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Paul Andrew
Contributing sermons since Nov 12, 2016
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The Solemnity Of The Most Holy Trinity
Contributed on Apr 20, 2024
Our model: The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: 3 persons, 1 great relationship.
Today’s Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity is tailor-made for preachers who like homilies with three points! Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, what more could I ask? Someone once said, “If you deny the Trinity, you will lose your soul. If you try understanding the Trinity, you will lose your mind.” ...read more
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Pentecost: Lightning Breath
Contributed on Apr 16, 2024
When God breathes.
At Pentecost, the room shook and wind blew and the whole room crackled with the Holy Spirit’s electric presence. With this in mind, United Methodist theologian Albert Outler tells of a small town he once visited which had three churches in it, and each of the three churches, he said, had an ...read more
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Solemnity Of The Ascension Of The Lord And Mother's Day
Contributed on Apr 11, 2024
We are chasing a sense of enoughness. But it remains ever out of reach, and the effort and anxiety are burning us out. American "performancism."
Martha Campbell said of flunking her final exams and the resulting report card, and what her parents did: "I got a no TV for a week in math, a no dessert for a month in history, and a just wait 'til your father gets home in social studies." My seminary Bible teacher said, “The ...read more
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Sixth Sunday Of Easter, Year B- The Best Seller On Joy And Love
Contributed on Apr 3, 2024
The anointing with this oil causes our faces to be joyful and serene.
There is a joke that asks, “What do you call a book club that's been stuck on the same book for more than 2000 years?” [The answer] The Church. We have covered much of John’s Gospel in the last few weeks so that Joy and Love are the only new themes that emerge this Sunday. The most popular ...read more
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Fifth Sunday Of Easter, Year B-- Vine And Branches-- See You Later, Suckers!
Contributed on Mar 27, 2024
“We’re dying on the vine here!”
Today, we hear about pruning and abiding to bear fruit. Regarding pruning, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” is an expression used in the hope of making money selling something worthless to a gullible customer. Similarly, in gardening, sucker shoots are false branches or stems that suck the ...read more
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God’s Blessing Signifies A Sharing In God’s Life And Power.
Contributed on Dec 9, 2017