Tag Archives: Pentecost

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The ‘Oh, Yeah’ …Of Confrontation

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the 10th and 11th Sundays after Pentecost: Our enemies laugh among themselves. (Psalm 80) The Lord answered him and said, ‘You hypocrites!’ (Luke 13:10-17) Ask a songwriter where they get their material from, and most often they’ll tell you

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The ‘Oh, Yeah’ …Of Contentment

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost: Our heart is glad… (Psalm 33:12-22) Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Luke 12:32-40) The rock group R.E.M. got its start in Athens, Georgia in 1980 after singer Michael Stipe

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The ‘Oh, Yeah’ …Of Gratitude

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: The Lord will give what is good. (Psalm 85) Everyone who asks receives. (Luke 11:1-13) Canadian born singer Alanis Morrisette burst onto the American music scene in the mid-90s with her album Jagged Little

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The ‘Oh, Yeah’ …Of Understanding

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Teach me your paths. (Psalm 25:1-10) Go and do likewise. (Luke 10:25-37) Back in 1991, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released an album called Into the Great Wide Open. Tonight’s first song, “Learning to

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The ‘Oh, Yeah’ …Of Commitment

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Third Sunday after Pentecost: Then I will follow you. (1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21) No one who looks back is fit for the realm of God. (Luke 9:57-62) This morning’s first song is the last number on hit for

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Imagine… A New Future

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings: Go, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth… (1 Kings 21:1-21) Your faith has saved you… (Luke 7:36-8:3) Country singer Brad Paisley was born in West Virginia and wrote his first song at age 12. By the time he was

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The End of the World As We Know It

Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the 25th Sunday after Pentecost: Daniel 12:1-13, Mark 13:1-8 The rock group R.E.M. got its start in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 after singer Michael Stipe and guitarist Pete Buck met at a record store

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Would You Like Fries with That?

Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost: Psalm 104, Mark 10:35-45 Bob Dylan was born May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minn., as Robert Allan Zimmerman. He formed several bands as a teenager, but was discovered in

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Do-It-Yourself Salvation

Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings: 18th Sunday after Pentecost (Year A): Philippians 2:1-13 16th Sunday after Pentecost (Year B): Mark 8:27-38 Our song this morning comes from a country music legend named Tom T. Hall. Born in 1936 in Oak

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God’s Guide to Anger Management

Preached August 9, 2009 at Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, SC Readings for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost: John 6:35-51 Ephesians 4:25-5:2 This morning’s song is from 1982. It was the first major hit for Crosby, Stills and Nash in roughly five