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Some years ago I was... -- Luke 6:39-45 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
Some years ago I was a guest at a church convention.
Light is something that usually... -- Exodus 34:29-35 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
Light is something that usually cheers us. We welcome the first stirrings of dawn.
In 1893 an English professor... -- Deuteronomy 34:1-12 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
In 1893 an English professor at Wellesley College, Katherine Lee Bates, made a trip to Colorado.
At my daughter's eleven-year... -- Exodus 34:29-35 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
At my daughter's eleven-year-old birthday party, I noticed some of her friends examining the tags of
One of the most inspiring... -- Luke 6:39-45 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
One of the most inspiring sights I ever witnessed occurred during the Charleston (West Virginia) Dis
Obviously this Old Testament text... -- Exodus 34:29-35 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
Obviously this Old Testament text was chosen because of the theophany of Moses here described, and i
Robert Fulghum wrote the charming... -- Deuteronomy 34:1-12 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
Robert Fulghum wrote the charming essay, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.
When George Washington was twenty... -- Deuteronomy 34:1-12 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
When George Washington was twenty he inherited Mount Vernon.
French King Louis XV once... -- Exodus 34:29-35 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
French King Louis XV once asked the court economist and physician, Francois Quesnay, what he would d
Our text is the story... -- Deuteronomy -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
Our text is the story of the death of Moses.
Archaeologists, in their quest for... -- Sirach 27:4-7 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
Archaeologists, in their quest for the secrets of the past, often use a tool which looks rather like
It has been said that... -- Deuteronomy 34:1-12 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
It has been said that there are only two tragedies: not to get what one wants and to get what one wa
Rev. Millar was not looking... -- Exodus 34:29-35 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
Rev. Millar was not looking forward to his first appointment of the day.
God revealed himself through his... -- Deuteronomy 34:1-12 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
God revealed himself through his servant Moses, through whom, moreover, God worked many "signs and w
Others have one opinion of... -- Sirach 27:4-7 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
Others have one opinion of us. We know ourselves. Do you agree with Sirach 27:4, "...
Music critics have heralded Brahm's... -- Deuteronomy 34:1-12 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
Music critics have heralded Brahm's Requiem as the most outstanding of his works in bringing
In his article Judaism Beyond... -- 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
In his article "Judaism Beyond Words" in the journal Commentary (September 2002), David Geler
Transformation a degree at a... -- 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
Transformation a degree at a time becomes evident in processes like those employed by Hollywood's ma
It used to be that... -- Deuteronomy 34:1-12 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
It used to be that a handshake would seal a deal.
Clayton Williams is a rugged... -- Sirach 27:4-7 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
Clayton Williams is a rugged individualist, independent entrepreneur and self-professed "good ole bo
In the rural reaches of... -- Deuteronomy 34:1-12 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
In the rural reaches of the St.
Daniel Simons, professor of psychology... -- 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
Daniel Simons, professor of psychology at Harvard, made a video of two teams of basketball players,
Many times great leaders have... -- Deuteronomy 34:1-12 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
Many times great leaders have been permitted a vision of what was to come through their efforts, but
A modern proverb says, A... -- 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
A modern proverb says, "A mind is like a parachute.
Turn into the skid is... -- Isaiah 6:1-8 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
"Turn into the skid" is the motto for safe driving.

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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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