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The Rev. Dr. B. Wiley Stephens is senior minister of Dunwoody United Methodist Church in Dunwoody, GA.
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The Rev. Dr. B. Wiley Stephens is senior minister of Dunwoody United Methodist Church in Dunwoody, GA. He has served in the North Georgia Conference of the UMC for 45 years. A graduate of the University of Georgia and Candler School of Theology at Emory University, he earned a doctor of ministry degree from McCormick Theological Seminary. He taught preaching at Candler for 16 years.
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April 10, 2011
The Rev. Dr. Wiley Stephens (UMC)Most, if not all of us, have looked at dreams, hopes, plans that have been lost. As if buried in a grave, they seem gone forever. Whether from a failed marriage, personal bankruptcy, downsizing or merger of a business, broken relationships with adult children, or former friends, or for other reasons, the future seems bare. We are speaking of those times when in life when we can no longer do what we used to be able to do. Perhaps because of a chronic illness or financial problems, the loss of employment or a looming foreclosure, or a handicap that makes each day difficult. We are talking about where life has suddenly grown empty. Just as those first moments must have felt for Mary and Martha as they stood beside their brother's grave. Their world changed forever.
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Blindness of the Heart
John 9:1-41
4th Sunday in Lent - Year A
April 03, 2011
The Rev. Dr. Wiley Stephens (UMC)Imagine with me for a moment that you are watching a movie and the scene is at a beach on a beautiful sunny day. There is a large crowd on the beach, some picnicking, others sunbathing, others tossing a ball or a Frisbee, but no one is in the water. You notice a large sign, just at the edge of the water that says, "No Swimming." You notice that there is a lifeguard on duty. Just as the opening credits fade away, there is a scream from the water. Someone is trying to swim despite the sign, and they are in trouble. The lifeguard doesn't move. He looks towards the drowning man and yells, "You should have read the sign! Who told you to go in?" Then someone jumps up from the beach, jumps in, and saves the person about to drown. Do you think he is treated as a hero? No, not at all. In the next scene, the lifeguard and a group of his buddies are yelling at the swimmer, "You didn't read the sign either! How dare you go to the water?" One turns to another and says, "How are we ever going to have any order around this place?"
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