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For all the saints -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21, Revelation 21:9-11, 22-27, Matthew 5:1-12 -- All Saints Day - C
"For all the saints who from their labors rest...!" Today we sharpen our memories, and focus our att

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Those who do evil always... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - C -- 1995
Those who do evil always attempt to cover it up.
Schoolchildren are often asked to... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - C -- 1995
Schoolchildren are often asked to envision the future.
If you turn on the... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - C -- 1995
If you turn on the religious channel, many of the television preachers have all the answers for you
All my being seeks God... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1994
"All my being seeks God." Dorothy Day, one of the founders of the Catholic Worker movement, did not
(L)Singing... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(L)Isaiah... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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L)The advice... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(P)A... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
(P)A blooper made good!
(P)Jeremiah... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(P)A... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(P)Authentic... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(M, C)br... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(M, C)br... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(M, C)br... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
(M, C)Human life is sometimes sustained in strange and wonderful ways.
(M, C)br... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(L)Trust... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
(L)"Trust in the Lord ... he will always protect us ..."
A little boy named Johnny... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B
A little boy named Johnny was always fighting with the little girl who lived next door.
In Bernie Siegel's second book... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B
In Bernie Siegel's second book, Peace, Love, and Healing, is this interesting section on inne
One of the most memorable... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - A
One of the most memorable plays of our century is Philip Merivale's Death Takes a Holiday,
The visiting evangelist was spending... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - C
The visiting evangelist was spending the night in the home of a young couple of the congregation whe
Yellow ribbons tied on doors... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - C
Yellow ribbons tied on doors of houses, trees, cars, buses.
Months before the fall of... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - C
Months before the fall of the Berlin Wall a monthly publication from the church in East Germany titl
David Brainerd, the young missionary... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - C
David Brainerd, the young missionary to the American Indians during the Great Awakening, embodied Is

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ALL SAINTS' SUNDAY -- Psalm 34:1-10, Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21, Revelation 7:9-17, Matthew 5:1-12 -- Norman A. Beck -- All Saints Day - A -- 1986
The relationship between God and the "saints" is the basic theme of these texts and of this occasion
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Frank Ramirez
Robert Frost is famous, if for nothing else, for his poem “The Road Not Taken.” In it he reflects:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

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2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 and Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20
Martin Luther once wrote of God’s power. He said, “But the power of God cannot be so determined and measured, for it is uncircumscribed and immeasurable, beyond and above all that is or may be. On the other hand, it must be essentially present at all places, even in the tiniest tree leaf.”  Luther is contemplating the incredible, awesome glory and power of God.

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Peter Andrew Smith
Kenny walked past the open church doors and paused at the corner to look back the unusual sight. He shrugged and headed into the neighborhood coffee shop. “Can I have a black coffee please?”

“Sure, hon.” Marge put a cup in front of him and filled it with coffee. “How are things today?”

“You know what they say- ‘same old, same old.’” Kenny pointed in the direction he had just walked. “I thought that church down the street was closed.”

The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
I recently read a harrowing trilogy of books by Dave Pelzer. As a child, Dave Pelzer was extremely seriously abused by his mother, and the books are accounts of his experiences and his subsequent life.

When he was around twelve, Dave Pelzer was taken away from his mother and his family, out of his abusive situation and into care. He tells how he used to wake each day unable to believe that today he wouldn't get hurt, that he was free to be himself without fear of terrifying reprisals and bizarre punishment.

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Robert G. Beckstrand
I keep the LORD always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices,
my body also rests secure.
For you do not give me up to Sheol ...
You show me the path of life.
In your presence there is fullness of joy;
in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
-- Psalm 16:8-10a, 11

Theme: Intimations of immortality

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1-4 -- The marks of the believer: God is the source of his well-being.
Constance Berg
Roberta's mother looked like she was going to have a heart attack as she listened. Others present at the wedding rehearsal looked shocked at what the pastor was saying to the couple. "... I want you to be forewarned that I am going to talk about slavery and being obedient to another." Roberta was quiet. Serge looked worried. They had known Pastor Gallante their whole lives. What was he up to?
Schuyler Rhodes
It's one thing to talk the talk. Everyone knows people who are good at rhetoric. From coworkers to politicians to preachers and back again most people have heard so much talk that few are listening anymore. Indeed, the cultural landscape in which so many people are planted is one cacophonous wall of noise. Nothing but talk.
Stan Purdum
One of the most popular television shows ever was M*A*S*H, which ran for eleven seasons, from 1972-1983. If you didn't see it when it was originally on network television, you've probably seen it in reruns on cable stations. The show was about life in a mobile Army surgical hospital during the Korean War, and the reoccurring characters included the surgeons. One of those surgeons, named Charles Emerson Winchester III, was a pompous, upper-class doctor from Boston who had been drafted into the medical corps.
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Try this experiment. Turn your radio on. Now dial it to your favorite station. Next, turn the dial just a wee bit more, so that you're still getting the signal, but a lot of static is coming through also.

What's the point? Just as a radio dial must be committed 100 percent to the station to do its job, so must we commit ourselves to Jesus Christ. Yet many of us try to have it both ways. We want to tune into God, yet we also want the world. We want to walk in truth, yet we do not want to discourage temptation entirely. So we get both the music and static.

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