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It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it

Posted on October 31, 2022 at 9:25 pm by William Hagenbuch / The blog hog / 0

We are coming off a wonderfully mild October that you did notice. “Ah,” we sigh, especially as we remember this past weekend. Here at the start of November 2022, lawn mowers and lawn rakes are about to be put away. (Or they should be put away soon?) Green Thumb…

Sometimes we just need to listen

Posted on October 28, 2022 at 5:14 pm by William Hagenbuch / Sermon Prep / 0

The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” —Matthew 13:10 You won’t find this in scripture, but I imagine Jesus responding to the question by saying, “Some questions are easier to answer than others.” A pause would follow. A glint in his…

Halloween 2022 meets “Christian Treat!”

Posted on October 26, 2022 at 11:47 pm by William Hagenbuch / The blog hog / 0

It’s not what you get, it’s what you give They scurry up your sidewalk carrying excitement along with their orange with black plastic pumpkins laden with candy or other safe sweets from the homes of your neighbors. “Here comes the next batch,” you say to yourself as you stand ready…

The entitlement wagon

Posted on October 21, 2022 at 4:48 pm by William Hagenbuch / Sermon Prep / 0

“Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector!…

Halloween—we can do more

Posted on October 20, 2022 at 12:24 am by William Hagenbuch / The blog hog / 0

“What is wrong with how we’re doing Halloween?” a trusted and valued colleague from my seminary days in Boston recently asked me. The question came with a picture of his family’s house in New England that is thoughtfully and creatively decorated for October 31st. The family’s house is the…

Be careful what you ask for

Posted on October 14, 2022 at 9:25 am by William Hagenbuch / Sermon Prep / 0

A widow of that city came to [the judge] repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy. — Luke 18:3 “But I wanted this,” are words we say to ourselves—our we should say to ourselves—when what we wanted gets wonky, painful or sour. This goes for marriage,…

Christian Treat: inspiration from Mother’s Day and Father’s Day

Posted on October 13, 2022 at 2:51 am by William Hagenbuch / The blog hog / 0

Ann Reeves Jarvis was a Sunday school teacher with a goal to teach women how to care for their children. After one lecture in 1876, Ann prayed that somebody would create a day commemorating mothers for their service for humanity. Twelve-year-old Anna, Ann’s daughter, remembered that lecture. Ann died in…

When you aren’t you

Posted on October 7, 2022 at 2:14 am by William Hagenbuch / Sermon Prep / 0

The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we will also live with him. — 2 Timothy 2:11 Euphoria isn’t an address on another street across town. You live there, too. I get it. I live it. It isn’t all bliss where you live. It isn’t all bliss…

Halloween as it is now meets “Christian Treat”

Posted on October 6, 2022 at 11:47 pm by William Hagenbuch / The blog hog / 0

You may get a kick out of scaring kids. It is somehow fun or funny for some adults to prank kids with fear or, more specifically, to indoctrinate them into ghouls, ghosts and goblins. Like me, you have noticed that this upcoming national holiday is more popular with…

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2022 - October

It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it

Sometimes we just need to listen

Halloween 2022 meets “Christian Treat!”

The entitlement wagon

Halloween—we can do more

Be careful what you ask for

Christian Treat: inspiration from Mother’s Day and Father’s Day

When you aren’t you

Halloween as it is now meets “Christian Treat”

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