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An advertisement that has been... -- John 6:24-35 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1997
An advertisement that has been played often on television is the one that says, "Just do it!" Chaos
A July, 1994, issue of... -- John 6:24-35 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1997
A July, 1994, issue of the Canton, Ohio, Repository newspaper headlined one of its articles with th
To work for food that... -- John 6:24-35 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1997
To work for food that perishes is to settle for the merely good instead of the truly inspired.
I recently attended a seminary... -- Ephesians 4:1-16 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1997
I recently attended a seminary class where a rabbi was one of the students.
The pastoral team of three... -- Ephesians 4:1-16 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1997
The pastoral team of three at St.
This Ephesians passage teaches us... -- Ephesians 4:1-16 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1997
This Ephesians passage teaches us about the unity of the Church.
Saint Paul writes about gifts... -- Ephesians 4:1-16 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1997
Saint Paul writes about gifts that God gives the church to build up the Body of Christ.
Learning a foreign language is... -- Ephesians 4:17, 20-24 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
Learning a foreign language is an intricate process.
It was about nine o'clock... -- Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
It was about nine o'clock on a humid, storm-threatening evening.
The Israelite children approached the... -- Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
The Israelite children approached the "Heavenly Bread" much like we approach the bread of holy commu
During the first days of... -- Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
During the first days of Boris Yeltsin's economic reforms, there was much confusion and hardship in
Whose brilliant idea was this... -- Exodus 16:2.4, 12-15 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
"Whose brilliant idea was this trip, anyway?" The less-than happy inquiry issued from the rear of th
Moses not only wrote down... -- Exodus 24:3-11 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
Moses not only wrote down the law, but he also read it to the people.
In Dietrich Bonhoeffer's book, The... -- Exodus 24:3-11 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
In Dietrich Bonhoeffer's book, The Cost of Discipleship, we read the following:
As children many of us... -- Exodus 24:3-11 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
As children many of us made blood pacts with one another.
In ancient times, blood was... -- Exodus 24:3-11 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
In ancient times, blood was seen as being effective in establishing community between God and human
What is Sin? According to... -- 2 Samuel 11:26--12:13a -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
What is Sin? According to John Wesley:
In the movie Indecent Proposal... -- 2 Samuel 11:26--12:13a -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
In the movie Indecent Proposal a rich man, who has everything, makes a proposal to a young couple.
In All I Really Needed... -- 2 Samuel 11:26--12:13a -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
In All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Robert Fulghum mentions that someone had g
This Old Testament reading is... -- 2 Samuel 11:26--12:13a -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
This Old Testament reading is a "sermon illlustration" in itself, and yet there is an important them
In any park you will... -- John 6:24-35 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
In any park you will find pigeons and other birds gathered around the usual spots where people feed
There is a story of... -- John 6:24-35 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
There is a story of Napoleon. Once he and an acquaintance were talking about life.
A man said to his... -- John 6:24-35 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
A man said to his barber, "I need a good haircut.
Often proving who you really... -- John 6:24-35 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
Often proving who you really are can be a problem.
That is not the way... -- Ephesians 4:17, 20-24 -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B -- 1994
"That is not the way you learned Christ!" We can understand these words as suggesting a school of th

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2 Samuel 11:26--12:13a, Ephesians 4:1-16, John 6:24-35 -- Carter Shelley -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B
Dear Fellow Preachers,
The Nurse Who Wouldn't Give Up -- Ephesians 4:1-3, John 6:24-35, 2 Samuel 11:26--12:13a, Psalm 51:1-12 -- Barbara Jurgensen, Carlos Wilton, Thom M. Shuman -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B
The grisly video images of dead children being removed from the rubble in Cana are only the latest r

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Food, Glorious Food! -- John 6:24-35 -- Janice B. Scott -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B
I recently spent a week in the Western Highlands of Scotland, where the scenery is breathtaking.

