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People will always judge and... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1999
People will always judge and criticize. It's a fact of human nature.
Children who listen to the... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1999
Children who listen to the Lord are more in tune to understand God than the smartest adults who foll
A young woman had just... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1999
A young woman had just completed the long, arduous journey of becoming a surgeon.
This passage is filled with... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1999
This passage is filled with the passion, love, AND frustration of Jesus.
Saint Paul is confessing that... -- Romans 7:15-25a -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
Saint Paul is confessing that, left to his own powers, he cannot live a life that measures up to God
Every day, I discover myself... -- Romans 7:15-25a -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
Every day, I discover myself embroiled in the same battle as Paul.
I once visited with a... -- Romans 7:15-25a -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
I once visited with a woman in the hospital who was suffering from lung cancer.
It is said that Calvin... -- Romans 6:1b-11 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
It is said that Calvin Coolidge was a man of few words.
I had no church relationship... -- Romans 6:1b-11 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
I had no church relationship until the age of sixteen, except for those Sundays when my parents sent
A young man asked his... -- Romans 6:1b-11 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
A young man asked his religion teacher a wise question.
As any hiker knows, an... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
As any hiker knows, an excellent backpack is a wonderful thing.
The path of life is... -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
The path of life is strewn with obstacles.
It has been said that... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
It has been said that Christianity is always one generation away from extinction.
Many of us consider our... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
Many of us consider our religion a burden. We try not to offend God or man, but it is difficult.
In 1994 the city planners... -- Matthew 10:40-42 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
In 1994 the city planners in San Luis Obispo, California, introduced a measure that would have requi
At six feet two... -- Romans 7:15-25a -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A -- 1996
At six feet two inches and close to 300 pounds, Tom was a
At the petting zoo there... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
At the petting zoo there is a small carousel with five ponies tethered to a pole.
In the Autobiography of Benjamin... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
In the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, that old statesman tells of living in a boarding h
Jesus did not offer a... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
Jesus did not offer a life with no yoke at all.
Weariness can beat us down... -- Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
Weariness can beat us down.
Rooting for a baseball team... -- Isaiah 66:10-14 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
Rooting for a baseball team is an act of selfless devotion.
Courtship customs have changed since... -- Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
Courtship customs have changed since those days of Isaac and Rebekah, but one thing remains constant
A pastor's car had broken... -- Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
A pastor's car had broken down just as a tow truck came by.
When you love you should... -- Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart,"

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Damned If We Do, Damned If We Don't! -- Romans 7:15-25a, Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30, Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67, Psalm 45:10-17 -- George Reed -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - A
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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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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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(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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