Sermons - Milagro Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Sermons - Milagro Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

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  • Waiting and Hoping
    We rarely think about the waiting itself. But it’s not the THING that
    changes us.
    It’s the waiting that changes us.
    Toward the end of the novel, someone wonders…we’ve given up almost a year
    of our lives for one or two hours of enjoyment. Was it worth it?
    “well,” answers another. “this year hasn’t been that  much different than
    the rest. Just a whole lot of nothing, but now you can look forward to an
    hour or two of happiness.
    “but what if it doesn’t’ live up to the hype? What if the concert doesn’t’
    live up to its promise.
    What then?? Won’t we look foolish?
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  • You're Welcome
    Sometimes we think that our accomplishments happen solely because of our
    own cleverness and skill. And we need to remind ourselves from where our
    many gifts and talents and abilities actually come. And we need to remind
    ourselves that we cannot do this life thing alone. We need people, we need
    God. So, saying thank you to people helps them know we realize we need them
    and saying thank you to God helps us realize we need God.
    And when we take time to acknowledge those things for which we are grateful
    with a little prayer of thanks, we more deeply understand that god really
    does want the best for us. God really does want us to be happy, and
    joy-filled, and be free of resentment and anger and fear and anxiety.
    “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your
    hearts and your minds”
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  • This New Thing
    We need to do the work so that no child dies of a curable disease brought
    on by contaminated water or contaminated food. We need to do the work so
    that no child dies of starvation.
    We need to do the work so that people can afford healthcare so that they
    can live into the fullness of their lives.
    We need to do the work of making sure that income disparity doesn't consign
    someone to a life of slavery. we need to do the work so that if somebody
    works to build a house -- they will be able to purchase a house. We need to
    do the work so that the people that labor in our fields and are farmlands
    will be able to afford the food that's produced. We need to be able to do
    the work so that factory workers will be able to purchase the goods that
    they make.
    We need to do the work of practicing mercy, bringing justice and bringing
    peace so that making one person secure doesn’t depend on the death of
    another.
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  • Change Is Coming
    Do I know what resurrection looks like? Nope.
    Do I believe resurrection is real? You bet.
    The 6th anniversary of my grandmother’s death was on Halloween. Quite a few
    months ago, my mom and I were going through some of her clothes, trying to
    decide what could be given to family members, what could be given to thrift
    stores.
    In almost every pocket of every shirt or suit coat, we found a Kleenex and
    a lifesaver. Peppermint. Sometimes spearmint, but most often peppermint. Of
    course these discoveries let to shared memories and laughter and she felt
    as much a part of that room that day as she did when she was standing right
    in the middle of it.
    Resurrection is all around us, in the here and now.  It’s not some distant,
    far away place. Resurrection happens every day and we can see it if we take
    the time to look.
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  • Trying To See
    I met him in the middle of the week that my seminary class visited the
    US/Mexico border.  On that first day, when we were given our schedules, I
    saw that at some point we were going to talk to Rob, a Border Patrol agent
    who lives in Douglas, Arizona and patrols the US/Mexican border between his
    town and Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico.
    Now, a couple of days prior we’d heard from people that had run-ins with
    border patrol agents, who’d been arrested by them, who’d had family members
    killed by them. We’d seen that big, ugly, hugely ineffective “fence” in
    Nogales, and then another differently built but equally useless and
    wasteful fence in Cochise County.  We’d heard about the conditions in
    detention centers and how the border patrol agents would turn the AC on
    when it was cold out and turn the heat up when it was hot. How rather than
    hand food to the detainees,  they would throw packages of crackers and
    peanut butter to those they’d arrested and put in cages to await
    deportation.
    So, yeah, when we finally got to meet Rob, I knew all about him just by his
    title. Rob V.  -- Border Patrol Agent.
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  • Always Reforming
    And still today we have beliefs that we hold so precious that any
    expression to the contrary is seen as heretical. And we still cling to
    practices that do more to keep people out than they do to welcome people
    in. So, I want you to think about all those things you’ve been told about
    God, all those ideas that are really the thoughts of people, projected onto
    God to give them some air of legitimacy. And instead of thinking about what
    you DO believe about God, consider what you DON’T believe about God.  Write
    it down on that piece of paper. What is that one thing about God you’ve
    been told that doesn’t fit with your understanding?
    I do not believe that God wills children to go hungry
    For some of us, this disconnect between what we think about God and what
    we’ve been told about God can almost make us want to stop believing. “If
    that’s what God is, then I cannot believe in God.”
    I do not believe that God is opposed to us asking questions.
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    Special thanks to Phil Snider and Emily Bowen and their book, Toward a
    Hopeful Future, for the inspiration for this sermon and the activity in
    worship.
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