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Turning the Corner on the Very End -- Mark 5:21-42a -- James Weekley -- Proper 8 | Ordinary Time 13 - B -- 1987
The greatest of all human mysteries is death.
Christ the King -- Jeremiah 23:1-6 -- George Paul Mocko -- 1987
Trying to See; Three Kings Who Failed and the One Who, in Failure, Succeeded (All About Shepherds, H
Love as Grace -- John M. Braaten -- 1987
(Name) and (name) , you have come to this day and to this place to receive the benediction of Christ
Delivery Room -- John 14:1-6 -- Richard F. Bansemer -- 1987
Death after living unhappily in a nursing home
Friendship Arms or Cold Shoulders -- Mark 6:1-6 -- James Weekley -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - B -- 1987
A man began buttering his wife with romantic talk.
Proper 23 -- Genesis 3:8-19 -- George Paul Mocko -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1987
Atlas, Hercules and Tantalus; a Powerful and Deadly Fruit; All About War and Rape and Divorce; Lazin
The Love which Makes a Marriage -- John M. Braaten -- 1987
(Name) and (name), as you stand here today I suppose there is nothing more important to you than the
Foretaste -- 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 -- Richard F. Bansemer -- 1987
Death in old age
Who Short-Circuited the Good News? -- Mark 6:7-13 -- James Weekley -- Proper 10 | Ordinary Time 15 - B -- 1987
In his book, Why Not the Best? Jimmy Carter shares an observation.
Proper 24 -- Isaiah 53:7-12 -- George Paul Mocko -- Proper 24 | Ordinary Time 29 - B -- 1987
Jesus and His Yuppies; War and Wrong and an Answer for That in a Coconut Shell; (About Painful Heali
A Need for Newness -- John M. Braaten -- 1987
(Name) and (name), in the soft, romantic glow of this candlelight wedding, everything seems so warm
Amen -- John 14:1-6 -- Richard F. Bansemer -- 1987
Death of a "pillar of the church"
Where Have All the Shepherds Gone? -- Mark 6:30-34 -- James Weekley -- Proper 11 | Ordinary Time 16 - B -- 1987
Have you ever seen a shepherd in living color?
Proper 25 -- Jeremiah 31:7-9 -- George Paul Mocko -- Proper 25 | Ordinary Time 30 - B -- 1987
Jeremiah, the Crazy Old Coot Who Was Right When the World Was Wrong; How God Delivers and How Great
How God Blesses a Marriage -- John M. Braaten -- 1987
(Name) and (name), it is good that you are here, in this church, with relatives and friends, to take
Mercy and Understanding -- Psalm 23 -- Richard F. Bansemer -- 1987
Cancer death of a shy person
Liquid Hope -- John 7:37-39a -- James Weekley -- Day of Pentecost - B -- 1987
Our bodies contain the following percentages of water: muscles, 75%; blood, 92% ; bones, 22%; the en
Proper 26 -- Deuteronomy 6:1-9 -- George Paul Mocko -- Proper 26 | Ordinary Time 31 - B -- 1987
The Central Proposition; Sugar-coated Love; Little God, Big God; (Some Bible Readings); and How Jesu
Grounds for Marriage -- John M. Braaten -- 1987
(Name) and (name), this ceremony marks the culmination of your courtship.
Temples within the Temple -- John 14:1-6 -- Richard F. Bansemer -- 1987
Death after long illness
The Song in Search of a Voice -- John 20:19-23 -- James Weekley -- Day of Pentecost - B -- 1987
Since the second great war of our century humankind has treated itself to seventy more armed conflic
Proper 27 -- 1 Kings 17:8-16 -- George Paul Mocko -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - B -- 1987
Little Old Ladies [and Men], and Ordinary People Generally; Miscellaneous Stuff Such as a White Chri
The Foundation of Faithfulness -- John M. Braaten -- 1987
(Name) and (name), on this your wedding day I am reminded of a phrase that has appeared on many post
Opposites -- 1 Corinthians 15:42-44 -- Richard F. Bansemer -- 1987
Death after a long illness
Keeping God First in the Polls -- John 3:1-17 -- James Weekley -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B -- 1987
Did you know that a glass of hippopotamus milk contains eighty calories, or that only five percent o

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Mark Ellingsen
2 Kings 5:1-14
Bill Thomas
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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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