EVERY ATOM

Enneagram: Individualist A sermon for University Congregational Church, Wichita, Kansas Sunday, July 29, 2018 Rev. Paul E. Ellis Jackson Traditional Word Psalm 8 A Psalm of David. 1  O Lord, our Sovereign,     how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2      Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes,     to silence the enemy and the avenger. 3  When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,     the moon and the stars that you have established; 4  what are human beings that you are mindful of them,     mortals [ a ]  that you care for them? 5  Yet you have made them a little lower than God, [ b ]     and crowned them with glory and honor. 6  You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; ...

Traditional Word Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him;     do not fret over those who prosper in their way,     over those who carry out evil devices.   Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath.     Do not fret—it leads only to evil. For the wicked shall be cut off,     but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land. Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more;     though you look diligently for their place, they will not be there.   But the meek shall inherit the land,     and delight themselves in abundant prosperity. –Psalms 37:7-11 Contemporary Word What humility does for one is it reminds us that there are people before me. I have already been paid for. And what I need to do is prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who has yet to come but who may be here and needs me. --May...

The Prayer Wheel: Your Kingdom Come A sermon for University Congregational Church Sunday, May 13, 2018 Rev. Paul E. Ellis Jackson Traditional Word Mark 1:14-15 14  Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news [ i ]  of God, [ j ]   15  and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; [ k ]  repent, and believe in the good news.” [ l ] Mark 12:32-34 32  Then the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that ‘he is one, and besides him there is no other’;  33  and ‘to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength,’ and ‘to love one’s neighbor as oneself,’—this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”  34  When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that no one dared to ask him any question. Contemporary Wo...