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Did you watch the PBS... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2007
Did you watch the PBS specials on Genesis? Hosted by a former White House Press
Talk of having the same... -- Philippians 2:5-11 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2007
Talk of having "the same mind" can excite science fiction fans to speculate about a
I learned a lesson about... -- Philippians 2:5-11 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2007
I learned a lesson about humility early in my ministry as a church organist. I had been
This passage in Philippians 2:5-11... -- Philippians 2:5-11 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2007
This passage in Philippians 2:5-11 is perhaps the most powerful passage about Jesus that
Let the same mind be... -- Philippians 2:5-11 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2007
"Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus ..." (v. 5). What a strange Messiah
Fred Craddock tells of how... -- Luke 22:14--23:56 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2007
Fred Craddock tells of how, when he was in graduate school at Vanderbilt, he used to
Anyone who has lived on... -- Luke 22:14--23:56 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2007
Anyone who has lived on or visited a farm will know that roosters love to crow in the
For the past twenty years... -- Luke 22:14--23:56 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2007
For the past twenty years, a community observes Good Friday with its annual Cross
It's a struggle to keep... -- Luke 22:14--23:56 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2007
It's a struggle to keep it. Ministers tussle mightily to retain it. As with a suit or dress ten
In 1936 A.D., after reigning... -- Philippians 2:5-11 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2001
In 1936 A.D., after reigning only eleven months as the British monarch, Edward VIII abdicated the th
D-Day is burned in... -- Luke 22:14--23:56 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2001
D-Day is burned in the memory of most people, reenforced by movies such as Saving Private Ryan
There was a Presbyterian minister... -- Luke 22:14--23:56 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2001
There was a Presbyterian minister in Scotland who was concerned about the fact that so many stray mu
In Colmar, France, at the... -- Luke 22:14--23:56 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2001
In Colmar, France, at the Musee des Unterlinden, one of the most striking paintings in the world of
The 1998 summer blockbuster I... -- Luke 22:14--23:56 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2001
The 1998 summer blockbuster Armageddon tells the story of a grizzled veteran oil driller, pla
Everybody needs a mission statement... -- Philippians 2:5-11 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2001
Everybody needs a mission statement.
The world mourned when Diana... -- Philippians 2:5-11 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2001
The world mourned when Diana Princess of Wales was killed on August 30, 1997.
The desert fathers and mothers... -- Philippians 2:5-11 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2001
The desert fathers and mothers of the early church had a vital understanding of the role of humility
What does an oyster do... -- Philippians 2:5-11 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 1998
What does an oyster do? Nothing. It can manage some small movement to find food.
I read a little survey... -- Philippians 2:5-11 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 1998
I read a little survey the other day that said that forty percent of all the overweight men in the U
Some people are difficult to... -- Luke 22:14--23:56 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 1998
Some people are difficult to figure out.
Judicatory officials often spend large... -- Luke 22:14--23:56 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 1998
Judicatory officials often spend large blocks of time in conflicted situations that break God's shal
It was an ordinary professional... -- Luke 22:14--23:56 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 1998
It was an ordinary professional basketball game.
On the communion Sunday leading... -- Luke 22:14--23:56 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 1998
On the communion Sunday leading to Easter, the pastor decided to take what a few members of the wors
Byzantine Christians often commissioned artists... -- Philippians 2:5-11 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 1998
Byzantine Christians often commissioned artists to decorate the interior of the church domes with la

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A Lesson in Humility -- Philippians 2:5-11 -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2007
I learned a lesson about humility early in my ministry as a church organist. I had been

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The Power of Darkness -- Luke 22:1--23:56 -- Durwood L. Buchheim -- Passion Sunday - C -- 1985
"But this is your hour, and the power of darkness." (v.
Killing A King -- Luke 19:28-40 -- John R. Brokhoff -- Passion Sunday - C -- 1976
"I was treated like a king!" is a common saying when one received the best possible treatment.

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Who's To Blame? -- Luke 23:13-25 -- Carlos Wilton -- Passion Sunday - C
Passion Sunday again raises the questions about why Jesus had to die and who was to blame.
So, Jesus Rides Into Jerusalem And... -- Luke 22:14--23:56, Philippians 2:5-11, Isaiah 50:4-9a, Psalm 31:9-16 -- Thom M. Shuman, Scott Suskovic -- Passion Sunday - C
Palm Sunday coincides this year with April Fool's Day -- and while there might be a temptation to in

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The Way Of The Cross -- Luke 19:28-40 -- Janice B. Scott -- Passion Sunday - C
Today's theme is "The way of the cross".
Songs Of Praise -- Philippians 2:5-11 -- Janice B. Scott -- Passion Sunday - C
Most people learn their theology from the hymns they sang as children.

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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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