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    Faith-Based Initiative

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 19, 2023
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    Is God pleased with our work if we run out of money in the middle of it? Is God pleased with our ministry if it doesn't seem to be successful? How can we know if we are investing our time and talents in ways that God will approve of?

    I don’t know if the tough decisions our leadership has been wrestling with have trickled all the way down through the congregation yet - though it would surprise me if you haven’t noticed that attendance at worship is down. Well, one of the challenges that goes along with a drop in attendance is a ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Final Score

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 19, 2023
     | 792 views

    So what are you going to get Jesus for his birthday? What do you think he wants most?

    As sometimes happens, this sermon took a different turn after I had named it and put together the bulletin. The initial idea was the issue of this new database that the Defense Department is putting together, that has the civil libertarians up in arms over the loss of privacy. Because no matter how ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Standing By

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 19, 2023
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    Can you stand by, doing nothing, when someone needs only your presence, not your action or your words or even your understnding?

    One of the hardest things in the world to do is - to do nothing. Jesus asked his three closest friends, disciples Peter, James and John, to do just that. Just to stay awake with him. Could you do that? With nothing to busy your hands with, no task to accomplish, nothing to read or plan or analyze ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Biggest Mistake Of All

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 19, 2023
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    Why did the crowd choose Barabbas over Jesus? Does it say something about their priorities - and ours?

    Nathan wished he were anything but here. When he had reported for duty that morning he had no idea what he was getting into. Usually he loved being a temple guard. The pay was good, the duty was light, and the prestige was awesome. The hardest thing he had to do was keep his mouth shut about what ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Surprise Witness

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 19, 2023
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    The account of the Roman soldier who witnessed the death of Jesus and became convinced that Jesus was the son of God.

    Rufus wished he were anywhere but here. He had never wanted to come to Palestine in the first place, every legionnaire in the Empire knew that it was a lousy assignment. No loot, no glory, no chance for advancement. And he couldn’t even get decent duty like chasing bandits in Galilee. No, he had to ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Tomb Is Empty

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 19, 2023
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    The empty tomb is all the evidence we need to prove the central claim of Christianity: the resurrection of Jesus.

    There’s an old joke that people tell about cemeteries when they drive by: ‘How many people are dead in that one?’ the answer, of course, is “All of them.” It’s true, isn’t it? Tombs are for people who have died. The really important ones may be called sepulchres or mausoleums. Some of them are ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Gift Of Tongues

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 17, 2023
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    The confusion of tongues God visited on his people at the tower of Babel is reversed at Pentecost.

    I have to begin this sermon with a confession. I have a weakness for puns. One or two of you may have noticed it, and as faults go it’s not as bad as some. But this week, I have to admit, I gave into temptation. The title of this sermon is a pun. Because I’m not going to talk about what most ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Gone Fishing

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 17, 2023
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    What did the disciples do after Jesus' miraculous resurrection? They went fishing! But this passage teaches us that it’s okay to get on with our lives while waiting for Jesus to make it clear what it is we are to do for him.

    I’ll bet not one of you can tell me exactly what happened to the disciples after that first Easter morning, and in what order. And it’s not surprising. I would have had a hard time putting together a chronology of events if I hadn’t had to preach on the subject, and even then there’s a little ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Question Of Image

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 4, 2023
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    What does it mean to be the image of God? Is it doing or being or a combination of both?

    A few nights ago I attended a Shabbas - Sabbath - celebration at Temple Aaron, a Conservative Jewish synagogue in St. Paul. If you’ve never been to one try to get an opportunity; it’s a wonderful experience. But this one was a little different than most. To celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Distant Relations

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 4, 2023
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    The Samaritan woman recognizes Jesus as the Messiah.

    Good evening. My name is Adah, and I live in a place called Samaria, in Palestine, north of Jerusalem and south of Galilee. We Samaritans have lived there for over a thousand years, ever since our ancestor Jacob settled here and built the well our village gets its water from. Jacob was the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Harvest Time

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 3, 2023
     | 1,720 views

    What are you sowing? What will your harvest be, on the Day of the Lord?

    One of the things I loved about living in South Jersey, where I served my first church, was the fresh peaches. I love peaches even more than I love sweet corn. So as soon as they started appearing, I started buying. And every time I went into the local farmer’s market (Puglia’s) I would just wander ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Let’s Kill The Messenger

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 3, 2023
     | 802 views

    Amos is not well received when he visits Israel and holds a mirror up to their behavior.

    REPORTER Good morning. I am special correspondent Shinon Byorus for the Mesopotamian News Network, coming to you live from Bethel in Israel. Controversy has been stirring here for months around the inflammatory rhetoric from the prophet Amos, who appeared some time ago from Judea with a very harsh ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Spirituality Trap

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Feb 24, 2023
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    We have a tendency to see the shining mountaintop moments or the depths of despair as being the most spiritually significant. But genuine spirituality surfaces - and matures - in the daily decision to forgive, to tell the truth, to resist a temptation or to hold our tongues.

    My mom tells me that when we were little she could dress my sister and me up for church in starched white petticoats and send us out to play in the yard until time to leave for church and be absolutely certain that we wouldn’t have a spot on us. We LOVED to dress up. There was no way we were going ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Close Encounter Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Nov 29, 2022
     | 948 views

    The day of the Lord is indeed near. For us, every day is his.

    Have you ever fantasized about living in some other time in history? What is it about that period that appeals to you? People have often tended to look back at earlier, simpler days with a sort of nostalgia, longing for a time when the mail held nothing worse than unsolicited requests for money or ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Under Authority

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Nov 29, 2022
     | 791 views

    What we perhaps don’t realize is that Christians are also under authority, civilians enlisted in the same cause, fighting evil and promoting the good.

    I was watching an old Humphrey Bogart movie the other night, called Action in the North Atlantic. It was about the merchant marine in WWII, not about the navy. I was particularly interested because my brother Jeremy up in Alaska was in the merchant marine. And then I got even more interested, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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