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  • The Glad News

    by Paul Bellan-Boyer
  • Epiphany 2A (2023)

    by Jerome Creach
  • Epiphany 2A (2020)

    by Jerome Creach
  • Epiphany 2A (2017)

    by Jerome Creach
  • Epiphany 2A (2020)

    by Phil Heinze
  • Epiphany 2A (2017)

    by Phil Heinze
  • Sermon Starters (Epiphany 2A)(2023)

    by Scott Hoezee
    C.S. Lewis once gave one of his many memorable images for dealing with some questions about prayer. We know of Jesus’s invitation to knock so that the door may be opened to us. But, Lewis wondered, what might happen when the door opens? Well, in regard to any given prayer and request, God may open the door to say “Sure, yes, I can do that.” Or he could open the door to give us the disappointing reply “No, I’m afraid not—not this time.” But it’s also possible the door will be opened to us only to have God invite us to come inside, take a seat, and then we will have a chat about all of this. There may not always be a straightforward yes or no answer. It might be more complicated than we know and that might require some patient learning over time on our part. But, Lewis said, the good news is that God welcomes also this conversation. And he is always there to be part of it.
  • Sermon Starters (Epiphany 2A)(2020)

    by Scott Hoezee
    C.S. Lewis once gave one of his many memorable images for dealing with some questions about prayer. We know of Jesus’s invitation to knock so that the door may be opened to us. But, Lewis wondered, what might happen when the door opens? Well, in regard to any given prayer and request, God may open the door to say “Sure, yes, I can do that.” Or he could open the door to give us the disappointing reply “No, I’m afraid not—not this time.” But it’s also possible the door will be opened to us only to have God invite us to come inside, take a seat, and then we will have a chat about all of this. There may not always be a straightforward yes or no answer. It might be more complicated than we know and that might require some patient learning over time on our part. But, Lewis said, the good news is that God welcomes also this conversation. And he is always there to be part of it.
  • Narrative Podcast (Proper 9)(2019)

    with Rolf Jacobson, Craig R. Koester and Kathryn M. Schifferdecker
  • From the Mire

    Art and Theology by Victoria Jones
    includes discussion of the song “Oh, He’s Taken My Feet” | Early American folk hymn, performed by Lucy Simpson, with Rock Creek (Bill Destler, Wally Macnow, Tom McHenry), Mary Alice Amidon, Peter Amidon, and Caroline Paton, on Sharon Mountain Harmony: A Golden Ring of Gospel
  • Out of the Mire

    by John Martens
    The promise of God is not that we will not suffer for him, but that God will not forget us in the muck and the mud of everyday life and will reach down to us and be with us in our need. It is a psalm that inspired Bono and the other members of U2 to write the song “40,” a meditation on Psalm 40, for their 1983 album, “War.” In U2’s version, Bono sings: I waited patiently for the Lord He inclined and heard my cry He brought me up out of the pit Out of the mire and clay...
  • Epiphany 2A (2023)

    by Marty Michelson
  • Ordinary 2A (2020)

    by Kathy Mowry
    I fly a lot, but I never fly first class. One day last summer, however, I ended up in first class for a long-haul, transatlantic flight. There were certain amenities that were obvious from the beginning – more leg room, a nicer meal, more attention. However, it wasn’t till I was stretching my legs in the forward service area that I witnessed something amazing. A young businessman came forward and asked the attendant for a Kit Kat – a Kit Kat! The chocaholic in me paid attention. Without batting an eye, the attendant opened a cabinet where every kind of candy and snack known to man was lined up in a bountiful display and handed the man his Kit Kat. It was free for the asking. I remember thinking, who knew? I returned to my seat and told my seatmate, and very soon after that, we each requested our favorite candy bars. They were ours for the asking all along, but we hadn’t known exactly what we could hope for. As the psalmist shifts back from thanksgiving to lament in Psalm 40, I get this same impression. Yes, life brings us back to a season of desperate need for rescue. Yes, we can’t live in the shininess of Christmas all year long, and we have to step back to some days where the cold takes our breath away...
  • Epiphany 2A

    by Howard Wallace
  • Telling Others the Glad News

    by Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson
    As part of their annual mission trip to Brazil, the high schoolers of a congregation from Canada agreed to lead an outdoor worship service at one of the parks in the business district of Sao Paulo. They chose noontime, despite the midday heat, hoping to attract the lunch crowd from the surrounding office buildings. They started with about 20 minutes of rousing praise music and when they had assembled a dozen or so people, they began reading from the Bible and sharing some of their own faith stories. The few people who had stopped to listen slowly dwindled away. The kids were feeling a little discouraged as they picked up their instruments and sang one final song. When the music was done, the kids were shocked to hear applause. They looked up and saw people with their office windows open leaning out over the sills whistling and clapping for them. The Lord had opened their minds, hearts, and their windows...
  • Commentary (Psalm 40:1-10)

    by Nathan Williams

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