Author Archives: Maureen Duffy-Guy

May 23, 2021 Happy Pentecost! Today is the Christian church’s birthday! It’s the Christian church around the world, through almost 2000 years that is celebrating a birthday. Happy Birthday Church! What kind of gift do you give the church for its birthday? What does the church like?  Some people are easy to get a gift for. You know whatContinue reading “A Gift for Someone Else”

May 16, 2021 A pastor told me, once he went to get a haircut. There was another man there who, hearing from conversation who the pastor was and what church he served, said “Hey, I go to your church!” The pastor had been at his church 6 or 7 years. He looked at this man and he hadContinue reading “Planted in the House of the Lord”

May 11, 2021 I have a Mother’s Day joke for you. Two women were talking. The first said, “I have the perfect son.” The second woman asked: “Does he smoke?” The first women said, “No, he doesn’t.” “Does he drink whiskey?” “No, he doesn’t.” “Does he ever come home late?” “No, he doesn’t.” “Wow, I guessContinue reading “Honor Your Father and Mother”

May 2, 2021 I love parents! You’ve got to love them, they have the most important job there is, and it’s not easy! So, this sermon series on parenting is to support parents, and to support all of us as we seek to find out, how does God want us to treat other people, and what is the way to live a blessedContinue reading “21st Century Parenting: Love, An Emotion or a Command?”

April 25, 2021 When I was in grade school, I was in the Safety Patrol! The part of the job I liked best was where I had a flag on a pole I held across the streets while kids walked across the street, until they were safe on the other side. But sometimes I was on busContinue reading “21st Century Parenting: Obedience or Honor?”

April 20, 2021 We’re continuing our message series on 21st century parenting. Last week’s message was “Truth or Grace?” Truth is when you tell the hard truth or enforce the rules. Grace is when you know it is time to let something slide, you forgive, or you give unmerited favor. Jesus was full of grace and truth. His example teaches usContinue reading “21st Century Parenting: Patient or Pushy?”

April 11, 2021  This morning we are beginning our new parenting series. Here’s a quote from a woman named Sandra Stanley about parenting: “The days are long, but the time is short.” That’s so true! Because it’s a lot of work raising kids, it means long days. But the time is short. Before you know it, they’re grown! It’s time for them to go offContinue reading “21st Century Parenting: Truth or Grace?”

One day when my kids were little, the ice cream truck came down our street, playing its ice cream truck tune. Everybody got excited, the dog even got excited, and my husband took the two kids and the dog to the truck to get ice cream. So, everybody is happy, the kids get their ice cream cones,Continue reading “Easter: God Makes All Things New!”

March 28, 2021 There is a very nice lady in Tremont who was out in her backyard gardening, when a man came walking down the path between her house and the next house. She asked him if she could help him with anything. He said, no thank you. It turned out, he had just robbed the bank! So, it’s aContinue reading “Palm Sunday: “My kingdom is not of this world””

March 21, 2021 I was talking to a friend this week who said, “It’s like we all lost a year of our life due to Covid.” We didn’t literally lose a year. But we had to change our daily lives, lost some time in school, some lost jobs or had to change how or whereContinue reading “Written on your heart”