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Dennis Shaw is a musician, marathoner (Boston!), retired military officer, math modeler, muse, and United Methodist Pastor. A keen observer of the human condition, he has degrees in music, quantitative methods (don’t ask!), theology and leadership. He will discuss with other leaders how to become engaged and present in our current leadership opportunities. Critical to leadership is strong self-awareness. Becoming authentic, empathetic, and aware will form the framework of all discussions. You can access and follow this podcast on Apple, Podbean, Spotify and Amazon Music.
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Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Gifts of the Spirit, Fruit of the Spirit, Gifts are what you have been given, fruits are what is made manifest by your connection to God. Big ideas: common good, community, trusting the Spirit for others to have gifts I don’t have. GC2019 – Peace is a fruit. Peace will (might?) come if we collectively take a deep, inspiring, breath.
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Scripture: Luke 21: 25-36
Big Idea: Our theme for the day is Waiting Well. The Reformed theologian Jürgen Moltmann speaks of Advent 1 in terms of a title of a book he wrote: "With Theology of Hope… I tried to present the Christian hope no longer as such an 'opium of the beyond' but rather as the divine power that makes us alive in this world."
My view is that there is an end time coming, be about our work, and task. We wait well by being about our tasks, be busy. The reign/kingdom is near and it helps make us alive in our now.
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Scripture Readings: Luke 15: 11-12 (yes, short).
Big idea: God calls on people to serve. I am mindful that the son had a different agenda than serving but what I want to focus on is letting go. The father let go. In today’s world, we are served by many and parents, grandparents, friends, have to let go.
“In the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.” Deepak Chopra
Part of our task is know when to let go, and when to hang on.
Saturday Oct 20, 2018
Saturday Oct 20, 2018
This is the Reverend Tiffany Eddy in her debut sermon at Hilltop. Tiffany is an Elder in the Oklahoma Conference, and spent five years on active duty in the United States Navy. She now lives in Bluffdale, Utah and is participating in Clinical Pastoral Education at St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City.
This was United Methodist Women Sunday. Tiffany spoke to the subject of empowerment! i clipped a smidgen at the end whenTiffany was concluding. Forgive me please.
Monday Sep 03, 2018
Monday Sep 03, 2018
This is August 19, 2018.
Ephesians 6 and Full Armor of God, but rather focused on remembrance. That was the big idea of the day. Remember.
Sunday Jul 08, 2018
Sunday Jul 08, 2018
The leadership principle is pretty simple: There is a God and you are not it! I play with that during the text in different ways, but the real thing is for us to be open the revelation of God in our hearts, but inviting God in. Can we just let God be God and we get out of the way of blocking entrance or even worse perhaps, inviting in, but then not encouraging God to live in all the rooms of the house.
This is the 9:00 AM Service.
Ephesians 3: 14-21. Jan Woodmansee is the liturgist and does the reading.
Thank you to the various commentaries in Feasting on the Word. Wonderful resource.
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
Ephesians 2: 13-22. The second rule is to be grateful and remember those who came before us. We are going to have seven weeks of Ephesians when done.
This was preached on July 1, 2018 right before the July 4th midweek break. I obviously felt we could do both -- secular and sacred.
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Elder Mary Kavila preached on my behalf this June 10th last. Her scripture was Matthew 5: 14-16. As is usual when Mary preaches she brings both gentle understanding and a challenge to the application of the scripture.
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
The Scripture this week was from Old Testament Proverbs, Chapter 7, but the focus was more on the broader topic of faith, family, friends. Played with idea of those three important words. The setting was a borderline baccalureate service for Hilltop graduating students and chose to try and focus on how those hearing the words could use them to help be mentors and coaches.
Friday May 25, 2018
Friday May 25, 2018
This is Acts 10 where Peter is surprised by what God is calling him to do, set aside almost everything he has previously known. What is it that we have previously held as true and God has surprised us with what we need to do?