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Dressing in a particular way... -- Ephesians 6:10-20 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1994
Dressing in a particular way usually serves a purpose.
Karl Barth authored a little... -- Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1994
Karl Barth authored a little book, The Gospel and the Churches.
Miss Hawkins taught the sixth... -- Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1994
Miss Hawkins taught the sixth grade class in our public school system and she tried to break down ra
A businessperson, after watching Billy... -- Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1994
A businessperson, after watching Billy Graham on television, was thinking of receiving Jesus into hi
In the mountains of Northern... -- Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1994
In the mountains of Northern Sumatra in Indonesia, there is a seminary of the Indonesian Methodist C
It was Inauguration Day, 1993... -- 1 Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11) 22-30, 41-43 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1994
It was Inauguration Day, 1993.
In this beautiful prayer of... -- 1 Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11) 22-30, 41-43 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1994
In this beautiful prayer of dedication we are able to catch a glimpse of what God is like for the wi
Everywhere that Gregory went, he... -- 1 Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11) 22-30, 41-43 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1994
Everywhere that Gregory went, he would often hear about how much he looked like his father.
Finally, after 35 years, it... -- 1 Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11) 22-30, 41-43 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1994
Finally, after 35 years, it is finished.
The eternal life which comes... -- John 6:55-69 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
The eternal life which comes to us when we believe in Christ also brings great spiritual power.
It is so necessary for... -- Ephesians 2:11-22 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
It is so necessary for us to have a vision of the possible which Paul refers to, going beyond what w
Many people mark their lives... -- 2 Samuel 23:1-7 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
Many people mark their lives by remembering special songs.
Balanced relationships depend on balanced... -- Ephesians 5:21-31 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
Balanced relationships depend on balanced people.
Temptation frequently begins in the... -- 2 Samuel 11:1-15 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
Temptation frequently begins in the eyes. Lot looked toward Sodom. David gazed upon Bathsheba.
For years Dan and Jane... -- Isaiah 57:14-21 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
For years Dan and Jane had worried about their eldest son.
Joe Hale must be ranked... -- 2 Samuel 23:1-7 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
Joe Hale must be ranked as, technically, one of the worst Sunday teachers ever recruited.
Could we move away from... -- Ephesians 5:21-31 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
Could we move away from the appropriated chauvinism of this passage, even from its obvious church sy
When a neighboring curate being... -- 2 Samuel 11:1-15 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
When a neighboring curate "being in liquor" set light to some curtains and was burnt to death, Newto
During the summer months, storms... -- Isaiah 57:14b-21 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
During the summer months, storms will move through the midwest periodically.
He was being honored on... -- 2 Samuel 23:1-7 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
He was being honored on the occasion of his 50th anniversary of ordination.
Many years ago, an Englishman... -- 2 Samuel 11:1-5 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
Many years ago, an Englishman named Mallory organized an expedition to climb Mount Everest.
Whenever I officiate at a... -- Ephesians 5:21-31 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
Whenever I officiate at a wedding, I ask the bride and groom if they have any prayers or poetry they
Little Ernie had been a... -- Isaiah 57:14b-21 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
Little Ernie had been a "discipline challenge" from the beginning.
In Greek legend, a nymph... -- Ephesians 5:21-31 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
In Greek legend, a nymph named Liriope was ravaged by a river-god, Cephisus.
The wicked are like the... -- Isaiah 57:14b-21 -- Proper 16 | Ordinary Time 21 - B -- 1991
"The wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters toss up mire and dirt." Th

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Wayne Brouwer
In Hendrik Ibsen’s famous drama Peer Gynt, the hero of the story tries to find the meaning of his life by traveling and interviewing others. At one point he visits an asylum where “lunatics” are kept. Their craziness, thinks Peer Gynt, must arise from the condition that they are, as he puts it, “outside themselves.”

Not so, says the director of the asylum.

Outside themselves? Oh no, you’re wrong.
It’s here that men are most themselves—
Themselves and nothing but themselves—
Sailing with outspread sails of self.
Bonnie Bates
Frank Ramirez
Mark Ellingsen
Bill Thomas
2 Samuel 18:5-8, 15, 31-33
David’s willingness to forgive his son Absalom suggests a comment by Victorian-era English poet William Blake: “Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.” Martin Luther offered several comments about the profound love of God (reflected here in David’s love of his wayward son). The reformer noted that “Our Lord God must be a devout man to be able to love knaves. I can’t do it, although I am myself a knave.” (Luther’s Works, Vol.54, p.32). And elsewhere he added:

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John E. Sumwalt
Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. (vv. 31-32)

Every one of us needs to forgive someone and to accept forgiveness from someone. And it is a toss-up as to which is more difficult.

I have collected a number of favorite forgiveness stories over the years. I do not know the source. If I have purloined one of your stories, please forgive me.

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John Jamison
Object: A copy of a birth certificate.

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The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
Call to Worship:

In our worship today, let us come to Jesus to drink at his fountain of living water and eat of the living bread that he offers us, so that we will never be spiritually hungry or thirsty again.


Invitation to Confession:

Jesus, help us to drink your living water.
Lord, have mercy.

Jesus, help us to eat your living bread
Christ, have mercy.

Jesus, help us to live forever.
Lord, have mercy.

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Mark Ellingsen
Theme of the Day
United in the grace of Christ.

Collect of the Day
After recognizing Christ as the true bread that gives life, we pray for this bread that He may live in us and that we may live as His body in the world. Justification (as Intimate Union), Sanctification, and church are emphasized.

Psalm of the Day
Psalm 130
See Pentecost 3.

or Psalm 34:1-8
Stan Purdum
Because the organizing principle of the lectionary is that the psalm is supposed to be a meditation on the First Lesson, we may be forgiven for puzzling about the pairing of Psalm 130 with 2 Samuel 1. The two readings match in neither subject nor tone. The 2 Samuel lection gives us David's lament over the death of Saul and Jonathan, while Psalm 130 is a penitential prayer and a plea for help (and no, we don't buy that mourning over the death of a loved one is akin to mourning over one's sins).

William E. Keeney
Friends told me recently that they had bought a bread-making machine. Such machines cost from under $100 on up. They can bake a wide variety of breads depending on the type of machine bought. They can make one to two pound loaves in a couple hours, or you can set the more expensive ones to bake over a longer period of time and have fresh baked bread ready when you want it.
Thomas W. Lentz
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
-- Ephesians 4:29

Charles And Donna Cammarata
Call To Worship
A celebration of the God who is our foundation.
Leader:
The one constant,
People:
The unchanging reality,
Leader:
That we can always count on,
People:
That will never disappoint us,
Leader:
Is this,
People:
That the Father,
Leader:
Our Father,
People:
In heaven,
Leader:
Will never,
People:
Ever,
Leader:
Abandon or forsake us.
People:
Praise God!
Leader:
With hearts, and hands,

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