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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...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Oct 26, 20244 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...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Oct 19, 20243 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...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Oct 12, 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...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Oct 5, 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...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Sep 29, 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...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Sep 22, 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...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Sep 14, 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,...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Sep 7, 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...
Rev. Annie McMillan
May 26, 20244 min read
“This Life Eternal”
God has given us eternal life. Typically, we interpret this to mean heaven: life everlasting after we die; Peter and the pearly gates....
Rev. Annie McMillan
May 11, 20243 min read
“Family of God”
For many years now, there have been religious wars raging. I’m not talking Christianity versus Islam, or some kind of “War on God”. I’m...
Rev. Annie McMillan
May 4, 20243 min read
“More Love”
What is it about fear in today’s world? Fear seems to drive so much. Companies advertise by playing to basic fears. Politicians use fear...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Apr 27, 20244 min read
“Love in Truth”
John 3:16 is a favorite verse for many, summing up our theology as we proclaim with Christ: “For God so loved the world that he gave his...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Apr 20, 20244 min read
“Children of God”
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us in that we should be called God’s children, and that is what we are.” I often mention...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Apr 13, 20244 min read
“Easter Confession”
We usually hear about dear Thomas on this Sunday. And as wonderful as that story is, I’d like to focus on the other New Testament lesson...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Apr 6, 20243 min read
“The Rest of the Story”
It’s early in the morning. The sun has only just risen and the three women have gone to the tomb to do their part in giving Jesus a...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Mar 30, 20243 min read
Maundy Thursday
And so we come to the prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane that we heard in the first week of Lent. As the disciples nod off, Jesus will go...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Mar 27, 20242 min read
Palm Sunday “Prayer of Action”
Hosanna! With all of the songs that proclaim Hosanna, I never really got a “save us” vibe. They all seemed upbeat and parade-like:...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Mar 23, 20243 min read
Spiritual Practices: Labyrinth
What is a labyrinth? It is a path for prayer that leads from yearning towards joy, meaning, hope, and peace. While it can be used for...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Mar 20, 20241 min read
“How Long, O Lord?”
There’s a joke I’ve heard a few times recently. I’ll ask someone how they are, and they’ll respond, “Can’t complain. And nobody would...
Rev. Annie McMillan
Mar 16, 20244 min read
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