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Month: December 2013

December 30, 2013December 30, 2013shellywhitewood

Who Really Needs Joseph? Sermon on Matthew 2:18-25

Don’t you wonder how the conversation went the next morning when Mary paid a visit to Joseph’s house? However she broke the news that an angel visited her and told her she was going to have a baby. There is no doubt she thought her life was over. What did Joseph say? … “You are […]

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December 30, 2013December 30, 2013shellywhitewood

So That’s, That.

Suddenly, the poinsettia look droopy, the tree is out-of-place, the pants are tighter, the checkbook lighter, the earth quieter and the new calendar busier. I find poetry to be my closest friend in this season of transition, this time of “oh my Lord, I have so much to do….sit still, rest, chill out and….holy cow […]

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December 21, 2013December 24, 2015shellywhitewood

Jesus Who? The Age of Reverent Agnosticism

Earlier this week, a friend of mine sent me a study that said that 50% of Americans don’t think that Christmas is a religious holiday. Another friend sent me a survey that said 47% of Americans don’t trust clergy– the highest percentage since the question was asked! Another friend called and said he attended the […]

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December 14, 2013December 14, 2013shellywhitewood

Prayer on The Drive Home

A poem by Portia Nelson: 1) I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost . . . I am hopeless. It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. 2) I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole […]

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December 6, 2013December 7, 2013shellywhitewood

The Unthinkable: A Sermon for a Suicide

John 20:1-2, 10-18 The Resurrection of Jesus Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and […]

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