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Beneath Life's Surface Scenes -- John 6:24-35 -- Lawrence H. Craig -- Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - B
Leaving the state highway and turning into the entrance of the large city park, the road winds its w

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Emphasis Preaching Journal

David Kalas
In the sometimes-tiresome debate over science and scripture with respect to creation, it’s easy to become distracted. While the argument typically requires a focus on the how, we may lose sight of the what. And so, for just a moment, let me invite us to think for a moment about what God created.
Mark Ellingsen
Frank Ramirez
Bonnie Bates
Bill Thomas
Acts 8:26-40
As a local church pastor, I was often asked if I would baptize a child whose family were not members of the church. Some churches rebelled against this, but I remember this scripture — the hunger for understanding and inclusion of the Eunuch and Philp’s response — to teach and share and baptize in the name of our God. How could we turn anyone away from the rite of baptism?

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Peter Andrew Smith
“Dad, I think you worked a miracle.” Rolf slowly walked around the tree. “After that windstorm, I assumed this tree was as good as gone.”

“We just needed to give the branches time to heal and come back,” Michael replied.

 “I know, but so many of them were battered and broken I figured that it couldn’t recover. Now though it looks just like it did before the storm.” Rolf paused. “Do you think it will bear any fruit this summer?”

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John Jamison
Object: A live plant that produces fruit, and a broken branch from that plant. I used a tomato plant from a local greenhouse. Ideally, find a plant with blossoms or small fruit already growing. If you use a different kind of fruit-producing plant, just change the script to fit.

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The Immediate Word

Christopher Keating
Katy Stenta
Thomas Willadsen
Mary Austin
Elena Delhagen
Dean Feldmeyer
Quantisha Mason-Doll
For April 28, 2024:
  • On The Way To Gaza by Chris Keating based on Acts 8:26-40. On the way to Gaza, Philip discovers the startling ways the Spirit of God moves across borders, boundaries, customs, and traditions.
  • Second Thoughts: Abiding by Katy Stenta based on John 15:1-8.
  • Sermon illustrations by Mary Austin, Tom Willadsen, Elena Delhagen, Dean Feldmeyer.

The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
Call to Worship:

Jesus is the vine, we are the branches. In our service today, let us absorb from the vine all the nourishment we need.

Invitation to Confession:

Jesus, sometimes our branches become cut off from the vine.
Lord, have mercy.

Jesus, sometimes our branches are withered.
Christ, have mercy.

Jesus, sometimes we fail to produce good fruit.
Lord, have mercy.

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Stan Purdum
We will meet Psalm 22 in its entirety on Good Friday, but here the lectionary designates just verses 23-31. The lectionary psalms generally illuminate the week's First Lesson, which in this case is about the covenant initiated by God with Abraham and Sarah in Genesis 17. The nine verses from this psalm, while not inappropriate, nonetheless leave us looking for an obvious connection with the First Lesson.

John S. Smylie
I think some people are natural-born gardeners. Our Lord grew up in a society that was familiar with agriculture. The images that he used to explain the ways of his Father in heaven are familiar to his audience. Growing up, my closest experience to agriculture was living in, "the Garden State." Most people, when they pass through New Jersey, are surprised to see that expression on the license plates of vehicles registered in New Jersey. Most folks traveling through New Jersey experience the megalopolis, the corridor between New York City and Washington DC.
Ron Lavin
A pastor in Indiana went to visit an 87-year-old man named Ermil, who was a hospital patient. A member of his church told the pastor about this old man who was an acquaintance. "He's not a believer, but he is really in need," the church member said. "I met him at the county home for the elderly. He's a lonely old man with no family and no money."

Paul E. Robinson
"Love is a many splendored thing...." Or so we heard Don Cornwall and the Four Aces sing time and again. Of course you or I might have other words to describe love, depending on our situation.

Love. "I love you." "I love to play golf." "I just love pistachio lush!" "It's tough to love some people." "Jesus loves me, this I know."

Love.

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