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Prep for Pentecost
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Jack Levison
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Pentecost Came Like Wildfire I’m lying on an ice pack early this morning, doing my back exercises and listening to Pray as You Go , a tool for meditation, with monastery bells, music, and a Bible re...
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Preparing for Holy Week Events
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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois
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Zechariah 9:9, Psalm 118:26, Zechariah 53:5-6, Matthew 21:1-11, Psalm 118:1-29
Pastor: The grace of our Lord + Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. People: Amen. Pastor: Blessed is He who comes in the name of th...
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Phillips Brooks
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Isaiah 7:14, Genesis 12:1-3, John 4:25-26
It was not suddenly and unannounced that Jesus came into the world. He came into a world that had been prepared for Him. The whole Old Testament is the story of a special preparation. . . . Only when ...
liturgy

Traditional Ash Wednesday Service
Keywords
- Ash Wednesday
Scripture

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17, Isaiah 58:1-12, Psalm 103:, Psalm 51:1-17, 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
This is a traditional Ash Wednesday service focused on a penitent and reflective beginning of Lent. It features traditional collects, an invitation to a holy Lent, and a confession structured as a lit...
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Preaching Lent 2026: Balancing Repentance and Grace
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The Pastor's Workshop
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Psalm 51:, Psalm 121:, Romans 5:
Do you detect a little discomfort in your congregation when it comes to Lent? Maybe you feel it, too? We dedicate a whole season to repentance, confession, and spiritual disciplines like fasting, lead...
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All Saints' Day Liturgy and Prayers: Two Options for Your Church
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The Pastor's Workshop
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I wouldn’t be surprised if, as a Protestant pastor, you approach All Saints’ Day with a little unease. After all, because Protestant churches tend not to have a special class of canonized exemplars ...
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Maundy Thursday
Author

The Pastor's Workshop
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John 13:1-17, 31b-35, Philippians 2:3-11
"Maundy" What? Maundy Thursday takes its name from the Latin version of John 13:34: "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are ...
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In our prayers this morning, when I
Author

Richard Herman
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Scripture

Isaiah 40:11, Isaiah 52:7, 1 Corinthians 12:4-6, Micah 4:3-4, Ephesians 2:14
In our prayers this morning, when I say, “Lord of all glory,” please respond by saying “Hear our prayer”. Lord of all glory... hear our prayer . Our God speaks tenderly to His people and cares for th...
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The Lord calls us to examine the wounds
Author

Richard Herman
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John 20:19, John 20:27
The Lord calls us to examine the wounds of the Risen One and to see there the depth of his love for us. Let us therefore approach the throne of God in confidence as we pray for the people of God in Ch...
liturgy

Think of a moment when someone that you
Author

Ann Siddall
Keywords
- Easter
Think of a moment when someone that you least expected to see suddenly stands before you. A moment when something you’d lost is found again and you can scarcely believe your eyes. Think of a mome...
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Author

John Henry Newman
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Christ is already in that place of peace, which is all in all. He is on the right hand of God. He is hidden in the brightness of the radiance which issues from the everlasting throne. He is in the ver...
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“But I Don’t Want to Die”
Author

Mark D. Roberts
Keywords
- Ash Wednesday
- Death
Scripture

Genesis 3:19, Romans 6:23
My friend Tim is a manager of a small company. Because he often hires people for their first full-time job, he gets to tell new employees about their benefits. One time, Tim was trying to explain to a...
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Recovering a Vision and the Taste of the New Life
Author

Alexander Schmemann
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“…the liturgical traditions of the Church, all its cycles and services, exist, first of all, in order to help us recover the vision and the taste of that new life which we so easily lose and betray, s...
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John The Baptist: Advent in Character
Author

Fleming Rutledge
Keywords
- Advent
The premier personage of Advent is John the Baptist. When he appears on the banks of the Jordan, the cover-ups come to their appointed end. Two thousand years before all the Watergates, Irangates, a...
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Author

Chris Rice
Keywords
- The Incarnation
- Christmas
Scripture

Luke 2:6-7, Matthew 8:16-17, Isaiah 53:5, Luke 2:34-35, Matthew 2:11, Matthew 2:13-15, Matthew 26:26-28
Fragile finger sent to heal us Tender brow prepared for thorn Tiny heart whose blood will save us Unto us is born
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Sermon Illustration Tuesday (11/20/18)
Author

Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.
Keywords
- Anger
- Christmas
Scripture

Proverbs 15:18, Ephesians 4:2-3, Matthew 5:9, Philippians 2:3-5, Luke 10:25-37, Romans 12:17-21, Colossians 3:12-13
Just before Christmas, my whole family piled into our kid-moving vehicle and rushed to the nearest mall to grab some last minute Christmas presents before dashing to a holiday party. As usual, we were...
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A Sign of Consolation
Author

