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This great allegorical oracle... -- Ezekiel 31:1-6, 10-14 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
This great allegorical oracle, of the eleventh century B.C.
When God surrounds us... -- 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
When God surrounds us and awakens us to the fact that we are Christian, we are surprised.
I spoke with the... -- 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
I spoke with the administrator of a nursing home saying, ‚--úHow depressing, always working wi
The story is told... -- 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
The story is told of a pastor who, looking over the shoulder of the church secretary, saw him
Every plant is heading... -- Mark 4:26-34 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
Every plant is heading in one of two directions: either it is growing or it is dying.
As a young man... -- Mark 4:26-34 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
As a young man living in Cincinnati, Barney Kroger was very interested in buying, selling, mak
One of the characteristics... -- Mark 4:26-34 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
One of the characteristics of the Marcan Gospel is the Messianic secret.
A missionary arrived in... -- Mark 4:26-34 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
A missionary arrived in the Lunda country and was welcomed by a native named Kayeka.
Visitors to Pompeii catch... -- 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
Visitors to Pompeii catch a sense of the great loss that came suddenly upon it at the eruption
The word impossible is... -- Mark 4:26-34 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
The word "impossible" is not in God's dictionary.
True friendship is a... -- 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
True friendship is a lovely thing.
A pastor friend related... -- 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
A pastor friend related to me that he had a funeral this week and two people attended.
Saul's death brought the... -- 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
Saul's death brought the end to a dynasty and devastating grief to David.
David's eulogy to Saul... -- 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
David's eulogy to Saul and Jonathan speaks of loyalty and friendship.
The story of Adam... -- Genesis 3:9-15 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
The story of Adam and Eve taking the fruit is one story we can teach our children with little
Faults and weaknesses are... -- Genesis 3:9-15 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
Faults and weaknesses are usually very evident in children because they make little effort to
If you want to... -- Genesis 3:9-15 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
If you want to study the history of excuses, the proper starting place is the Garden of Eden.
Many things which go... -- Genesis 3:9-15 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
Many things which go wrong are allegedly caused by people who had nothing to do with them.
The giant redwood is... -- Ezekiel 17:22-24 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
The giant redwood is one of the world's tallest trees.
There are always beginnings arising... -- Luke 7:11-17 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
There are always beginnings arising from endings.
The removal of ill... -- Ezekiel 17:22-24 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
The removal of ill-fated King Zedekiah from Jerusalem to Babylon left a gap in Israel's leader

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God With Us, In The Pit -- Luke 7:11-17, Galatians 1:11-24, 1 Kings 17:8-16 (17-24), Psalm 146 -- Carlos Wilton, Scott Suskovic, Thom M. Shuman -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - C
The problem of human pain and how to alleviate it has been a great challenge throughout the ages, on

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Object: A sheep or lamb stuffed animal.

Note: For the best experience, when you ask the questions, take the time to draw the children out a bit and help them come up with answers. Make it more of a conversation if you can.

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Hello, everyone! (Let them respond.) Are you ready for our story today? (Let them respond.) Excellent! Let’s get started! (Hold the sheep in your lap as you continue.)

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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.
Mark Ellingsen
Bill Thomas
Frank Ramirez
Bonnie Bates
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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