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  • Through the Fire


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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 10:49am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • Signs of the Season

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    So here we are at the dawn of a new year in the church calendar. That sounds strange, doesn’t it? Here we are at the end of November and I’m saying ‘Happy New Year’ to you. Even after my whole life in church it still catches [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 10:47am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • Beyond the Superhero God

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    When I was younger I liked comic book heroes. My favorite superheroes were the ones who wore bright colors and stood up for great values like truth, justice and the American way. Captain America, the Green Lantern and the Flash were some of my favorites.

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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:24am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • Not a Mite Would I Withhold

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    You’ll have to watch me today because this could easily dissolve into a sermon [...]

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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 10:57am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • New Day Coming

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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 9:11am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • After the Storm

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    Psalm [...]

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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 9:03am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Be Careful What You Ask For

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    It’s not an easy thing to be a disciple – to be a follower of Jesus. You’ve got to do a lot of things that seem backwards. You’ve got to forget things that you’ve taken to be true all of your life. Things like – “Winning [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 11:34am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • My Life is an Open Book

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    Posted: October 11, 2009, 10:46am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Jesus: A Gift for the World

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    Earlier this week, my great aunt Bess sent me a little package of things she’d been going through. There was an old book and a pamphlet and several newspaper clippings about my uncle Jim Kitchen. I’ve talked about my Uncle Jim before, I believe. He was [...]
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    Posted: October 04, 2009, 10:46am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Listening Brother James: The Way of Humility

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    Humility is not an easy thing. The story is told of a bishop, a priest, and a peasant who go into a great cathedral. The bishop went up to the altar rail, beat on his chest and declared, "I am nothing! I am nothing!"

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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 11:32am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Listening to Brother James: The Sanctifed Life

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    We have been having a great time of revival here at Franktown these last two nights. We have heard Jon Cash bring a challenging message and we have seen people respond. We have had great music. Great fellowship. Great ice cream.

    Jon’s message over [...]
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    Posted: September 13, 2009, 11:16am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Listening to Brother James: When Faith is Dead

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    Sometimes biblical passages require a lot of head-scratching to figure out what they might mean and how they might be relevant to today’s world. Sometimes it is important for us to dig into the historical context that produced the passage to try to determine what was [...]
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    Posted: September 06, 2009, 11:47am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Looking for Depth in a Shallow Pool

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    Posted: August 16, 2009, 11:25am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Learning How to Grieve for the Wayward

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    There is more to the story, you know. This reading from 2 Samuel? It’s much longer and it has a whole lot more strange names, much harder to say than Ahimaaz son of Zadok. (By the way, I get asked this a lot, but there I [...]
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    Posted: August 09, 2009, 10:33am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • When Two Elephants Fight

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    Posted: August 02, 2009, 11:50am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Somebody's Singing Your Song

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    Posted: July 21, 2009, 4:14pm EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Escape to the Desert

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    Posted: July 19, 2009, 11:09am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Jesus is the Where to My Why

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    Posted: July 12, 2009, 11:39am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Unspeakable Journeys

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    Posted: July 05, 2009, 10:26am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • There Might Be Giants

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    Every [...]

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    Posted: June 21, 2009, 10:22am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • The Only Thing Stable is What We Shall Become

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    Posted: June 14, 2009, 12:50pm EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Where Have All the Prophets Gone?

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    Some folks say [...]

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    Posted: June 07, 2009, 11:07am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • The Spirit of a Fruitful Church

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    Posted: May 31, 2009, 11:24am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Five Practices: The Risk of Loving

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    Posted: May 17, 2009, 9:43am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Five Practices: The Art of Fruit Production

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    Last [...]

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    Posted: May 10, 2009, 11:20am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Five Practices: Staying Close to the Vine

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    Posted: May 03, 2009, 11:39am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • 5 Practices: What's Radical About Hospitality?

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    Posted: April 26, 2009, 11:30am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Beyond Belief

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    I’ve been thinking. And what I’ve been thinking is this: What Easter requires of us is beyond belief. It’s beyond belief. It’s not just a matter of belief.

    We reach the end of the gospel of Mark and we are [...]

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    Posted: April 12, 2009, 12:24pm EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Following Jesus to a Fruitful Life: Acting Like a Child

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    The truth is that if you follow Jesus you might be considered a wimp. It could happen. Jesse Ventura seemed to think that. You remember Jesse. He was the pro wrestler who became governor of Minnesota. One time he created a stir by saying “Organized [...]
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    Posted: March 29, 2009, 11:50am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Following Jesus to a Fruitful Life: Who Do You Say That I Am?

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    The truth is that Jesus is not who we think he is. I’ve told the story before about the friend of a friend who was an Episcopal priest taking his first appointment in a small parish in southwest Virginia. He decided, when he arrived at [...]

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    Posted: March 22, 2009, 11:02am EDT
    by Alex Joyner

  • Following Jesus to a Fruitful Life: Wonders

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    Posted: March 15, 2009, 11:37am EDT
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  • Following Jesus to Fruitful Life: Conflicts & Confrontations

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    Jesus said, “If you have ears to hear, listen.” When I was serving a church in England I often found the truth in the old saying that Britain and the United States are two countries separated by a common language. There were just some words that [...]

