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Can you believe it?: October 2014
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014. A recording of the sermon preached at First Unitarian Church of the River in Memphis, TN on Sunday morning, October 19, 2014. An observance of Children's Sabbath. Hear a recording of Rev. Elaine Blanchard telling the story: "Luba, the Angel of Bergen Belsen" as told to Michelle McCann by Luba herself. A true story for people who are not afraid to consider truth. Http:/ www.churchoftheriver.org/resources/sermoncast. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Promote Your Page Too.
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Can you believe it?: December 2013
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Sunday, December 29, 2013. Redeemed, Lifted and Carried. December 29, 2013. Prescott American Baptist Church. I saw a cartoon this week. Somebody shared it on Face Book. Jesus is sitting on the floor by a Christmas tree. He is holding a gift and looking sad. Somebody asks, “What’s the matter, Jesus? You don’t like your present? 8221; And Jesus responds, “Somebody gave me a church and I can’t get it out of the box.”. How is today’s church shaped by Jesus’ preaching and his values? I have trouble with that...
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Can you believe it?: Restoring the Soul
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Sunday, July 19, 2015. Mark 6:30-34, 53-56. July 19, 2015. That’s two important lessons I’ve learned now. One: Don’t ever grab things out of the fire. And Two: Oh, Mama! I’ve already forgotten. When we look back over the important lessons we’ve learned in life, isn’t it usually associated with some kind of suffering, illness, injury, a loss or a dispute? Nobody wants to suffer but everybody does suffer. She is now suffering with us.” Each of us deals with suffering in our own way. In my life and in my ex...
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Can you believe it?: The Need For Weakness
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Sunday, July 5, 2015. The Need For Weakness. Shady Grove Presbyterian Church. July 5, 2015. II Corinthians: 12: 2-10. According to ancient Christian legend, God created the angels to worship and serve God. Then God created the world and human beings. “Serve humans and worship me,” was God’s command to the angels. To the angels, this was a strange command. They were pure spirit. So why should they defer to lesser beings? Why should they mingle with earthly matter? 8220;Have mercy, upon us, O Lord! A story...
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Can you believe it?: February 2014
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Sunday, February 23, 2014. The Truth about Shame. Shady Grove Presbyterian Church. February 23, 2014. A car parked beside the white man and he turned the volume up just a notch. Four black teenagers got out of the car. One of the young men spoke to the singing man. “Your music is too loud.” The white man ignored him. “I don’t like your music; turn it down! A jury heard the story. Will they call it murder? Will they be able to convict the shooter? It takes a healthy imagination to work with our scripture ...
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Can you believe it?: July 2015
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Sunday, July 19, 2015. Mark 6:30-34, 53-56. July 19, 2015. That’s two important lessons I’ve learned now. One: Don’t ever grab things out of the fire. And Two: Oh, Mama! I’ve already forgotten. When we look back over the important lessons we’ve learned in life, isn’t it usually associated with some kind of suffering, illness, injury, a loss or a dispute? Nobody wants to suffer but everybody does suffer. She is now suffering with us.” Each of us deals with suffering in our own way. In my life and in my ex...
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Can you believe it?: August 2013
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Sunday, August 25, 2013. Preached at Prescott American Baptist Church. August 25, 2013. He was teaching. It was the Sabbath day in the synagogue and Jesus was teaching. No word is recorded about what he was teaching before the bent woman entered the synagogue and got his attention. I have had teachers—so have you—who really teach, really live out and model fully the lesson they are trying to pass along to the students. This week, on Wednesday, we will recognize the 50. Michele Norris , an NPR journalist,...
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Can you believe it?: Becoming Convinced
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Sunday, January 18, 2015. Shady Grove Presbyterian Church. January 18, 2015. 8220;I felt like I was in heaven! Freedom wasn’t freedom unless she could share it with those she’d left behind. So Harriet Tubman went back where her life was not her own so that she could keep it—so that she could live it freely and abundantly, courageously leading group after group out of the awful grip of slavery and into the light of liberty. 8220;Can anything good come out of Nazareth? So they got together with all that co...
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Can you believe it?: March 2014
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Monday, March 31, 2014. Accepting the Award for Vision/ Women of Achievement 2014. This is what I know… To be a person with vision, to be able to see what could be, out there, we have to first be able to see what is, right here within us. We have to discover the beauty in our own story. Seeing that, we come to see what the world needs and what we have to give it. And my wonderful partner, Anna, sets the stage of my life by always believing that I am capable and then stepping up to help me be capable doin...
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