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Rev. Annie McMillan
4 days ago4 min read
What Concern is That?
Everyone had a different experience of Jesus’ turning water into wine. First, there’s Mama Mary. The local busybody, Mama is paying...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Jan 124 min read
I Will Be With You
Back in Advent, we heard the beginning of this passage: “In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Dec 29, 20244 min read
The Light of Home After Being Lost
Christmas Eve and Christmas morning are over. The candles and music were beautiful on Christmas Eve, as we sang Silent Night together. As...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Dec 24, 20244 min read
Welcome Home
“And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.” The shepherds are part of just...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Dec 15, 20244 min read
The Joy of Home
We’re deep into the Christmas season now, at least with regards to everyday life. Christmas movies and concerts and parties. The...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Dec 8, 20244 min read
The Fear of Home
Usually, we’re excited to go home. Home is a place to belong. It’s filled with memories, and family. And with Christmas inching ever...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Dec 1, 20244 min read
Time to Go Home
It’s that time of year again. Christmas decorations sparkle along main streets, store windows, and front yards. The wreaths are out,...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Nov 24, 20244 min read
The King We Need
Today is known as Christ the King Sunday, when the church gives thanks and praise for the sovereignty of Christ, who is Lord of all...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Nov 17, 20244 min read
Don’t be Surprised: An Advent Prelude
Advent starts in 2 weeks, a time when we focus on the arrival of Christ: first remembering that Christ promised to return and then...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Nov 10, 20244 min read
Just a Mite or Two
Historically the widow has been lifted up as a woman of great faith and stewardship whom we should emulate: the one who may give little,...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Nov 3, 20244 min read
Commitment Sunday: Dedicating Our Pledges
All of us have had saints come through our lives: men and women who helped us grow in our walk with Christ. A youth director, or Bible...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Oct 27, 20244 min read
The Joy of Giving: Embracing Generosity
This spring, I decided to start over with my hydroponic AeroGarden and grow cilantro and dill. I bought new pods without seeds in them...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Oct 20, 20243 min read
Bearing Fruit: The Impact of Generosity
In middle school and high school, I helped with the music during various Vacation Bible Schools. One summer I helped teach a song that...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Oct 13, 20244 min read
Rooted in Faith: The Foundation of Generosity
I have a black thumb. I can fit gardening successes on one hand: I grew little cucamelons one summer, and I managed to grow herbs in a...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Oct 6, 20244 min read
Malice Toward None: Love
During major election years, Resurrection Church does a campaign that works “to close the kindness gap in Kansas City.” This is the...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Sep 29, 20244 min read
Living Together on Uncommon Ground: Respect
The church in Corinth was full of division and schisms. Many in the church were poor: some were slaves and some were former slaves who...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Sep 23, 20244 min read
Listen More, Speak Less: Humility
This morning, we’re talking about humility, so I’d like to read from that introduction to this morning’s theme that I read at the...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Sep 15, 20244 min read
“The Polarization Within: Compassion”
There’s a window in the Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. It’s called the resurrection window, and it connects three...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
Sep 8, 20244 min read
"Blue and Red Make Purple: Kindness"
Be kind to each other. It seems really simplistic; naive, even. Jesus says our reward will be great if we “love [our] enemies, do good,...
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Rev. Annie McMillan
May 27, 20244 min read
“Trinity Matters”
Today is Trinity Sunday, the day many churches like to lift up the Trinity, that confusing three-in-one concept about God as...
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