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The members of St. Luke's... -- Joshua 5:9-12 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
The members of St. Luke's had worshiped in the basement of the church for over 10 years.
Pope John Paul II created... -- Joshua 5:9-12 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
Pope John Paul II created a stir with the encyclical, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (Social Concer
Many scientific attempts have been... -- Joshua 5:9-12 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
Many scientific attempts have been made to explain the manna that fed the children of Israel
So, what happened? Ann was... -- 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
"So, what happened?" Ann was eager to find out about Janet's date.
I think I was closest... -- Isaiah 12:1-6 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
I think I was closest to my father on the day he was angriest with me.
Do you know someone who... -- Isaiah 12:1-6 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
Do you know someone who has studied the Christian faith, knows all the proper answers to the ways of
The Foreign Service Institute is... -- 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
The Foreign Service Institute is the United States government's primary training institution for pre
As we progress into the... -- Isaiah 12:1-6 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
As we progress into the Lenten season, we are confronted with the type of behavior which makes God a
The normally calm blue sky... -- Isaiah 12:1-6 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
The normally calm blue sky can, at times, become angrily dark and boom with peals of thunder and cra
When Tim Lefens, an artist... -- 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
When Tim Lefens, an artist whose paintings had been shown in several New York galleries, learned tha
The church organist and minister... -- Isaiah 12:1-6 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
The church organist and minister were having a cup of coffee in the church staff lounge.
This story involves two main... -- Isaiah 12:1-6 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
This story involves two main characters: a mockingbird and a stray cat.
I feel like a new... -- 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
"I feel like a new man!" "I feel like a new woman." The television ads bombard us with promises that
In the early 1980s a... -- 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
In the early 1980s a certain U.S.
Nothing brings praise to our... -- Isaiah 12:1-6 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
Nothing brings praise to our lips like a crisis that has been resolved!
Darla was a typical teenage... -- Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
Darla was a typical teenage girl until she met Luke.
In the movie, Hoosiers... -- 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
In the movie, Hoosiers, the main character, a head basketball coach, attempts to give a man a
The Gospel of reconciling and... -- 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
The Gospel of reconciling and forgiving love cannot be kept locked up in the church building with al
Oliver Wendell Holmes once said... -- Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
Oliver Wendell Holmes once said that trouble makes us one with every human being in the world.
How did James Herriot ever... -- Joshua 5:9-12 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
How did James Herriot ever get the idea to write his books about serving as a veterinarian in rural
God was in Christ reconciling... -- 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
"God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself." A friend confided to me that while growing up
Unable to take his Spanish... -- Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
Unable to take his Spanish royalties out of the country, the English writer, Somerset Maugham, decid
5:9-12The only thing worse then... -- Joshua -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
5:9-12The only thing worse then not getting what you want is getting it.
In his theological mystery novel... -- 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
In his theological mystery novel,* Thomas Trueblood tells about a brilliant college student who succ
When Douglas Corrigan climbed into... -- Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - C
When Douglas Corrigan climbed into his airplane cockpit, he had no idea his name would become a hous

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Thomas Willadsen
Nazish Naseem
Dean Feldmeyer
Mary Austin
Katy Stenta
George Reed
For July 6, 2025:
  • Who Is My Neighbor? by Tom Willadsen based on 2 Kings 5:1-14, Galatians 6:(1-6) 7-16, Luke 10:1-11, 16-20; Psalm 30.

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John Jamison
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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Emphasis Preaching Journal

Mark Ellingsen
2 Kings 5:1-14
Bill Thomas
Frank Ramirez
Mark Ellingsen
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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James Evans
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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