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Jesus suddenly appeared to the... -- Luke 24:36b-48 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2003
Jesus suddenly appeared to the disciples and said, "Peace be with you." We will do well to remember
Sometimes it's too good to... -- Luke 24:36b-48 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2003
Sometimes "it's too good to be true." We can't believe. Such good news!
A Jewish director was agonizing... -- Luke 24:36b-48 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2003
A Jewish director was agonizing through what must have been his fiftieth film for This Is the Life,
The house was ablaze and... -- Luke 24:36b-48 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2003
The house was ablaze and little Tommy's screams could be heard from within.
Recently a television special recounted... -- 1 John 3:1-7 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2003
Recently a television special recounted the life of John F. Kennedy, Jr.
As Christians, we are called... -- 1 John 3:1-7 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2003
As Christians, we are called to live our lives in ways that often run against the world's definition
The human eye is like... -- 1 John 3:1-7 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2003
The human eye is like a built-in camera.
To be righteous means to... -- 1 John 3:1-7 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2003
To be righteous means to do what is right.
Picture your schoolroom! Besides the... -- Acts 3:12-19 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2003
Picture your schoolroom!
Magic supports the plots of... -- Acts 3:12-19 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2003
Magic supports the plots of such cable-favorite programs as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed.
Witnesses give testimony and the... -- Acts 3:12-19 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2003
Witnesses give testimony and the jury gives credence.
Authors of novels create characters... -- Acts 3:12-19 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2003
Authors of novels create characters who come alive as the story unfolds.
It may cost you dearly... -- Luke 24:36b-48 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2000
It may cost you dearly to be an eyewitness.
Along the beaches of Mexico... -- Luke 24:36b-48 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2000
Along the beaches of Mexico and Florida tourists can often see people flying high above the water wh
One time a couple asked... -- 1 John 3:1-7 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2000
One time a couple asked me, as their pastor, to speak to their son.
One of the most beautiful... -- 1 John 3:1-7 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2000
One of the most beautiful and impressive buildings in the land is the White House.
John's words in this passage... -- 1 John 3:1-7 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2000
John's words in this passage, "no one who abides in him sins" (v.
One time there was a... -- 1 John 3:1-7<br> -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2000
One time there was a commercial on television.
Marlene Dietrich, the German actress... -- Luke 24:36b-48 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2000
Marlene Dietrich, the German actress and singer, became famous for her starring role in The Blue Ang
Helen Keller was an inspiration... -- Luke 24:36b-48 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 2000
Helen Keller was an inspiration to a previous generation.
The baseball community speaks fondly... -- Luke 24:36b-48 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 1994
The baseball community speaks fondly of "Yogiisms." "Yogiisms" are anecdotes attributed to Yogi Berr
A woman called the power... -- Luke 24:36b-48 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 1994
A woman called the power company to complain that her bill was too high.
When after many rejections, my... -- Luke 24:36b-48 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 1994
When after many rejections, my friend and I received a contract for our book we could hardly believe
In one of the episodes... -- Luke 24:36b-48 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 1994
In one of the episodes of MASH, the sophisticated shell, inside which Major Winchester protects him
The movie The Godfather raised... -- 1 John 2:1-5 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 1994
The movie The Godfather raised quite a stir when it showed, in the closing moment of the film, the n

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The Day Of The Lord -- Zephaniah 3:14-20 -- Janice B. Scott -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
In the "Manchester
The Death Of Jesus, The Rising Of Christ -- Luke 24:36b-48 -- Janice B. Scott -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
We used to live in a house which was over 100 years old, and had once been a school, and the tal
Everyone Who Does What Is Right Is Righteous -- 1 John 3:1-7 -- Janice B. Scott -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
I watched highlights from the London Marathon on television just before Easter.

The Immediate Word

The "real Presence" Of The Church -- Luke 24:36b-48, 1 John 3:1-7, Acts 3:12-19 -- George Reed, Carlos Wilton, Thom M. Shuman -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
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Negotiating The Trials Of Life -- Acts 3:12-19 -- Richard E. Gribble -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
"In the seventh year of his reign, two days before his sixty-fifth birthday, in the presence of a fu

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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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Emphasis Preaching Journal

Mark Ellingsen
2 Kings 5:1-14
Bill Thomas
Frank Ramirez
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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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