Luke 14: 15-24 A family was hosting a dinner for the minister and his family of ten. At the table, the hostess turned to her 6-year-old daughter and said, “Would you like to say the blessing?” The little girl replied, “I don’t know what to say.” Her mother said, “Just say what you hear Mommy…
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We’re Attracted
Isaiah 60: 1-6; Matthew 2: 1-12 This begins the Christian worship season of Epiphany. This commemorates the presentation of God to the world in the form of Jesus, first as an infant, next as one baptized in the Jordan, and, lastly as the transfigured one on the mountain. The world is attracted to Jesus. The…
Christ Our King
Revelation 1: 4-8 The minister of a rural church in the Ozarks suggested to his parishioners that they purchase a chandelier. It was put to a vote, and all members voted it down. “Why do you oppose the purchase of a chandelier?” asked the preacher. “Well,” said one of the members, “first, we can’t spell…
Something Is Happening
Mark 6: 7-16 At a local hospital, there was no special place for the ministers to park. They were told to stop by the front desk on leaving the hospital, identify themselves as ministers, and the person on duty would give them a dollar to get up of the general parking lot. One minister had…
Manifestations of God In You, Part 2
1 Corinthians 12: 4-11 The next three gifts from 1 Corinthians 12 are healing, working of miracles, prophecy. I feel the need to say I believe in the manifestations of the gifts of God in and through believers in and through the church. I believe, as Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 12:7, “To each is…
Manifestations of God in You
1 Corinthians 12: 1-11 I don’t want you to be uninformed. There are gifts of the Holy Spirit given to believers, “there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.” Each Sunday morning as they began their Sunday school class, the fifth graders would line up…
Psalm 102 in The Message 