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Jesus speaks of the hundredfold... -- Mark 10:17-31 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1997
Jesus speaks of the hundredfold reward the faithful disciple will receive in return for forsaking al
Donald McGavran, father of the... -- Mark 10:17-31 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1997
Donald McGavran, father of the Church Growth movement in America, developed his principles of church
I know better than that... -- Mark 10:17-31 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1997
I know better than that! How often we have heard that phrase from others, or worse, from ourselves.
In the ancient world, when... -- Hebrews 4:12-16 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1997
In the ancient world, when an animal was to be sacrificed in worship, the throat would be exposed to
It is not usual for... -- Hebrews 4:12-16 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1997
It is not usual for soldiers to assess their commanding officers, but they nevertheless do so in the
There was a certain church... -- Hebrews 4:12-16 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1997
There was a certain church member who was very pleased with how the pastor of his congregation preac
Through a phone modem, computers... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1997
Through a phone modem, computers can now access mountains of data.
The prophet instructed the people... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1997
The prophet instructed the people that they were to "hate evil and love good." What kind of evil do
In the movie, Raiders of... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
In the movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, archaeologist Indiana Jones receives word of the possible exi
Sometimes she felt she surely... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
Sometimes she felt she surely knew the distant vision of the date farmer, for the one who planted d
Wisdom is the right use... -- Wisdom 7:7-11 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
"Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise.
All of us have speculated... -- Wisdom 7:7-11 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
All of us have speculated about what we would ask for if we suddenly discovered Aladdin's lamp and t
There is some wisdom that... -- Wisdom 7:7-11 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
There is some wisdom that can be gained in living and meditation, and some that can be gained from b
Even today my complaint is... -- Job 23:1-9, 16-17 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
Even today my complaint is bitter."Wilber Nelson tells the story:
In basic training one of... -- Job 23:1-9, 16-17 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
In basic training one of the obstacles on the obstacle course is a smoke-filled building.
The gloom mentioned by Job... -- Job 23:1-9, 16-17 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
The gloom mentioned by Job is not the kind of darkness and gloom that can be lessened by any candle
Money, or more correctly, the... -- Mark 10:17-31 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
Money, or more correctly, the lack of money is a problem in many congregations.
During the midwestern flood of... -- Mark 10:17-31 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
During the midwestern flood of 1993 I was standing in line at a grocery store.
By now everyone has heard... -- Mark 10:17-31 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
By now everyone has heard the old Jack Benny radio skit in which we heard a voice say, "Your money
But Christ is faithful as... -- Hebrews 3:1-6 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
"But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house."As Usual With Wesley
In this case, the crucial... -- Mark 10:17-31 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
In this case, the crucial test for the young man was the ability to give up his wealth.
In basketball one of the... -- Hebrews 3:1-6 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
In basketball one of the drills that a player learns is how to take a charge.
He had a full life... -- Hebrews 3:1-6 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
He had a full life, building a small chain of fabric stores and accumulating a small fortune.
In some ways great discoveries... -- Hebrews 3:1-6 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
In some ways great discoveries and inventions and foundations can be compared to balancing an accoun
The late Peter Taylor Forsythe... -- Hebrews 4:12-16 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
The late Peter Taylor Forsythe was called the Karl Barth of English Congregationalism.

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Object: A sheep or lamb stuffed animal.

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John E. Sumwalt
Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, singing with full voice… (vv. 11-12a)

Phillip Hasheider is a retired Wisconsin beef farmer and an award-winning author who was dead for six minutes and came back to tell about it. If you have ever thought about dying and wondered what it would be like, then Hasheider’s Six Minutes in Eternity is a book you will want to read.

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David Coffin
A medical worker is working long, hard, stress filled hours in an urban hospital setting. One day he or she is called into the administrator’s office to be terminated due to angering professionals in the upper echelon. The worker protests that it is, “My word against their word, why am I to be the scapegoat?” The administrator pulls rank! The worker is asked to turn in their badge and do not come into the premises again unless as a patient. The now unemployed medical worker still feels the calling to be a healer. So, they get a job at an alternative/natural health medicine store.
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Acts 9:1-6 (7-20)
Martin Luther believed that the story of Paul’s conversion demonstrates that there is no need for special revelation. The reformer commented:

Our Lord God does not purpose some special thing for each individual person, but gives to the whole world — one person like the next — his baptism and gospel. (Complete Sermons, Vol.7, p.271)

The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
I've recently spent several hours by the lakeside, for I've been in retreat this past week in the little village of Hemingford Grey, in Huntingdonshire. A great delight for me was to walk to the flooded gravel pits, sit on a bench in glorious sunshine, and watch the water birds. For me, that's a wonderful way to become very aware of the presence of God through the beauty of his created world. And sitting like that for several hours, doing nothing but watching and waiting, I can't help but absorb the peace which passes all understanding.

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Constance Berg
When Beth was a teenager, she lived on the streets. She smoked cigarettes and drank beer and her parents had said that she had to choose: her friends or her family. Beth chose her friends and lived from house to house and eventually in homeless shelters. She barely avoided being raped at one point. About six months of shelter-hopping was all she could take, and she found a shelter that sponsored her until she took the GED. They told her she was brilliant: she was just bored and dissatisfied with the status quo. The shelter supervisors suggested she look into community college.
James Evans
(For alternative approaches, see Epiphany 6/Ordinary Time 6, Cycle B; and Proper 9/Pentecost 7/Ordinary Time 14, Cycle C.)

The main theme of this psalm is captured profoundly in the movement within a single verse: "Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with morning" (v. 5). Casting life experiences between light and dark is not unique or novel, of course, but the poet's treatment of these themes offers some fertile ground for reflection.

Elizabeth Achtemeier
We have three different accounts of the conversion of Saul in the Gospel according to Luke (9:1-20; 22:6-16; 26:12-18). They differ in a few minor details, but essentially they are the same. In addition, Paul writes of his conversion in Galatians 1:11-16, and in 1 Corinthians 9:1 and 15:8-9, stating that at the time of his conversion on the road to Damascus, he saw the Lord. For Paul, that made him an apostle, equal to the twelve. An apostle, in Paul's thought, was one who had seen the risen Christ and had been sent to announce that good news.
Richard E. Gribble, CSC
Once in a far-off land, there was a great king whose dominion extended far and wide. His power and authority were absolute. One day, as events would happen, a young man, a commoner, committed a grave offense against the king. In response, the king and his counselors gathered together to determine what should be done. They decided that since the offense was so grave and had been committed by a commoner against someone so august as the king, the only punishment that would satisfy justice was death.

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