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  • To What End? Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Nov 24, 2022
     | 839 views

    Both the arrogant rich and the suffering poor get the same message: “today is not all there is.”

    Almost every commentator and preacher I looked at while preparing this sermon splits this passage of James into two parts. The first part, v. 1-6, is a discussion of the danger of depending on wealth. The second part, v. 7-11, typically focus on patience. Well, I’m going to buck the trend. Because ...read more

  • More Than A Ritual Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Nov 24, 2022
     | 884 views

    Most of us can’t change ourselves. But God can change us, if we mean it.

    On the night before he was betrayed, Jesus washed his disciples feet. This was a menial task, a task performed only by the very lowest house slave. And his disciples were shocked. They weren’t objecting to having their feet washed - far from it. It was the sort of courtesy a good host would make ...read more

  • Cheap Talk And Free Speech Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Nov 24, 2022
     | 1,277 views

    Words have power. And whether that power accomplishes good or evil depends on where it comes from, and what it is intended to do.

    “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.” You’ve all heard that saying, haven’t you? We’ve probably all used it, in fact - usually when a child comes home from school upset because someone called her a bad name. We do distinguish between words and actions. That is what ...read more

  • Never Enough Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Nov 24, 2022
     | 1,636 views

    Can we recognize God's gifts for what they are?

    Have you ever made a bargain with God? Have you ever said, “God, just get me out of this and I’ll never ask for anything again!” Or “God, if you help me pass this test I’ll come to church every Sunday for a year!” Or “God, if you get me this job I’ll never call in sick again!” If you have, you’re ...read more

  • Let It Shine Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Nov 24, 2022
     | 968 views

    We’re supposed to be light in the world, but not strobe lights or spotlights. We are meant to be little lights - but we are called on to shine. In so much darkness, that’s all that is needed.

    When you were little, did you ever stick a flashlight in your mouth and turn it on? It looked pretty weird, didn’t it. For more weird, there was also a contest for who could make the most horrible grotesque face, you know, the kind that would cause your mother to warn you that if you didn’t ...read more

  • Abandonment Issues Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Nov 24, 2022
     | 1,044 views

    This story places the Israelites’ emotional development pretty squarely in the adolescent stage, because they behaved just like a bunch of teenagers left too long with the keys to the wine cellar.

    How many of you have children? Did you have any idea, while you were painting the nursery and picking out your first set of onesies, how much of your life would get taken over? Children take a huge amount of time and attention. And of course it gets worse when they start to crawl and then to walk ...read more

  • Power Hungry Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Nov 24, 2022
     | 990 views

    Bad things happen. Bad things happen to good people, and bad things happen to bad people. Why?

    POWER HUNGRY Bad things happen. Bad things happen to good people, and bad things happen to bad people. Bad things happen. Sometimes the cause is obvious: greed and hatred, poverty and ignorance, all cause suffering in greater or lesser degrees, and we can point to sin as the reason. But ...read more

  • Faith That Works Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Aug 10, 2011
     | 5,298 views

    What you believe governs what you do; if you don't do what Jesus commands, you don't really believe what he says. Or some other belief is stronger.

    As many of you know, my mother is coming to visit me in a couple of weeks. As a matter of fact, she'll be playing for the Sunday service on the 23rd. And guess what? I'm going to finish emptying out my boxes before she arrives. This is because I know my mother, and I know she'll be here. ...read more

  • Playing Favorites Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Aug 10, 2011
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     | 5,232 views

    Trying to secure our status in God's sight by checking off a list of church activities won't give us enough credit to get away with looking down on our neighbor.

    Mahatma Gandhi wrote in his autobiography that during his student days he read the Gospels seriously and considered converting to Christianity. He believed that in the teachings of Jesus he could find the solution to the caste system that was dividing the people of India. So one Sunday he decided ...read more

  • Walking The Talk Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Aug 7, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,424 views

    God calls us to be the kind of people who both act and speak out of love.

    Our missionaries Bev and Jesse Rich were here two weeks ago, on furlough from Uganda. They spoke briefly during the service, and after the service they showed a video of their ministry and answered our questions. It was all fascinating, God is doing some amazing things there, but one of the ...read more

  • Believing Is Seeing

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Aug 7, 2011
     | 5,165 views

    A skeptical reporter talks to the once-blind Bartimaeus about his encounter with the itinerant preacher Yeshua of Nazareth.

    Good morning. This is The News Hour with Gaius Petronius, bringing you a special report from the Imperial Province of Judea in Palestine on Tuesday, April 9th, in the 16th year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. Today we have a newsmaker interview from Jericho, where the notorious Galilean ...read more

  • Re-Birthday Presents Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Aug 7, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,497 views

    Each one of us needs the gifts of the others in the body for our own wholeness, as well as for the health and optimal functioning of the whole church. And all of these gifts are to be used in love.

    How many of you can remember building things when you were little? At my house we had Lincoln logs and tinker toys and cedar blocks, and I could spend all day building houses. I always envied the kids who had Meccano sets, you know, the metal strips with holes in them that you could put together ...read more

  • Family Ties

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Aug 7, 2011
     | 3,640 views

    How can Christians be united when there are so many things we can’t agree on? That is the wrong question. The real question is, how can we imagine that any of these human differences can break the unity among us that God has already created?

    Do you know what the Zen Buddhist said to the hot dog vendor? "Make me one with everything." English is a remarkably flexible language. You can play wonderful games with it. "Make for me one hot dog with everything on it" is a far cry from "to become One with everything," which is the Buddhist ...read more

  • Protective Clothing Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 28, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,090 views

    Only the armor of God can prevail against the great lie that there is no truth outside our own experience.

    I've spent a good part of this week since coming back on vacation catching up on the mail - sorting things, answering letters and reading. I subscribe to a lot of publications; probably about half are directly related to religious issues; the rest are mostly news or public policy oriented. I ...read more

  • Lawful Authority Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 25, 2011
     | 3,414 views

    Some authority is built into the fabric of God's very creation, and our response to earthly authority - whether we wield it or submit to it - reflects our acceptance of God's authority.

    Many scholars and preachers treat today's passage as an extension of last week's exhortation for husbands and wives to submit to one another. They call the section between chapter 5 verse 21 and chapter 6 verse 9 "house codes." Paul almost certainly drew from well-known early Christian teachings ...read more

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