
A mother would be considered irresponsible if she permitted her child to touch a hot iron.
The Ninety and Nine... -- Luke 15:1-10 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
The Ninety and Nine is one of the greatest of Christian hymns based on our passage from
The teacher asked the... -- Luke 15:1-10 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
The teacher asked the class, "Where is the elephant found?"
Your love is like a... -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
"Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.
Speaking through Hosea, God was... -- Hosea 4:1-3, 5:15-6:6 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
Speaking through Hosea, God was bringing charges against his people and calling for national repenta
The scripture says that the... -- Exodus 14:19-31 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
The scripture says that the Israelites saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore and named this deed th
One of the great pastimes... -- Hosea 4:1-3, 5:15-6:6 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
One of the great pastimes in recent years has been the development of various games that depend on k
A father heard his son... -- Exodus 14:19-31 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
A father heard his son muttering, "Paris, Paris, Paris," and wondering what he was doing, he asked.
Jesus must have been very... -- Hosea 4:1-3, 5:15-6:6 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
Jesus must have been very familiar with this eighth century B.C.
The Crossing of the Red... -- Exodus 14:19-31 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
The Crossing of the Red Sea.
Turn to me and be... -- Isaiah 45:21-25 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
"Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth." That was the text used by a substitute lay pre
There is scholarly debate about... -- Exodus 14:19-31 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
There is scholarly debate about whether Nero set fire to Rome.
And there is no other... -- Isaiah 45:21-25 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
"And there is no other god besides me." (Verse 21)
A country preacher had just... -- Romans 14:1-12 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
A country preacher had just delivered a powerful sermon being thankful to the Lord.
Here are the words that... -- Isaiah 45:21-25 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
Here are the words that inform Paul's understanding of righteousness in his letter to the Romans.
Living together in harmony with... -- Romans 14:1-12 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
Living together in harmony with those who have different opinions than ours is essential in communit
Bruce Wilson is an Anglican... -- Romans 14:1-12 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
Bruce Wilson is an Anglican theologian from Australia.
Isaiah envisions the gathering of... -- Isaiah 45:21-25 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
Isaiah envisions the gathering of the nations at the end of time when "every knee shall bow" and "ev
Sam became a vegetarian after... -- Romans 14:1-12 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
Sam became a vegetarian after a bout with the flu.
The people turned aside quickly... -- Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
The people "turned aside quickly" from what God commanded them and from what they promised.
Nobody ever said forgiving our... -- Matthew 18:21-35 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
Nobody ever said forgiving our enemies, or even one another, would be easy.
Too many readers of this... -- Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
Too many readers of this passage focus upon God changing his mind and the people of Israel being spa
During the Civil War, two... -- Matthew 18:21-35 -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - A
During the Civil War, two brothers had fought long and hard, one on the Union side and the other on

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David Kalas
In the sometimes-tiresome debate over science and scripture with respect to creation, it’s easy to become distracted. While the argument typically requires a focus on the how, we may lose sight of the what. And so, for just a moment, let me invite us to think for a moment about what God created.
Mark Ellingsen
Frank Ramirez
Bonnie Bates
Bill Thomas
Acts 8:26-40
As a local church pastor, I was often asked if I would baptize a child whose family were not members of the church. Some churches rebelled against this, but I remember this scripture -the hunger for understanding and inclusion of the Eunuch and Philp’s response – to teach and share and baptize in the name of our God. How could we turn anyone away from the rite of baptism?

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Peter Andrew Smith
“Dad, I think you worked a miracle.” Rolf slowly walked around the tree. “After that windstorm, I assumed this tree was as good as gone.”

“We just needed to give the branches time to heal and come back,” Michael replied.

 “I know, but so many of them were battered and broken I figured that it couldn’t recover. Now though it looks just like it did before the storm.” Rolf paused. “Do you think it will bear any fruit this summer?”

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John Jamison
Object: A live plant that produces fruit, and a broken branch from that plant. I used a tomato plant from a local greenhouse. Ideally, find a plant with blossoms or small fruit already growing. If you use a different kind of fruit-producing plant, just change the script to fit.

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The Immediate Word

Christopher Keating
Katy Stenta
Thomas Willadsen
Mary Austin
Elena Delhagen
Dean Feldmeyer
Quantisha Mason-Doll
For April 28, 2024:
  • On The Way To Gaza by Chris Keating based on Acts 8:26-40. On the way to Gaza, Philip discovers the startling ways the Spirit of God moves across borders, boundaries, customs, and traditions.
  • Second Thoughts: Abiding by Katy Stenta based on John 15:1-8.
  • Sermon illustrations by Mary Austin, Tom Willadsen, Elena Delhagen, Dean Feldmeyer.

The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
Call to Worship:

Jesus is the vine, we are the branches. In our service today, let us absorb from the vine all the nourishment we need.

Invitation to Confession:

Jesus, sometimes our branches become cut off from the vine.
Lord, have mercy.

Jesus, sometimes our branches are withered.
Christ, have mercy.

Jesus, sometimes we fail to produce good fruit.
Lord, have mercy.

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Stan Purdum
We will meet Psalm 22 in its entirety on Good Friday, but here the lectionary designates just verses 23-31. The lectionary psalms generally illuminate the week's First Lesson, which in this case is about the covenant initiated by God with Abraham and Sarah in Genesis 17. The nine verses from this psalm, while not inappropriate, nonetheless leave us looking for an obvious connection with the First Lesson.

John S. Smylie
I think some people are natural-born gardeners. Our Lord grew up in a society that was familiar with agriculture. The images that he used to explain the ways of his Father in heaven are familiar to his audience. Growing up, my closest experience to agriculture was living in, "the Garden State." Most people, when they pass through New Jersey, are surprised to see that expression on the license plates of vehicles registered in New Jersey. Most folks traveling through New Jersey experience the megalopolis, the corridor between New York City and Washington DC.
Ron Lavin
A pastor in Indiana went to visit an 87-year-old man named Ermil, who was a hospital patient. A member of his church told the pastor about this old man who was an acquaintance. "He's not a believer, but he is really in need," the church member said. "I met him at the county home for the elderly. He's a lonely old man with no family and no money."

Paul E. Robinson
"Love is a many splendored thing...." Or so we heard Don Cornwall and the Four Aces sing time and again. Of course you or I might have other words to describe love, depending on our situation.

Love. "I love you." "I love to play golf." "I just love pistachio lush!" "It's tough to love some people." "Jesus loves me, this I know."

Love.

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