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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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Sunday Sep 23, 2018
Sunday Sep 23, 2018
Pentecost 17: 18.09.23
James 3:13 - 4:8a
Pastor Dennis “Big Idea”:
I decided to take to the area of which wolf will you feed? Which wisdom will you honor? Played with the idea of what it means to be "all in". Sometimes it means you are exhausted or tired. But other times, it means, I am totally with this. I am "all" in. No guilt. No shame. But at the same time, where are you?
Revealed this service my financial contribution to the church. Not for guilt, or shame, but to show Marilyn and I are all in.
Sunday Four of Five Straight RCL Sundays on James
3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth. 15 Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish. 16 For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. 18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.
4:1 Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you? 2 You want something and do not have it; so you commit murder. And you covet something and cannot obtain it; so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures….
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8a Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
Thursday Apr 12, 2018
Thursday Apr 12, 2018
Text: Exodus 20:1-17
On the third Sunday in Lent we take a look at the two tables known as Ten Commandments.
Tablet One deals with loving God.
Tablet Two deals with loving our neighbors.
The call for the Christian is to keep these two callings ever before us. As we love the LORD our God with all of our heart, mind, soul and strength, we will then live such lives that allow us to love and affrim our neighbors.