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    Posted: March 08, 2009, 12:07pm EDT
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  • Following Jesus to a Fruitful Life: The Journey Begins

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    I am Mark. John Mark, if you will. Associate of Peter. Resident of Jerusalem and then Rome. Author of this gospel…this account of the good news of Jesus Nazarene who was also Jesus the Christ. At least that’s what they say about me, though the [...]

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    Posted: March 01, 2009, 11:45am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • Running to Win

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    This has been a bad week for athletes. Not that we haven’t had many occasions to be disappointed in athletes. It’s an old, old story. We put athletes up on a pedestal. We celebrate their accomplishments. They can’t live up to the expectations. They have [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2009, 10:56am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • A Winning Personality

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    It’s important to have a winning personality. A man went into a diner and sat down at the counter. The grumpiest-looking waitress he had ever seen came over to take his order.

    “Could I have a cup of coffee?” he asked. The waitress went [...]
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    Posted: February 08, 2009, 10:43am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • How to Get Along with Anyone

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    When I was young I usually spent New Year’s Eve in exile. It was fun. My sisters and I would get to watch a movie on the TV in my parents’ bedroom. Mom would fix us up with ginger ale and cheese and crackers. [...]
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    Posted: February 01, 2009, 12:12pm EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • The State of Marriage in these Latter Days

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    There is something miraculous about long marriages. Someone was asking Luther the secret to his long marriage – 55 years to the same woman. “Well, it’s simple,” he said. “We take time twice a week for a quiet dinner at a candlelit restaurant, [...]
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    Posted: January 25, 2009, 11:39am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • The City of God at the Time of the Inauguration

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    Yesterday I was at a conference with Smith and Martha and Emma. Smith had picked up a card that has all of the liturgical colors for the year and I picked one up as well. We noticed, however, that this one had some new days [...]
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    Posted: January 18, 2009, 11:42am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • Water Born

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    We are a people who live with water. Even if your primary experience of it is driving across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and marveling at its vastness, water is pretty inescapable around here. We fish in it, we swim in it, we surf in it…some [...]
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    Posted: January 11, 2009, 10:01am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • Where Do I Look for Light?

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    O.K., we have to start with some straight talk about Epiphany. January 6 (and the Sunday before it) is a day that the Church has set aside to recognize the revelation of the light of God in human flesh. The word Epiphany means “manifestation” and it [...]
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    Posted: January 04, 2009, 11:42am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • Something Old, Something New

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    Trinity United Methodist Church – Orange, VA

    It is a pleasure for me to be back here in Orange for this service today. This is the church I associate with Christmas because for all of my childhood this is where I was at Christmastime. [...]
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    Posted: December 28, 2008, 11:39am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • Becoming Human for Christmas: The Baby

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    Part of what it means to be human is to know that the world is always far greater than we will ever comprehend and the God is as close to us as our next breath. It’s something that we learn at Christmas because wondrous things happen [...]
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    Posted: December 24, 2008, 1:05pm EST
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  • Becoming Human for Christmas: Joy

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    So here’s my question for those of you with iPods or one of those portable music devices: Do you have a playlist for times when it hurts so bad that it feels good? Have you got songs that are just so deep with emotion [...]
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    Posted: December 14, 2008, 10:40am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • Becoming Human for Christmas: Hope

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    The Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball











    Since duck hunting season has come around again I guess it’s as good a time as any to tell this story. The tale is told about a man who gets [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2008, 12:39pm EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • An Eastern Shore Advent

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    ADVENT GREAT THANKSGIVING – 7 Dec 2008

    The Lord be with you.
    And also with you.
    Lift up your hearts.
    We lift them up to the Lord.
    Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
    It is right to give our thanks and [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2008, 7:36pm EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • Becoming Human for Christmas: Formlessness

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    I keep all kinds of strange objects in my office. There’s a wooden elephant given to me by a parishioner who wanted me to remember that she would never forget God or the mission experiences we had been on together. There’s a picture of a [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2008, 10:58am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • On Being Looked After

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    Maybe you remember this experience as well: I can remember what a scary and uncertain time it was when my parents would go out for the night. I could distract myself for a little while. Generally they would leave while it was still light outside. [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2008, 9:57am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • Using What the Good Lord Gave You

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    One of the legends in my family is that my great-grandfather, Pop Bryant, responded to the Great Depression by taking what little money he had, sticking it into Mason jars and burying it in the front yard. The banks had failed. Nobody trusted the [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2008, 9:47am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • One Fine Day

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    Just what is going to happen after Tuesday? Here we are on the edge of a major presidential election and if you believe some of the mail I’ve been getting this is either the dawn of a glorious new era or the first sign of [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2008, 11:04am EST
    by Alex Joyner

  • 8 Crazy Things Christians Do: Serve

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    John Ortberg, a Presbyterian minister and author, once said, “We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?”[i]

    James and John were getting tired of the routine. Tired of following Jesus down dusty roads and into backwater towns where their most [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2008, 10:39am EDT
    by Alex Joyner
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