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i want you around A sermon on the First Chapter of Ruth Like so many good stories this one begins on the run . After a famine hits, Naomi and her husband pack-up, get the boys in their carseats and say goodbye to their old life in search of a better one… …It’s a familiar story, isn’t it? I grew up in a small town, west and north of here. By small I mean, 8 blocks long by three blocks wide. My friends and I, we spent high school talking about how once we left, we’d never go back. How we were going to leave and find something better . …Only, it’s not that simple, is it? The past doesn’t let go of us so easily. And it’s no different for Naomi, either. She can only run for so long before everything she’s been running from, catches up with her…. And in spades, too. First , Death comes for her husband.   And then, if that weren’t enough, right when her boys get to be the age when Naomi can start expecting grandchildren, Death finds her again ...

when the sky is big enough A sermon from  II Samuel 7:1-17 : Have you ever given someone a gift, only to have them take it the wrong way? Because that’s what happens in scripture today. They say it’s the ‘thought that counts,’ but sometimes it’s the thought -or lack thereof- that makes for trouble… Sitting on his throne, sheltered from the sun and wind, King David’s thoughts turn to God.  As they do … Here he is, put up quite nicely . But the ark of God, sits out in a tent ! Exposed to all the elements! Now King David just won’t accept that. It isn’t fitting. He hatches a plans to build a house for God. To put the big guy up in style… Instead of being thankful, though; the Lord is incensed !  That very night the word of the Lord comes to Nathan, putting the divine kibosh on King David’s plans. “Are you the one to build me a house,” God challenges. God puts it bluntly, “after all we’ve been through, have I ever asked for a house?” ...