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Paul Andrew
Contributing sermons since Nov 12, 2016
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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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Fourth Sunday Of Easter, Year B- We Are All Sheep And Some Of Us Are Shepherds
Contributed on Mar 22, 2024
There are problems with sheep too
Timothy Laniak in 2007 tells the story of a Bedouin Arab and an American scholar sitting under a tent discussing what it takes to be a true shepherd. The Jordanian shepherd insisted that the heart is the most important thing. He lamented, “My sons don’t have the heart for this work, so they don’t ...read more
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God’s Blessing Signifies A Sharing In God’s Life And Power.
Contributed on Dec 9, 2017