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Scientists have reported the discovery... -- Deuteronomy 26:5-10 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
Scientists have reported the discovery of a quasar sending out light more than ten billion years old
B.P. Gore said in verse... -- Romans 10:8b-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
B.P. Gore said in verse nine, "lay hid all that is essential to the Christian creed.
Whom do we call upon... -- Romans 10:8b-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
Whom do we call upon to be saved? What name spells "salvation" for each of us?
John Wesley set sail for... -- Romans 10:8b-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
John Wesley set sail for Georgia on October 14, 1735, on the Simmonds.
During World War I, a... -- Romans 10:8b-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
During World War I, a Protestant chaplain in Italy became friendly with a local priest.
When Martin Luther entered the... -- Romans 10:8b-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
When Martin Luther entered the monastery at Erfurt, Germany, he gave himself wholly to prayers, fast
There is something in human... -- Luke 4:1-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
There is something in human nature that seeks to avoid the hour of testing.
It is surprising how often... -- Romans 10:8b-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
It is surprising how often those we have believed in disappoint us.
For centuries the Mediterranean world... -- Luke 4:1-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
For centuries the Mediterranean world had been fascinated with Greek culture.
Moses had a way of... -- Deuteronomy 26:5-10 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
Moses had a way of making every Hebrew feel that he or she was a part of the Exodus experience.
One beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon... -- Deuteronomy 26:1-11 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
One beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon my wife and I were sitting in the backyard eating plums, each o
After many years' hiatus my... -- Deuteronomy 26:1-11 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
After many years' hiatus my college roommate and his family came to our home for a long-delayed visi
My Lord God, br... -- Deuteronomy 26:1-11 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
"My Lord God,
What happens to your first... -- Deuteronomy 26:1-11 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
What happens to your first fruits?
John Calvin wrote in his... -- Romans 10:8b-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
John Calvin wrote in his commentary on Isaiah, "It is not enough, therefore, that we believe in some
A teacher was anxious for... -- Romans 10:8b-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
A teacher was anxious for her fifth graders to learn.
The nature of temptation is... -- Luke 4:1-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
The nature of temptation is to attack one's weaknesses.
In his 1999 movie End... -- Luke 4:1-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
In his 1999 movie End of Days, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays an ex-cop, now private security pr
A Scottish preacher in the... -- Romans 10:8b-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
"A Scottish preacher in the last century who had lost his wife delivered an unusually personal sermo
After 30 years of happy... -- Romans 10:8b-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
After 30 years of happy marriage, film star Robert Mitchum was asked what he thought had made his ma
Warren Wiersbe, in his book... -- Luke 4:1-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
Warren Wiersbe, in his book, The Strategy of Satan, speaks about the time when Jesus was temp
The Gods Must Be Crazy... -- Luke 4:1-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
The Gods Must Be Crazy is a movie about the confusion created in a "primitive" South A
Where To Lodge The Gift... -- Luke 4:1-13 -- First Sunday in Lent - C
Where To Lodge The GiftDo we giveto the Opportunistor

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Galilean Idol! -- Luke 4:1-13, Romans 10:8b-13, Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 -- Paul Bresnahan, Thom M. Shuman -- First Sunday in Lent - C
Why is the American public so interested in what is happening with others -- especially the famous a

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Object: This is a role play activity for the children.

Note: You will need an older volunteer to help with this activity. One option would be to find a teenager with some physical ability. If a teen is not available, an adult could be used instead. For simplicity here, I will refer to my older volunteer as “TOM”. You will also need to select three of your younger children to serve as volunteers in the story.

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Mark Ellingsen
2 Kings 5:1-14
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Bonnie Bates
2 Kings 5:1-14, Psalm 30
Naaman seeks healing. He travels hoping healing will come to him when he visits the king of Israel. Yet, healing does not come in that way. Rather healing comes through Elishah. Healing comes from believing and being cleansed in the River Jordan. Healing comes through Naaman’s faithfulness and through God’s grace. Psalm 30 also reminds us to seek healing; to seek God and God will heal and restore us. Do we believe that? Do we believe that God can bring healing?

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John E. Sumwalt
But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’ (vv. 10-11)

When I visit your church for the first time, consider the possibility that I might be looking for a church home. I am a good-looking old guy, but I have gray hair and I dress down in the summer, so don’t be put off by my cargo shorts and tank top. Talk to me!

The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
Damien and Ora grinned at each other in excitement. The time had come - at last! They'd been with the Leader for months and months, waiting for this moment. Not that it had felt much like training. They'd simply lived with the Leader, listening to his stories, hearing about the Kingdom, learning to get along really well with all the other people at Mission Headquarters. Now all seventy of them were ready, the spaceship had docked, and the Mission was about to begin. Ora was glad she'd been paired up with Damien again.

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Stan Purdum
Carlos Wilton
(See Epiphany 6/Ordinary Time 6, Cycle B, and Easter 3, Cycle C, for alternative approaches.)

Anyone who has ever had the experience of losing a friend because of some conflict or dispute, and then has had the friendship restored because of love and forgiveness, has a unique insight into the meaning of this psalm. Although the poem begins and ends with praise, there is in the middle of the poem a brief moment of confession and contrition that puts the praise portions of the psalm in an entirely different light.

April Yamasaki
A word of encouragement came from an unlikely source the other day in a television interview with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The former football player, wrestler, and now actor was asked about a low time in his life when he was very discouraged about his career and future.

"How did you make your way back from that?" he was asked.

The Rock replied, "You have to put yourself out there. You have to get out there and fail, and learn from your failures."

Larry D. Powell
In the summer of 1983, I participated in a ministerial exchange program sponsored by my denomination. My assignment was to a circuit of churches on the Isle of Man, a tiny island located in the Irish Sea. The months preceding the exchange included considerable correspondence with the minister on the island with whom I would exchange pastoral duties for six weeks.
Richard E. Gribble, CSC
A wealthy businessman decided to take a walk and eat his lunch at the same time. He strolled by a park. There he purchased a hot dog and a soft drink. As he walked through the park two different "street people" approached him one by one. Each asked, "Can you help me? I am hungry." Each time the businessman looked straight ahead and kept walking. After finishing his lunch, he stopped and bought a chocolate eclair for dessert. As he was about to take the first bite, he was forced to jump out of the way as a young boy raced by on his skateboard. The eclair went flying and landed on the ground.

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