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The Rev. Dr. Stephen R. Montgomery
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Not Much But Enough For Me

Isaiah 11:1-10

Advent 2 - Year A

December 05, 2010

The Rev. Dr. Stephen Montgomery (PCUSA)

One would think that the older I get, the more sermons and Bible studies I have under my belt, that the more routine, the more "been-there-done-that" response I might have to reading some of the same old texts year in and year out.

But I have found that the opposite has happened as I have gotten older. There are certain Bible texts that I can hardly read without weeping.  This passage from Isaiah 11 is one of them.  One would think that every Advent I would read it and realize that we're still far away from the kind of vision Isaiah is pointing to, so they're just words.  But my lachrymose response is getting worse, it seems, and not better.  And I think I know why.

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The Rev. Dr. Thomas Lane Butts
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Dr. Thomas Lane Butts: God Doesn't Come By Every Day

The Rev. Dr. Thomas Lane Butts (UMC)

In her collection of short stories entitled "Winter Tales", Isak Dinesen tells a haunting story of a young man who became a rich and famous author early in life. Like most people to whom wealth and fame happen unexpectedly, he developed significant problems. His newly acquired wealth and fame caused problems in every area of his life.

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