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    Lydia's Journey

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 13, 2023
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    Imagining how and why Lydia moved from being a pagan to a god-fearer, and then to beecoming a follower of Jesus.

    This is the story of Lydia, the first woman pastor in the Christian church (at least as far as we know). And it almost never happened. You see, Paul and Silas hadn’t planned to go to Macedonia at all. They had hardly begun to scratch the surface of Asia Minor - that’s where present-day Turkey is. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Ripple Effect

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 13, 2023
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    Conflict between the old and the new can lay the foundation for growth, even if the self-examination and change can be painful.

    One afternoon when I was 14 or 15, my father and I down in a bottom of a large hole in the side yard digging a septic tank. We were digging with a trowel and a pair of pruning shears, because the ground was so laced with tough, springy ivy roots that you couldn’t use a shovel, you had to scrape ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Who Needs Miracles?

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 11, 2023
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    Would you rather have a faith that is based on eye-catching, headline-grabbing miracles, or a faith which doesn’t need them?

    I preached my first sermon from this pulpit on January 19, 1997. It’s been well over a year now, although sometimes it seems much longer because I am so very much at home. But as much as one can think of that as a time of beginning, it was also a time of ending. I expect that only those of you who ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Knocked Off Balance

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 11, 2023
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    When you are knocked off your feet, blind with tears or pain or even a light like the one Paul saw, the first thing to do is seek God.

    This has been a bad week. It started with one of the worst tragedies that has ever hit our country. Only wars, terrorist attacks and natural disasters have caused more anguish, more grief and suffering and loss, and more questions about providence and the presence - or absence - of God. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Civil Disobedience

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 8, 2023
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    The key question is, when does obedience to God require disobedience to the civil authorities?

    Illegal immigration is a huge issue in our world. Not a week goes by without another story about chaos and even violence on our southern border. There are two extremes - the open borders set and the “ship ‘em all back where they came from” crowd. And both are absolutely convinced they are on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Caught In The Act

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 8, 2023
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    If what Peter and John and the others claim is true, what will happen to the religious establishment? They'll have to kill the movement to survive themselves.

    Good morning. This is Hannah Batyoel from Inside Jerusalem, reporting on a breaking story that began late yesterday afternoon when two Galileans were arrested for creating a disturbance in the temple precincts. But first, a backgrounder from our religion correspondent, Shlomo Yehudi. Good ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Expecting Miracles

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 8, 2023
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    We are not unsuspecting people who came to Jerusalem and walked into a miracle. We are already part of an ongoing miracle - and don’t want to miss a minute of it!

    Three times a year, every Jewish man was supposed to come to Jerusalem to give thanks. Their Thanksgiving, like ours, was in the fall. They called it the Feast of Tabernacles, or Booths, though, because people built temporary shelters out in the fields to sleep in overnight, that is if they slept ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Shaking & Moving

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 4, 2023
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    The whole world was shaken and changed because of what God did. Have you been shaken? Have you changed?

    When I preach from the lectionary, which I do most of the time unless I'm working on a series, one of the first things I do is to try and find the common thread among the different passages. And on this glorious day when we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, the central message is ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Question Of The Cross

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 4, 2023
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    Everyone who was there, at the cross, had a question, except the ones who were sure they already had the answers.. . What’s going on? What am I doing here? Who is that man, anyway? What am I going to do?

    Were you there when they crucified my Lord? They were all people just like us, you know. It might just have well have been we who were there, not them. It would all have happened just the same. Were you one of the ones that hadn’t really been paying attention? Were you one of the curious ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Waiting For Jesus

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 1, 2023
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    Don’t wait for angels while waiting for Jesus to return. Be ready for Jesus by being someone’s angel.

    A couple of decades ago there was a really popular television show called Touched by an Angel. How many of you used to watch it? It was pretty good, wasn’t it? It was optimistic and uplifting without being overly sugary or sentimental. So think back. Wouldn’t it be great if, just when you most ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    A Mountain-Top Experience

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 30, 2023
     | 1,067 views

    Whatever comes, the offering up of ourselves to God results in receiving more than ourselves, better than our selves, back again. God has provided the lamb.

    It took a long time for Sarah to forgive Abraham. She knew something was wrong the minute Abraham and Isaac came back from their trip. Sarah hadn’t suspected anything before then; Isaac was almost 13 and spent most of his time with his father and the other men anyway. Every Hebrew mother learned to ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Doubting Abraham

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 28, 2023
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    It is not the size of our faith that matters, it is the infinite faithfulness of God - who gives us faith enough to ask.

    What is faith? The writer to the Hebrews gives us the definition in just a few simple words: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” [Heb 11:1] And then he goes on to list, one after another, the heroes of the faith. Abel, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Samuel, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Get A Life

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 24, 2023
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    The life we get from Jesus, a gift from God through the Holy Spirit, requires cleansing and renewal daily, not just at the beginning.

    This familiar chapter from John’s Gospel is the lectionary text for today, the 2nd Sunday in Lent. It’s a good text, a familiar text, so familiar that when I first wrote it I expected it to be relatively smooth sailing. But it wasn’t. It was a difficult sermon for me to write, partly because it’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Light Breaks

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 24, 2023
     | 864 views

    We cannot look directly at the light of God. So the light came into the world in disguise, so that people would be neither frightened nor blinded.

    How many of you have watched a sunrise? It’s been a long time for me, I’m not a morning person, but I remember some spectacular dawns on camping trips. And years ago when I worked as a hotel night auditor, in Tucson, I often watched the sun rise over the mountains as I walked home in the morning. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Opening Presence

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 24, 2023
     | 607 views

    Jesus Christ is the greatest gift of all. What have you done with this present - his presence?

    When my godchildren were little, I went back to Minneapolis for Christmas every year to see them. I left the Christmas morning service just as soon as Jesus’ birthday cake was cut (I did take a piece to eat in the car) and took off for the airport. The plane was always on time and I got off the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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