The deliberate inversion
of the standard order
whom Christ defined as blessed,
happy -
those who are cursed,
shunned now, ostracized,
in our culture, in society.
Shocking us, off our pins, our
understanding,
forcing us to reconsider, to adjust,
stopping to read these words
how we are to live, in our freedom,
as Christ’s followers, as believers,
claiming His kinship
as true children of God.
Do we measure up,
are we faithful, really,
able to claim these blessings
in our nation, as a people;
on this day of our freedom
flinging off the yoke of oppression
taking on the mantle of these saints
those who walked before us.
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edited
March 31, 2015
Shocking
Us – v5
(editing
version 3)
edited March 19, 2015
Shocking Us – v4
(editing
version 3)
edited
March 14, 2015
Shocking
Us – v3
(merging
edits to original and version 2)
edited
February 14, 2015
Shocking
Us – v2
July
4, 2010
Shocking
Us
edited
March 13, 2015
Not
to power but to mercy – v2
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July
11, 2010
Flawed
in Our Selfishness
Isaiah
43:18-21
Genesis
1:1-2:4
(read
responsively by the congregation,
speaking
the words of God)
John
13:34-35 (Call to Worship)
Worship
Theme: “Church is a verb, not a noun.”
and
sermon, “Changing the Dictionary, Changing Lives”
by
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook
United Methodist Church
Suncook,
NH
July
11, 2010
Seventh
Sunday after Pentecost
&
July
8, 2010
Truer
Blessing
Luke
10:29-37
Luke
10:25-28
Luke
10:25-37
The
Good Samaritan
&
Luke
10:1-11, 16-20
Alive
Now Daily Reflections
for
July 5, 2010 to July 11, 2010
by
Nancy Ferguson (You can visit her website at www.BlueTreeResources.org)
for
July 7, 2010
July
7, 2010
&
July
4, 2010
Oppression
Still
July
4, 2010
Free
to be Yoked with You
July
4, 2010
Free
to Serve You
July
3, 2010
Guided
in Our Freedom
July
3, 2010
Living
in Our Freedom
July
3, 2010
Our
Sense of Freedom
July
3, 2010
Which
freedoms do we value
July
4, 2010
The
Responsibility of Freedom
Alive
Now Daily Reflections
for
June 28, 2010 to July 4, 2010
by
Nancy Ferguson (You can visit her website at www.BlueTreeResources.org)
for
July 4, 2010, read July 4, 2010
&
2
Kings 5:1-14
Psalm
30
Luke
10:16-20
Galatians
6:7-10
Psalm
36:5-10 (United Methodist Hymnal #771)
Worship
Theme: “The high cost of freedom”
and
sermon, “The Cost of Freedom”
by
Pastor Ruth L. Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Suncook
United Methodist Church
Suncook,
NH
July
4, 2010
=====
July
4, 2010
Shocking
Us
July
4, 2010
The
Pursuit of Blessedness
July
4, 2010
The
Pursuit of True Happiness
July
4, 2010
A
Christian Manifesto
July
3, 2010
written
as a series of poems:
Not
to power but to mercy
-
“Not to the proud but to the
humble”
Matthew
5:3
-
Not to the full but to the empty”
Matthew
5:4
-
“Not to the joyful but to those who sorrow”
Matthew
5:5
-
“Not to the proud but to the humble”
Matthew
5:6
-
Not to the silent but to the gadflies”
Matthew
5:7
-
“Not to power but to mercy”
Matthew
5:8
-
“Not to the world but to the creator”
Matthew
5:9
-
“Not to war but to peace”
Matthew
5:10
-
Not to the Timid but to the persecuted”
Matthew
5:11
-
Not to be praised but to be ridiculed”
July
3, 2010
Radically
Different
July
3, 2010
Challenging
Our Understanding
July
3, 2010
Changing
Our Perspective
July
3, 2010
Our
Happiness Recast
July
2, 2010
Living
as a Blessing
July
2, 2010
These
words of Christ
July
2, 2010
Beatitudes
on the Fourth
July
2, 2010
Our
Happiness
Matthew
5:1-13
Beatitudes
and
email, “Notes from Peter” (Hey)
received
July 1, 2010
“This
Sunday my sermon is titled
“Pursuing
More Than Happiness,”
and
it is based on Matthew 5:1-13.
If
you have a few minutes to read
this
passage of scripture prior to attending the service,
you
might get a little more out of the sermon.
In
this sermon, I want to challenge us all
to
live with greater intentionality and to find
deeper
levels of meaning
for
our lives. Instant gratification can be the
enemy
of faithful living.
Intentionality
is the path to blessedness.”
Wesley
United Methodist Church
Concord,
NH
July
4, 2010
Independence
Day
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