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

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/instantly-v2.html

November 24, 2009

Instantly

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post_24.html

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 . . .”,

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/11/sermon-i-want-it-all-by-pastor-ruth-l.html

by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

http://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/

“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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