Monday, December 19, 2016

Instantly – v3


So many of our troubles
in the defining term, “instantly”,
wanting it now, more, more, ever more
things, gadgets, ways of doing this or that
the religion of the new, the better
as if it was truly important
Claiming our joy, sapping our energies,
losing our focus on the important,
false gods that they are, the urgent,
blinding us to the worthy,
the lasting, even the Divine
caught up in the maelstrom of the moment
this specific instant of time

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edited December 18, 2016
Instantly – v3

(merging edits to version 2 and original)
edited October 26, 2015
Instantly – v2
November 24, 2009
Instantly
Christ the King Sunday
Luke 6:37-38
Psalm 92:1-4
Hymn: “Come, Ye Thankful People Come”,
by Henry Aford,
United Methodist Hymnal, # 694,
based on Mark 4:26-29 (Parable of the Growing Seeds)
and Matthew 13:36-43 (Parable of the Weeds)
& sermon “Defined by Generosity”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
November 22, 2009
His sermon is the final of a four-part series based in part on
Reverend Adam Hamilton (http://www.cor.org/about-resurrection/adam/)’s book,
“Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity” (http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426702334)
&
Luke 12:15-21
and Psalm 16
and “The Prayer of St. Francis”,
United Methodist Hymnal #481;
and sermon, “I Want It All . . .”,
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
November 15, 2009
Her sermon is the third of a four-part series based in part on
Reverend Adam Hamilton (http://www.cor.org/about-resurrection/adam/)’s book,
“Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity” (http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426702334)



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