Billy Graham
Keywords
- The Holy Spirit
- Pentecost
Scripture

Galatians 5:22-23, Romans 8:26-27, Acts 10:44-46, John 14:26, John 14:16-17, John 3:5-8
Many years ago a great Arctic explorer started on an expedition to the North Pole. After two long years in the lonely northland, he wrote a short message, tied it under the wing of a carrier pigeon, a...
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Author

John Donne
Keywords
- Advent
Scripture

Luke 2:25-32, John 1:9-14, Titus 2:13
The church prepares our devotion before Christmas Day with four Sundays in Advent, which bring Christ nearer and nearer to us and remind us that he is coming to enable us by a further examination of o...
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Author

Henri J. M. Nouwen
Keywords
- Advent
- Anticipation
The church set aside this four-week pre-Christmas season as a time of spiritual preparation for Christ’s coming. It is a time of quiet anticipation. If Christ is going to come again into our hearts, t...
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Which Advent Do We Prepare For?
Author

J. Neil Alexander
Keywords
- Advent
- Preparation
Scripture

Isaiah 9:2, 6-7, Isaiah 40:3-5, Luke 1:68-79, John 1:5, 9-14, Revelation 21:1-4, Romans 13:11-12
Is Advent a preparatory fast in preparation for the liturgical commemoration of the historical birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, or is Advent a season unto itself. A sacrament of the end of time begun in t...
liturgy

Good morning, Father
Author

Richard Herman
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Scripture

Philippians 4:6-7, Luke 15:11-32, Matthew 6:19-21, Psalm 51:10-12, James 4:8, 1 John 1:9
Prayer of Adoration Good morning, Father. While we slept last night – You were awake, sustaining our world, protecting us and readying a new day. Jesus – You hold us in the palms of Your hands: str...
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Author

John R. Brokhoff
Keywords
- Advent
Before the hero enters, people anticipate his coming…Who’s coming? What’s his name? What’ll he be like? What’s he going to do?…So kindled are many emotions that good hearts break into song both in hea...
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Author

Rainer Maria Rilke
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Amazed, bewildered, they are gathered around him, whose pondered resolution comes to rest, withdrawing him from all the ties that bound him--a stranger gliding by with thoughts unguessed. He feels tha...
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Author

Clement of Alexandria
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Scripture

Hebrews 11:8-10, Luke 1:38, Matthew 21:22 , Isaiah 40:31, Philippians 1:6, James 1:2-4
Faith is a voluntary anticipation.
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Jesus, Immanuel, Child of Wonder, Lord
Author

Richard Herman
Keywords
- Advent
Scripture

Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:18-25, John 1:1-14, Isaiah 9:6-7
Jesus, Immanuel, Child of Wonder, Lord of Life: As our celebration of your coming is near, we give ourselves to You who first gave Yourself for us; and we place in your strong and loving hands all we...
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Modern Ash Wednesday Service
Author

Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
Keywords
- Ash Wednesday
Scripture

Psalm 51:, Genesis 3:19, Psalm 103:8-14, 2 Corinthians 5:20-21, 2 Corinthians 6:1-2, Joel 2:1-2, Joel 2:12-17
A contemporary Ash Wednesday service integrating music and scripture with the imposition of ashes. Service Order Prelude People are encouraged to enter in silence. Lights are dim. As people ...
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In the midst of frenzied shopping and
Author

Ann Siddall
Keywords
- Advent
In the midst of frenzied shopping and end-of-year weariness, we spread out a purple cloth,(a purple cloth is spread over the communion table) read again the ancient stories,(a Bible is placed on th...
liturgy

Lord—we’re so anxious we can’t
Author

Richard Herman
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Scripture

Isaiah 40:31, Psalm 27:14, Romans 12:2, Matthew 1:23, John 11:25-26, Hebrews 13:3
Lord—we’re so anxious we can’t wait! Some of us can’t wait for Christmas to come, while (honestly) some others of us can’t wait for it to be over. We’re not proud of it—but that’s just the way it is ...
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Adapted from Isaiah 40
Author

Austin D. Hill
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Scripture

Isaiah 40:1-5
“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. A voice cries: “In the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God Every valley shall be lifted up, ...
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Father: Thank You for always being
Author

Richard Herman
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Scripture

Psalm 34:14, Luke 15:20, Hebrews 4:14, Romans 6:4, Acts 1:8, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Psalm 25:4-5, Matthew 11:28-30, Isaiah 41:10, John 14:13, James 1:5, 2 Corinthians 9:8, Habakkuk 3:2, Isaiah 6:8, Matthew 28:19-20
Father: Thank You for always being ready to welcome us and listen to us. Thank You for sending Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Savior: born like us, experiencing all that we experience yet sinless, who d...