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Thanksgiving: Generosity = Heart

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2 Cor. 9:6-15 – Generosity is a Matter of the Heart When a carnival came to town, the strongman was one of the most popular attractions.  One of his tricks was to squeeze an orange dry with his bare hand.  He then offered $1,000 to anyone who could manage to squeeze even a single drop […]

Word for today: “Invest”

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Matt 25:14-30 – The Parable of the Talents Good Morning, I want to thank all of those who have been sharing Temple Talks the last few weeks. They have been outstanding!  Thank you for sharing your stories. This morning’s message continues the theme of stewardship. This parable from the gospel of Mathew speaks of a […]

Women, Wells, Water… Wow!

Today is Women’s Thankoffering Sunday! Women who encountered God in very powerful and unexpected ways – that’s the theme of this morning’s three scripture readings. Today we celebrate Women’s Thankoffering Sunday; but I don’t want any of you men to feel excluded. You’ll see that the end of this morning’s journey is the realization that, […]

The Parable of Steadfast Love… Not Sacrifice!

God asks, What sacrifice will it take? Martin Luther, the man whose name is the root of our denominational identity, summed up the mysterious dilemma of our relationship to our creator by declaring that human beings are both “sinner” and “saint.” Not that we bounce back and forth between the two, but that we are […]

Is God violent?

A new look at the parable of the king’s banquet One of the most persistent struggles I have faced in my faith life, is trying to reconcile the places in scripture where it seems as though God is being portrayed as using violence, and yet Jesus’ entire life and ministry bears witness to a God […]