"Where Would Jesus Queue?" The title of the article in Economist magazine caught my attention. It was discussing the successful marketing strategy for the...
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Jul 9, 2007 12:21 pm
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I think the story is told of John Wesley. One day he was traveling, by horseback of course, on a narrow path when he encountered a nobleman who blocked his...
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Jul 17, 2007 7:23 pm
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My dear friend Chuck Killian was for many years the professor of preaching at Asbury Seminary. We met there in 1969. I was a first year student with a...
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Jul 23, 2007 2:08 am
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Last Sunday one of the most delightful things happened during baptism. The child I was baptizing kept reaching out for the font, so I just leaned her toward...
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Jul 31, 2007 2:28 pm
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Last's weeks "Monday Memo" concerning the polluting of Lake Michigan generated more response than most of my weekly ruminations. The first, almost immediate...
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Aug 6, 2007 12:16 pm
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A couple weeks ago I mentioned in a sermon one Bishop Fisher who resigned the episcopacy to become the pastor of First Church Ann Arbor. It turns out that he...
Jack Harnish
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Aug 13, 2007 11:48 am
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When my twin brother and I left our small-town Western Pennsylvania world to go to college in the remote wilds of Kentucky, we never knew where it would lead....
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Aug 20, 2007 6:29 pm
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"Back to School" is not just a sales promo, it is a call to prayer. Sure, there are shoes to be bought and backpacks to be filled, but "back to school" marks...
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Aug 27, 2007 11:42 am
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Yesterday we received word of the death of Nancy Wright, the widow of Dr. James Wright who served in Birmingham from 1972 to 1982. Dr. Wright was a powerful...
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Aug 28, 2007 1:52 pm
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This weekend I had a spooky experience. I took my laptop with me to the cottage for the weekend, intending to stay in touch and keep up with business via...
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Sep 4, 2007 9:06 pm
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It was an interesting juxtaposition. Two articles which came out within 24 hours of each other, one in the New York Times and the other in the Detroit Free...
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Sep 10, 2007 12:27 pm
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Here's something really scary. Today is marked on the calendar as "Constitution Day", but I dare say it is one of the least celebrated and most forgotten...
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Sep 17, 2007 11:43 am
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The first prong of our mission statement says we exist to "Gather" persons into the Body of Christ. Yesterday we saw how it works: -One member invited 12...
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Sep 24, 2007 11:32 am
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Here's a mission statement which grabs your attention. My college and seminary friend Don Cummings is the pastor of Mayfield United Methodist Church in Ohio....
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Oct 1, 2007 4:22 pm
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Ok, so maybe it is just a clever way to sell a book and make a buck. Monday's USA Today reported on A.J. Jacobs attempt at "A Year of Living Biblically: One...
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Oct 9, 2007 12:34 pm
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Today the world seems much smaller and much larger and today's memo is unabashedly personal and proud. Last week our architect son Chris packed up all his...
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Oct 15, 2007 12:16 pm
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I seldom link these weekly epistles to the one that went before because of my own doubts about whether anyone would remember what I said last week and because...
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Oct 23, 2007 1:03 am
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Sunday evening, after a full and glorious "Lord's Day", 20 members of your staff piled into the vans and headed up north for a retreat. We are staying at my...
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Oct 30, 2007 12:53 pm
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I've been reading Jeff Petherick's personal faith story titled "Wavelength: Tuning in to God's Voice in a World of Static". Jeff is a son of our congregation...
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Nov 5, 2007 2:21 am
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Yesterday was an incredible day at First Church! It was a joy to have Will Cantrell, our first Duke intern, returning to visit and to know that in some small...
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Nov 12, 2007 11:59 am
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Well, this morning my friend Al Tompkins sent out his memo for journalists with suggestions on how to make Thanksgiving Interactive. For example, he suggests...
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Nov 19, 2007 1:06 pm
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If this is Monday, it must be "Advent By Candlelight" and if today is "Advent By Candlelight", it means I'll be serving in "Advent By Parking Lot Light". The...
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Nov 26, 2007 1:19 pm
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I can't say I remember my first Christmas. It was 1947 in a small house in a small town in Western Pennsylvania which is known only to me in a faded black and...
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Dec 3, 2007 12:58 pm
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One of the themes of Advent that doesn't get alot of attention is the theme of the Second Advent, the Second Coming, the Return of Christ. It's there, of...
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Dec 10, 2007 1:16 pm
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How appropriate that yesterday we would be singing the plaintive and beautiful: In the bleak mid-winter, frosty winds made moan, Earth was hard as iron, water...
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Dec 17, 2007 1:07 pm
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Here is a Memo worth passing on, even if it isn't Monday. So many of our folks are so generous in so many ways, and through our Hunger Ministry, you are...
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Dec 18, 2007 2:48 pm
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Here we are, at the dawn of this wonderful day! I just love it! Folks say "Wow, this must be a busy time for you preachers", and of course, they are right....
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Dec 24, 2007 1:38 pm
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Ok, I thought I was handling this "Grandfather" thing really well. Of course, my "cup overflowed" and I was literally speechless the first time I held that...
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Dec 31, 2007 1:01 pm
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Bring on the below freezing temperatures and the water on my fish pond freezes solid as a rock! I left the pump running, so even through the coldest weather,...
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Jan 7, 2008 1:30 pm
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Just to alert you in advance..we are moving the "Monday Memo" from "yahoogroups" to our own server at First United Methodist Church. This will give us more...
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