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    Spring Forward

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 31, 2023
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    There’s a surprising freedom that comes from following God unto the unknown. Enjoy it.

    If you look back on the last 10 to 50 years the amount of change we have experienced in this country is pretty staggering, isn’t it. From propeller planes to space shuttles, from Ozzie and Harriet to Ozzie Osborne, from the Cold War to the War on Terror. But at least we’ve had the same government, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Out Of Control

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 31, 2023
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    Happy are we whose God is the maker of Heaven and Earth, because we do not have to bribe him to take care of us.

    Pete and Laura had been married 12 years, 7 months and 13 days when Pete told Laura he wanted a sex change operation. He told her that he had always felt that he was really a woman trapped in a man’s body, and that he could no longer go on living as a man. Laura couldn’t understand. How could she? ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Looking For Comfort

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 31, 2023
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    God's coming does not depend on us. In fact, He has already come. And the only things we have to do to receive him are the same three things Isaiah told the people of Israel so long ago.

    I got a recording of the Messiah for my 20th birthday. That was the summer after I dropped out of my first college; I was living at home getting ready to go to my second one and trying to make some kind of sense out of my life. There was no way on earth I could make sense out of anybody else’s. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Blossom Time

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 30, 2023
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    Love and life are two sides of the same coin, that where love is life springs up, and life is a sign that love has been there.

    This week the flowers decorating the altar are poinsettias. Do you know why? Pepita was a poor Mexican girl who had no gift to present the Christ Child at Christmas Eve services. As she walked to the chapel with her cousin Pedro, her heart was filled with sadness rather than joy. “I am sure, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Between The Times

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 30, 2023
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    It is possible to live praising God even before we see his promised redemption.

    At one point while preparing this sermon I was tempted just to read the article I picked for my closing illustration and sit down. It’s a sermon in itself, and illustrates exactly what I had to say about this passage of Isaiah. But after thinking it over, I felt that the least I could do was ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Dancing With Wolves

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 30, 2023
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    The peace that Isaiah speaks of, the peace Jesus brings us, comes only when both the wolf and the lamb come at his call and obey his commands.

    Everybody wants peace. Well, almost everyone. We all know people who are never happier then when they’re in the middle of a crisis, and of course there are terrorists and other people who try to get what they want by violence. But even those would probably say that they too want peace. It’s just ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Who Calls?

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 30, 2023
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    Hearing and answering God's call has four parts in two pairs. We need to recognize who God is, and who we are, and after being cleansed, we must respond.

    Do you ever screen your calls? By that I mean do you look to see who’s calling before you answer? I answer most of my calls right when they happen unless it’s tagged “scam likely” or I’m driving (I haven’t hooked up my Bluetooth yet) or if the phone is in the other room or if I accidentally left it ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Grounds For Divorce

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 28, 2023
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    God’s love song to Israel turned into the opening argument in a divorce court. Don't let that happen to you.

    Lawsuits are very much in the news nowadays, especially in our nation’s capital. People are suing each other for every reason you can imagine, even over political and religious differences. You can’t keep track of who’s accusing whom of what without a score card, and even that has to be updated ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Visions Of Sugar Plums

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 28, 2023
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    God has a role for his people to play, but it is not the role of conqueror, as most had expected. They will be influential in the world only by serving and witnessing to the nations.

    How many of you occasionally fantasize about winning the lottery? You can spend a lot of time making lists of worthy causes and deserving relatives and fabulous vacations and your dream house. In fact, most of us have dreams we play with when reality gets to be just a little too much for us. When I ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Following The Crowd

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 26, 2023
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    The crowd in Jerusalem that day was made up of ordinary people, people like you, people like me.

    I wonder how many people in the crowd who shouted for Barabbas had also been in the crowd that shouted “Hosanna” a week before. Crowds had followed Jesus throughout his ministry. Crowds pushed their way into the little house in Capernaum so that the only way a paralyzed man could get to Jesus was ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Give And Take

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 26, 2023
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    Givers trust in God, rather than in themselves; they are focused outward. Takers have not learned to trust in God and focus on their own needs.

    Anybody remember the televangelist scandals of the 80’s? Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Oral Roberts and his highly publicized plea for - what was it, $8 million? - to keep God from striking him dead. Remember the uproar in all the secular news media and the shame felt by so many evangelicals at being ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    What Is This Thing Called Love?

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 26, 2023
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    What is love, that we should know when we have it? Is love a feeling? a right? an instinct? What is love?

    Some enchanted evening you will meet a stranger across a crowded room. Neither of you has a clue what the other is like. But your heart rate goes up and your imagination goes into overdrive and, well, you know how it goes, right? Happily ever after is just around the corner. Is this love? On her ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Downwardly Mobile

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 25, 2023
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    Jesus isn’t saying that ambition is a bad thing, or that they/we shouldn’t aspire to be great. He’s telling them/us that true greatness is something else.

    Ann Henderson came home from her doctor’s appointment looking much the same as usual. Maybe she was a little quieter, but not enough to cause comment. The whole family was home for dinner that night, for once. She was grateful. She would only have to say it once. She waited for a moment when nobody ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Your Money Or Your Life?

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 25, 2023
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    Jesus asks us to hold ALL of God’s gifts lightly, to be ready to give them up, if necessary, to follow him. But it’s hard. And the more you have, the harder it is.

    Do any of you remember the story of the poor fisherman and his wife, who caught a magic fish, who granted them 3 wishes? Or Aladdin and his wonderful lamp (not the Disney version)? Or all the other fairy tales involving magic and wishes and unexpected consequences? When I was young I used to spend ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Sticking Together

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 22, 2023
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    Without God, the covenant of marriage is no more than a contract. But with his help, marriage can grow into what God designed it to be at creation.

    When I was a freshman in college, at George Washington U in Washington DC, I worked in the reference library re-shelving books three afternoons a week. One afternoon in late spring I heard a sort of a distant bell-ringing sound, but didn’t really pay any attention to it, until I noticed that half ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed