Follow Me- “We are Disciples and We Make Disciples”
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Follow Me- “We are Disciples and We Make Disciples”

I hope I am not the only person that has been told to “act your age!” Yet, there have been times when that phrase was necessarily applied because I was acting or speaking in a manner that was not very becoming. I believe that this phrase is applicable at times, not just in our ordinary...

Follow Me- “Do Not Love the World”
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Follow Me- “Do Not Love the World”

We continue the sermon series “Follow Me” we are going to be looking at how we follow Christ, in submission to the will of God, in a world hostile to God.  In 1 John 2:15-17, the apostle John gives a warning that we are not to love the world, or the things of the world because...

Follow Me- “We are Dependent Upon the One”
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Follow Me- “We are Dependent Upon the One”

The definition of a cliché is “a hackneyed theme”…Gee, thanks dictionary, now I have to go look up hackneyed! The definition of that word means “lacking in freshness or originality”. So a cliché is in essence a phrase/expression that is lacking in originality. That’s a fairly unappealing descriptor which should make us wonder why we...

Follow Me- “We Worship in Community”
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Follow Me- “We Worship in Community”

In any given generation, there are a number of changes a society witnesses. A few come to mind almost immediately for me: a generation ago who would have dreamed of buying bottled water, or watching a feature movie anywhere but a theatre, or carrying in your pocket a device with more than a million times...

Follow Me- “The Work of a Master Craftsman”
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Follow Me- “The Work of a Master Craftsman”

I drink lots of coffee. And being your standard Lutheran pastor, since I preach in “three’s” I also drink in “three’s”…one pot in the morning, one pot in the afternoon, a one pot in the evening! That said, whenever Gloria invites me to accompany her to a craft show or arts fair I am motivated...

Follow Me- “We are Moved by God’s Love”
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Follow Me- “We are Moved by God’s Love”

“Love” is such an interesting word and emotion…it can make us better, or worse; it can cause us to do stupid things, or beautiful things; it is applied to people, pets, and pizza, and is a common description ascribed to activities and amusements we enjoy. But for one seeking to “Follow Me”, it is a...

Follow Me- “Starting From Scratch”
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Follow Me- “Starting From Scratch”

During my prayer and preparation for this week’s message covering the text of John 3:1-7, a phrase kept popping into my mind: “Starting from scratch.” My Grandma Gen and her home cooking was fondly recalled, as much of what she prepared in the kitchen was from scratch, meaning there were no premade pie crusts, frozen...

Follow Me- “We Hunger for the Word”
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Follow Me- “We Hunger for the Word”

Utopia, the concept of that place of peace and harmony where everyone gets along. Is such a concept even attainable? Well, it depends on where you look and how you understand the concept of peace and harmony. As we continue through our sermon series “Follow Me”, Pastor Dave Ryerson will talk this Sunday about how...

Follow Me- “Follow Me”
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Follow Me- “Follow Me”

One of the special joys of the end of summer is the sharing in the harvest of the garden. As a child growing up near Kearney, Missouri I too had a garden, and in it was planted a single type of seed…Watermelon!! Many an hour was spent indulging in the bounty of that garden, cracking...

Proclaiming the Parables – “Grace Grows in the Vineyard”
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Proclaiming the Parables – “Grace Grows in the Vineyard”

One of the special joys of the end of summer is the sharing in the harvest of the garden. As a child growing up near Kearney, Missouri I too had a garden, and in it was planted a single type of seed…Watermelon!! Many an hour was spent indulging in the bounty of that garden, cracking...