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  • Where Is Your Comfort Zone?

    Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Aug 30, 2022
     | 3,514 views

    Are we stuff in our 'comfort zone' or willing to step out of it to follow Jesus?

    There is a popular term that I would like us to consider: “comfort zone.” A person’s comfort zone refers to any place where the person feels comfortable, safe, free from threat or even challenge. Life there is marked by ease and familiarity. It’s natural to like one’s comfort zone, but most of us ...read more

  • Knowing Your Place

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Aug 31, 2022
     | 3,393 views

    A sermon for the Sunday following Pentecost, Year C, Lectionary 22

    August 28, 2022 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Luke 14:1, 7-14 Knowing Your Place Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. A small commercial plane was carrying only four passengers: a doctor, a trial lawyer, a minister and a ...read more

  • "go Tell Somebody”

    Contributed by Virgil D Taylor on Nov 3, 2022
     | 5,449 views

    People of God it’s impossible to have a real encounter with God and stay the same and not want to tell somebody.

    Point:1 (Why it’s important) Point#2 (It’s important that you tell somebody) Point#3 (Somebody is waiting on you) Song: Lift Him Up Beloved Jeremiah said it's like fire shut up in my bones. Child God if the Holy Spirit is in you, you're going to want to tell somebody about the Lord Jesus. ...read more

  • Twenty-Second Sunday In Ordinary Time, Cycle Or Year C-- Table Talk: Take The Lowest Place

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jul 30, 2022
     | 1,883 views

    It’s easier to ignore people at rectangular tables.

    Recently there was a man from Ireland who became an internet sensation for a silly mistake he made while on vacation. This gentleman was visiting Las Vegas for the first time. So he borrowed his son’s GoPro camera, put it on a stick, and walked all over the Las Vegas Strip. He was filming all the ...read more

  • "the Importance Of Humility" Series

    Contributed by John Bright on Jun 22, 2023
     | 2,009 views

    Working through the Gospel of Luke using consecutive expository preaching. Teaching sheet included at end of text.

    "The Importance of Humility" Luke 14:7-14 Pastor John Bright Luke 14 7 When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: 8 “When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than ...read more

  • One Lord, One Church, One Banquet

    Contributed by Les Buttolph on Oct 2, 2023
     | 1,759 views

    Celebrating Worldwide Communion

    As the first Sunday of October, today is not only our regular Communion Sunday, it’s Worldwide Communion Sunday for Christians around the world. (Our Communion table is arrayed with different types and colors of bread symbolizing the worldwide Church’s diversity.) It’s a day to celebrate the ...read more

  • They Watched Him And He Watched Them

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Feb 13, 2025
     | 1,296 views

    A questionable missionary visited a pastor asking for financial support.

    • The pastor asked the man “What group are you associated with?” • The man replied, “I belong to the invisible church.” • The pastor then asked, “Well, what church are you a member of!” • Again, he got the answer, “I belong to the invisible church!” • Getting a bit suspicious, the pastor ...read more

  • We Share In Christ's Pain On The Cross

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 28, 2025
     | 125 views

    when someone is murdered, it catches all of us up short, and when the violence is carried out on children, especially as they are praying on the second day of school, no words can ever suffice to bring us back to anything like normalcy.

    Twenty-second Sunday in Course 2025 Humility, yes. I suspect that many preachers in this country have been humbled by the recent events at a Catholic church and school in Minneapolis last week. Typically we work hard on a homily for some days and often feel proud of our work when we come to the ...read more

  • Twenty-Second Sunday In Ordinary, Year C: Humility

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Aug 29, 2025
     | 161 views

    The crucified and resurrected body of Jesus thus represents the ultimate paradox’ and provides the necessity for disability. Jesus became so completely identified in his life and teaching with the lowest place, not only in the Eucharist by being disguised as the poor.

    Imagine this situation, if you will: a husband comes home from work on a Friday afternoon, as he drives into the driveway, he sees that there is a rented tent in the back yard. Under the tent are tables and chairs for about forty people. A bandstand and dance floor are assembled in one corner of ...read more

  • Xxii Domingo Ordinario,--Año C: La Humildad--Cuando Des Una Comida O Una Cena.

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Aug 29, 2025
     | 92 views

    El cuerpo crucificado y resucitado de Jesús representa, por lo tanto, la paradoja suprema y proporciona la necesidad de la discapacidad.

    “Cuando des una comida o una cena, no invites a tus amigos, ni a tus hermanos, ni a tus parientes, ni a los vecinos ricos… invita a los pobres, a los lisiados, a los cojos y a los ciegos; y así serás dichoso, porque ellos no tienen con qué pagarte; pero ya se te pagará, cuando ...read more

  • Go! And Welcome Everyone: The Gospel Of Radical Hospitality Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Aug 30, 2025
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     | 314 views

    The church is not called to be a museum of the like-minded—it is called to be a home for the broken, a family for the lonely, a refuge for the lost. And if that makes us uncomfortable—that’s the point!

    Go! And Welcome Everyone: The Gospel of Radical Hospitality Introduction – A Question That Opens the Door Let me start with a question: Who do you struggle to welcome? Is it the person who doesn’t fit your idea of “respectable”? The one who votes differently? Dresses differently? Worships ...read more

  • Mind Your Manners (Be A Servant To All)

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Aug 31, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 395 views

    My mother instilled in us to have good manners. Stand up when a women approaches the table. Eat with your moth Closed. The Lord also is calling us to have a manners the manners of a Servant. Jesus came to be not just a servant but a servant of all. Yield to have such a heart.

    Have you ever dined at a fancy restaurant ... or at someone's home ... and felt a little ... uncomfortable? President Calvin Coolidge ... invited some friends from Vermont ... to dine with him ... at the White House. They were extremely ... nervous. And were concerned ... about the correct ...read more

  • Humility

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Sep 1, 2025
     | 122 views

    Jesus tells us that humility one day will be exalted but those who exalt themselves will be humbled.

    Luke 14:7–14 “Humility” 1. Jesus basically says we can do better he desires humility and uses the example of seats. When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of 10But when you are invited, take the lowest place 11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he ...read more

  • Table Talk Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 5, 2025
     | 363 views

    If you want to gain the respect of others and even God Himself, put compassion above criticism, put others above yourself, and put giving above receiving.

    The senior pastor of a large church walked into the sanctuary alone and felt an overwhelming sense of God's holiness. He went to the front, knelt down at the altar rail, and began to beat himself on the chest, crying out, “Oh Lord, I am nothing!” A few moments later, the associate pastor ...read more

  • Watch You Seat

    Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Sep 7, 2025
     | 247 views

    Big Idea Jesus says real greatness isn’t grabbing the best seat—it’s how we treat the people others overlook.

    Be Careful of Being Big Time Watch You SEAT Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost — August 31, 2025 Text: Luke 14:1, 7–14; Hebrews 13:1–2 (NRSVue) Big Idea Jesus says real greatness isn’t grabbing the best seat—it’s how we treat the people others overlook. “For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, ...read more