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Sermon - "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", by Pastor Ruth L. Foss, Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH 11/29/09
Ruth FossSuncook United Methodist ChurchNovember 29, 2009Isaiah 2:1-4 ESV BibleThe Lord be with youAnd also with youLet us...
 
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May we be the means
Hearing the words of the first church,of God’s infinite love, continuingbut also, hearing the harder wordsof Deuteronomy, a...
 
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Heed the Words
The congregation, in our amens, the waving hands, the nodding headsthe hearts smiling, in his words,a prayer for our country,...
 
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Becoming Proud
“Becoming Proud”so true of our lives, our societyour abundance, our wealthas if all of these were ours aloneour sweat, our...
 
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How Much We Need God
If only, in this seasonAdvent coming, that we would rememberthat we would truly understandthat we would truly believehow much...
 
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Fooling Ourselves
drinking the opiate of wealththe self-made man philosophyHoratio Alger story of our agea lie, a false idol, man rising as...
 
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The Words of Deuteronomy
The words of Deuteronomyuttered with passionoverlaid on our timesa warning for this ageas surely as for that timeIn this age of...
 
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Back to Relationship
A mirror on this agea call back to relationshipour society teeteringon the edge of the abyssPride in ourselvesin our own...
 
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Hope
Hope, even within our singrace, the faithfulness of Godable to heal us allwhen we stray,when our pridegets in the waythe...
 
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Return
The ancient wisdomwords so long agocalling us stillto let go of the worldreturning to GodOur whole selvesthe falseness of our...
 
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Following the World
If we continue,following the worldoff the cliff, into the abyssoblivion, away from the covenant,the commandments, the...
 
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Mercenaries in the Consumer Wars
Each of us complicitpart of the problemgrowing an army of shoppersmercenaries versed, well armed and trainer,in the consumer...
 
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Consumption Like Locusts
insanity, madness, beyond all reasonthe consumer societyon full overloadthe turning, away from the worldlost in the frenzy, the...
 
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Searching for Welcome
His hand, his heart outstretchedoffering welcome, friendshipto each one of uswalking the new neighborhoodthe main street of the...
 
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Looking for Grace
in his coming toward me,feeling that I should stopset down my toolswelcome him, his sonto this placethis foreign landthis...
 
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Face to Face with Christ
like the message,the story in the devotionI was touched by the relationshipconnection in meeting this mansomething like the...
 
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Creation in Our Hands
God gave us creationinto our trembling handsto nurture, to cherisha sacred trust to manour dominion balancedto love the blessed...
 
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Purposeful
Purposeful, mindfulin the way we walk this earthtemporary residents are all we are;Not owners of the worldto use, destroy,...
 
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Mindful
Ever must we be mindfulthe consequence of our actionsthe ripples spreading outwardwashing on distant shoresWhat we consume...
 
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Instantly
So much of our troublesthe defining term, instantly,wanting it now, more, more, ever morethings, gadgets, ways of doing this or...
 
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Not the Religion
not the religion, not the name we claimproof of our humanity, our belief in lovein the way we life, in what we dohow we walk on...
 
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Our Footprints on the Earth
We, humankindfootprints on the earthglobal consequences to our choiceswhether divinely made of cosmic dustcoalesced into our...
 
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Stewards of the Earth – 2
Stewards, noble, watching overnot consumers, eating, usingplunder, pillaging, rapethe land, the earth, oursgiven to nurture and...
 
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Our Call – haiku
Each one answeringa separate call from Godto serve with our giftsOctober 26, 2009Isaiah 40:28-31 (Call to Worship)Matthew...