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The Prodigal story: Three in One
Most of this sermon today is the work of the Rev. Monika Wiesner who first preached it. A lay member of our congregation, Sharon Wirth, then also preached Monika’s sermon at Faith Ottawa last year. A heart-felt ‘thank you’ to … Continue reading
Posted in Theological Reflection
Tagged bible, change, changed lives, Christian, communication, compassion, critical, divine love, family, forgiveness, God, golden chapter, Gospel, grace, growth, inner conflict, inner life, interpretation, Jesus, judgement, love, Luke 15, maturity, mercy, mission, mission strategy, New Testament, parable, personal, preaching, Prodigal Son, psychology, relationship, repentance, self-love, sermon, soul, spiritual direction, spirituality, teaching
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Relationships over Resources
A member of this congregation sent me an email including a list of short phrases called paraprosdokians. A paraprosdokian, according to my online dictionary, is a derivative of a Greek word which means, ‘beyond expectation’. It is a wordplay, a … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, business, Christian, church, dishonest manager, economy, employment, ethical, ethics, faith, financial security, firgure of speech, forgiveness, God, gospels, grace, Greek, hope, Jesus, jobs, kingdom of God, lectionary, lost coin, lost sheep, Luke, Luke 15, managing, materialism, maturity, mercy, money, moral, New Testament, parable, paraprosdokian, preaching, Prodigal Son, relationships, second chance, sermon, spiritual growth, story, treasure, unconditional love, unemployment, value, wealth, wordplay, Worship, writing
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Foolish advice
The following sermon is adapted from one preached by The Rev. Dawn Hutchings of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Newmarket, Ontario. You can read her excellent sermon on pastordawn.com. In her introduction she thanks a couple of professors from whom … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Theological Reflection
Tagged abandonment, bible, church, Cross, finding, fool, foolish, God, Gospel, grace, Jesse Eisenberg, Jesus, kenosis, losing, lost coin, lost sheep, love, Luke 15, Lutheran, Mark Ruffalo, maturity, mission, Morgan Freeman, New Testament, Now You See Me 2, passion, Pharisees, preaching, Prodigal Son, purpose, social justice, spiritual growth, St Paul, theology, Woody Harrelson
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A Prodigal Parable
A wayward son left home at the age of 17 to make it on his own and get out from under the thumb and control of his Dad. His parents heard from him only at Christmas. In time, after all … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, grace, Liturgical, love, Luke 15, Prodigal Son, sermon, unity, Worship, youth
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The paralysis of analysis
When I was in university some years ago now it seemed to me that if I wanted, it was possible still, at that time, to read everything that had ever been written about any particular topic. This sounds like good … Continue reading
