Deadly Scripts & Living Stores --- The Prodigal Son

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- Church: Joining God's reconciling all of creation (February 2, 2020)
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January 2020
- Girl Named Tom (January 12, 2020)
- Epiphany: Arise! Shine! Your light has come! (January 5, 2020)
- First Sunday after Christmas: Jesus is born - the wait is over! (December 29, 2019)
- Advent 2: We wait for peace (December 8, 2019)
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October 2019
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- Beginning of the Church Year (September 8, 2019)
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August 2019
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July 2019
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June 2019
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May 2019
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April 2019
- Blessed Hunger, Holy Feast: Lent 5 (April 7, 2019)
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- Blessed Hunger, Holy Feast: Lent 2 (March 17, 2019)
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March 2019
- Immigration (March 3, 2019)
- God's story, our story: Love for enemies (February 24, 2019)
February 2019
- Praying through Music (February 17, 2019)
- God's Story, Our Story: Calling of the first disciples (February 10, 2019)
- God's Story, Our Story: No prophet is welcome in their hometown (February 3, 2019)
- God's Story, Our Story: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me (January 27, 2019)
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- Epiphany: Our Light has come! (January 6, 2019)
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- Ways to Peace: Welcoming the stranger (September 23, 2018)
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- New Life: the sick young girl, her dad, and the suffering woman (May 6, 2018)
- The Bible: a Resource for the Immigration Debate (April 22, 2018)
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- Lent 2018: Me & You and Covenant new (March 18, 2018)
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- Which is the greatest... and the most ordinary? (February 11, 2018)
- Mission (February 4, 2018)
- God's Dream for the World (January 21, 2018)
- God's dream for the world (January 21, 2018)
- God's Dream for the World (January 14, 2018)
- Sunday after Epiphany (January 7, 2018)
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- Living Radically & Abundantly as Stewards of God's Healing & Hope (November 26, 2017)
- Living Radically & Abundantly as Stewards of God's Healing & Hope (November 29, 2017)
- Living Radically & Abundantly as Stewards of God's Healing & Hope (November 12, 2017)
- Remembering Those Who Have Gone Before Us (October 29, 2017)
- 6 Streams of Spirituality: The Charismatic Stream (October 15, 2017)
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- Intro to 6 Streams of Spirituality (September 10, 2017)
- Serving God in Our Daily Lives (September 3, 2017)
- Christian Formation Sunday: Countless Opportunities for Faith-Shaping (August 27, 2017)
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- Love Is A Verb (July 23, 2017)
- MC USA Convention Sharing (July 16, 2017)
- Season of Creation: Human Body (June 25, 2017)
- Love Is A Verb (July 9, 2017)
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July 2018
- Fruit of the Spirit: Peace
April 2018
- The Bible: A Resource for the Immigration Debate
March 2018
- Lent 2018: Covenant - Me & You and Covenant New
February 2018
- Lent 2018: Covenant (February 25)
- Lent 2018: Covenant - Me & You and the Creatures Too
- Which is the greatest... and the most ordinary?
- God's Dream for the World - February 4
January 2018
- God's Dream for the World - January 28
- God's Dream for the World - January 21
December 2017
- Fourth Sunday of Advent
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November 2017
- Responding to God's Dream
- Living Radically & Abundantly
October 2017
- 6 Streams of Spirituality: The Social Justice Stream
- 6 Streams of Spirituality: The Incarnational Stream
September 2017
- 6 Streams of Spirituality: The Contemplative Stream
- Serving God in Our Daily Lives
August 2017
- Christian Formation Sunday
- Love is a Verb
- Love is a Verb
July 2017
- Love is a Verb
May 2017
- Who We Want to Be: Transformed Followers of Jesus Christ
April 2017
- Who We Want to Be: Transformed Followers of Jesus Christ
- Easter Sunday: Christ is Risen! We Live!
- Palm Sunday: Restore Us, O God! We Hope.
March 2017
- Lent Week 2: Restore Us, O God! We Wonder.
- Lent Week 1: Restore Us, O God! We Hunger.
February 2017
- Sermon 2-26-17 - Conclusion of 6 Weeks Series on Holy Spirit
- Free Flow of the Spirit: Dynamic Personality
- Free Flow of the Spirit: Creative Groaning
December 2016
- The Coming of Christ: Bearing the Reign of God in our Bodies
November 2016
- The Coming of Christ: Bearing the Reign of God in our Bodies
- Firstfruits & Abundance
October 2016
- All Saints' Day
- Power and Politics, Rebellion and Grace: "The Grace of Yahweh God"
- Power and Politics, Rebellion and Grace: "God's Way in a world of destructive power"
- Power and Politics, Rebellion and Grace: "The Public and Private Lives of a Prophet"
- Power and Politics, Rebellion and Grace: "Choose your God"
September 2016
- Power and Politics, Rebellion and Grace: "The Un-Wisdom of Soloman"
- Power and Politics, Rebellion and Grace: "Halos and Hypocrites"
- Peace Sunday: "Be Still and Know that I am God"
- The Package Deal
August 2016
- Patient Hope in God's Work in Us
- The Lord's Prayer
- Mary, Martha, and Jesus
July 2016
- The Danger of Losing Your Own Soul
- A Young Girl Dies, A Woman Reaches for Help
- Jesus Restores a Troubled Man
- Where Is Your Longing Leading You?
- Fear and Faith
June 2016
- Hungering for God, Reaching for Jesus
- cosmos -- Season of Creation
May 2016
- climate -- Season of Creation
- solar -- Season of Creation
- atmosphere -- Season of Creation, Pentecost
- Jesus Prays for All Believers -- Eastertide
- The New Commandment -- Eastertide
April 2016
- Jesus and the Disciples on the Beach -- Eastertide
- Jesus Appears to Disciples & Thomas -- Eastertide
March 2016
- Easter Sunday -- March 27, 2016
- Deadly Scripts & Living Stories -- Jesus' Entry and Weeping
- Deadly Scripts & Living Story -- Jesus Anointed with Perfume
- Deadly Scripts & Living Stores --- The Prodigal Son
- Deadly Scripts & Living Stories --- Barren Fig Tree

Ervin Stuzman, Executive Director of Mennonite Church USA, brings the message this morning on the Prodigal Son. He is a pastor, preacher, teacher, writer, and historian with a deep love for Christ’s body, the Church.

During Lent we will learn how our communities, cultures, and society tell us stories about how the world works, what is important, and who we are. This can be good. It can also be deadly. Whenever our perspective on life obscures seeing the world through the story of Jesus, we are cut off from the life he offers. We will listen to Jesus teaching his disciples a new story and learn to use the same teachings today.

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