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People will always judge and... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1999
People will always judge and criticize. It's a fact of human nature.
Children who listen to the... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1999
Children who listen to the Lord are more in tune to understand God than the smartest adults who foll
A young woman had just... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1999
A young woman had just completed the long, arduous journey of becoming a surgeon.
This passage is filled with... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1999
This passage is filled with the passion, love, AND frustration of Jesus.
Saint Paul is confessing that... -- Romans 7:15-25a -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
Saint Paul is confessing that, left to his own powers, he cannot live a life that measures up to God
Every day, I discover myself... -- Romans 7:15-25a -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
Every day, I discover myself embroiled in the same battle as Paul.
I once visited with a... -- Romans 7:15-25a -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
I once visited with a woman in the hospital who was suffering from lung cancer.
It is said that Calvin... -- Romans 6:1b-11 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
It is said that Calvin Coolidge was a man of few words.
I had no church relationship... -- Romans 6:1b-11 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
I had no church relationship until the age of sixteen, except for those Sundays when my parents sent
A young man asked his... -- Romans 6:1b-11 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
A young man asked his religion teacher a wise question.
As any hiker knows, an... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
As any hiker knows, an excellent backpack is a wonderful thing.
The path of life is... -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
The path of life is strewn with obstacles.
It has been said that... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
It has been said that Christianity is always one generation away from extinction.
Many of us consider our... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
Many of us consider our religion a burden. We try not to offend God or man, but it is difficult.
In 1994 the city planners... -- Matthew 10:40-42 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
In 1994 the city planners in San Luis Obispo, California, introduced a measure that would have requi
At six feet two... -- Romans 7:15-25a -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
At six feet two inches and close to 300 pounds, Tom was a
At the petting zoo there... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
At the petting zoo there is a small carousel with five ponies tethered to a pole.
In the Autobiography of Benjamin... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
In the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, that old statesman tells of living in a boarding h
Jesus did not offer a... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
Jesus did not offer a life with no yoke at all.
Weariness can beat us down... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
Weariness can beat us down.
Rooting for a baseball team... -- Isaiah 66:10-14 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
Rooting for a baseball team is an act of selfless devotion.
Courtship customs have changed since... -- Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
Courtship customs have changed since those days of Isaac and Rebekah, but one thing remains constant
A pastor's car had broken... -- Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
A pastor's car had broken down just as a tow truck came by.
When you love you should... -- Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart,"

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Damned If We Do, Damned If We Don't! -- Romans 7:15-25a, Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30, Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67, Psalm 45:10-17 -- George Reed -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
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John E. Sumwalt
Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. (vv.8-10)

I, John Sumwalt, believe in God! It’s the reality in which, as the Apostle Paul wrote, “I live and move and have my being.”

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David Coffin
Imagine an aging church leader or preacher who has seen one technology tool after another change the face of how messages of fait are communicated. It started with the chalkboard, overhead plastic sheets on a projector to now various forms of computer software programs off a laptop onto a screen. With all the modern technology changes going at increasing megabytes per second, is God’s Word still as accurate and effective as in times past?
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Jeremiah 1:4-10
There are plenty of things in contemporary American society which could use a prophetic voice to challenge them. We think of all the ugliness in our public discourse and on the net. There is the rising tide of anti-semitism. Reuters reported a 268.1 times wage gap in 2023 between the salary of the median employed worker and CEO pay. Racism is hardly vanishing given legislation passed in a number of state legislatures against teaching Critical Race Theory. John Calvin well described an important aspect of the sort of prophecy we need. He wrote:

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Janice B. Scott
The story of the presentation of Jesus in the temple is strong on two 'bit-part' characters, Simeon and Anna, both of whom are old, and neither of whom has any other mention in the Bible. This story is an imaginary biography of Anna.

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Schuyler Rhodes
Most people, at one time or another, have had the regrettable experience of needing refuge. Untold millions around this war-ripped world are literally refugees, whose lives are shattered as they are uprooted and left bereft of home, family, and any visible means of sustenance. Countless women around the world suffer from the brutality of abuse by their male partners and are in need of refuge. Each day the numbers of homeless poor on the streets of America grows and grows. They, too, need refuge.
Richard E. Gribble, CSC
During the 56 years of his life, Adolf Hitler did incredible harm and was responsible for the death of millions of people. Yet in all of the horror that he unleashed, there were pinpoints of light and nobility. One German soldier, Private Joseph Schultz, was one of those pinpoints.

Derl G. Keefer
Jeremiah had a task, a vision, and a promise from God. The prophet Jeremiah had a call from God to preach his word to a people needing to hear from God. His call has been duplicated multiple times over the centuries.
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In the church, most of us think of Epiphany simply as a season on the church calendar, and sometimes as a season we don't understand too well. We may recall that we are celebrating particularly the revealing of Christ to the Gentile world, via the Wise Men, but not much more.

The dictionary, however, adds further dimension to the word, listen: "a sudden, intuitive perception ... into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience."

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