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Happy Thanksgiving! from the Book of Proverbs

Last updated on: November 1, 2024 at 11:17 am By Alyce McKenzie

I heard a counselor interviewed on CBS “The Early Show” give some good, practical advice about navigating Thanksgiving. It reminded me of the good, practical advice about life and relationships we find in the Bible’s Book of Proverbs. What follows is the pundit’s advice followed by that of the sages of Israel responsible for the wise advice in the Book of Proverbs. Remember the giving in Thanksgiving. It sets a good example for your children. Life is not all about... Read more

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2016-01-30T07:28:41-06:00

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Losing Control of Your Cursor

Last updated on: January 30, 2016 at 7:28 am By Alyce McKenzie

Losing Control of Your Cursor I have several friends right now who are struggling with unexpected illnesses or accidents. One has a chronic debilitating disease. Another was mowing an elderly neighbor’s lawn and fell, fracturing her ankle, an injury that has required multiple surgeries. I’m sure they hate losing control. We all hate situations that disrupt our orderly expectations and habits. I even get upset when my mouse stops working. I can’t control my cursor anymore. So I change the... Read more

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2016-01-30T07:28:41-06:00

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Preaching and Magnetism

Last updated on: January 30, 2016 at 7:28 am By Alyce McKenzie

November 23, 2010 I’ve been at a conference for the past five days. It was a combined meeting of the Academy of Homiletics and the Society of Biblical Literature held in Atlanta. I’m suffering from meeting withdrawal. I miss wearing my name badge and walking back and forth across the skybridge between hotels 30 times a day in almost comfortable shoes. I miss the comforting sound of the elevators rumbling up and down the 27 floors at 2 am. The... Read more

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2016-01-30T07:28:41-06:00

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Naming Grace and Un-Grace

Last updated on: January 30, 2016 at 7:28 am By Alyce McKenzie

Mary Catherine Hilkert, in her book Naming Grace: Preaching and the Sacramental Imagination, defines preaching as naming that which is not Grace and naming Grace in the world. Not just for preachers, but for all people of faith, naming that which is not grace is a prophetic, crucial prelude to naming grace, that which God seeks to do to repair the world, what the rabbis called Tikkun olam (repairing the world). Read more

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2016-01-30T07:28:41-06:00

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Safety Man?

Last updated on: January 30, 2016 at 7:28 am By Alyce McKenzie

Some people want God to be their safety man. Make their lives more convenient, keep his mouth shut, and not even speak when spoken to. Read more

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2016-01-30T07:28:41-06:00

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Falling Back or Springing Forward?

Last updated on: January 30, 2016 at 7:28 am By Alyce McKenzie

I enjoy falling back every year. That extra hour is always a Godsend. More time to fold the laundry and unload the dishwasher and put the recyclables in the bin in the alley and mop the kitchen floor and write my Sunday School lesson and still be only 5 minutes late for the choir warm up at 9:15 am. Read more

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2016-01-30T07:28:41-06:00

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“Surrounded!” A Sermon for All Saints Day

Last updated on: January 30, 2016 at 7:28 am By Alyce McKenzie

Surrounded! 1 Kings 3: 3-12; Hebrews 12:1, 2; 12, 13 ” Sermon for All Saints Day” My grandmother, after whom I am named, passed away in 2000 at age 95 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. She was one of a kind, like all the people we honor today. Cook Extraordinaire. Enemy of all moles- because of the damage they did to her acre garden. Impatient with a certain granddaughter who climbed the apple tree to avoid chores and read a book. Possessed... Read more

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2016-01-30T07:28:41-06:00

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Blackbirds and Haunted Houses

Last updated on: January 30, 2016 at 7:28 am By Alyce McKenzie

“Blackbirds and Haunted Houses” When my kids were younger I used to enjoy taking them to haunted houses. Nowadays, they’ve outgrown going to haunted houses with mom. I still string a few orange lights around the house and put a couple of pumpkins on the front porch, but it’s not the same. I miss my visits to the Haunted House. In the Dallas Fort Worth area where I live the Haunted House industry thrives in October with such attractions as... Read more

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2016-01-30T07:28:42-06:00

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October’s Promise

Last updated on: January 30, 2016 at 7:28 am By Alyce McKenzie

When I was younger, say in my teens and early twenties, May was my favorite month. I grew up in Pennsylvania and springtime was green shoots and chirpy birds and people who were naturally more cheerful because they didn’t have to shovel snow anymore. I liked October, but mainly for the candy corn and the costumes. Read more

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2016-01-30T07:28:42-06:00

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When Fresh Breath Matters and When It Doesn’t

Last updated on: January 30, 2016 at 7:28 am By Alyce McKenzie

The ad showed two people kissing and the caption read, "The original instant message." "What could this ad be for?" I wondered. Read more

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