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Frank Ramirez
John Sumwalt
Peter Andrew Smith
Proper 13 | Ordinary Time 18 - C
John E. Sumwalt
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. (vv. 9-10)
In Montello, the county seat of Marquette County in Wisconsin, they still tell the story of Emmanuel Dannan, the boy who lost his life because he would not tell a lie. I first heard the story from Hazel Herrick, one of the beloved matriarchs of Trinity United Methodist Church where I served in the 1980s. Hazel would come in the side door near my office early every Sunday morning with a bouquet of dahlias for the altar. They were not ordinary flowers but prize-worthy – magnificent bright-colored blooms from her nephew Jack Robinson’s spectacular backyard garden.
In Montello, the county seat of Marquette County in Wisconsin, they still tell the story of Emmanuel Dannan, the boy who lost his life because he would not tell a lie. I first heard the story from Hazel Herrick, one of the beloved matriarchs of Trinity United Methodist Church where I served in the 1980s. Hazel would come in the side door near my office early every Sunday morning with a bouquet of dahlias for the altar. They were not ordinary flowers but prize-worthy – magnificent bright-colored blooms from her nephew Jack Robinson’s spectacular backyard garden.
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StoryShare is a treasure house with hundreds of good stories to share, stories which relate authentic, life-changing experiences that demonstrate the Lord's power and presence. Many are intensely personal accounts that concern visions, healing, or answers to prayers, but all bear witness to the indescribable joy, comfort and peace that come from a personal encounter with the divine. Our "Good Stories" section includes short fiction, parables much like those Jesus told.
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