Annie Perdue-Olson
The Porcupine Dance07/27/08
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Speaker – Annie Perdue-Olson
- Topics – Forgiveness, Grace, Pain & Suffering
- Forgiveness is always easier to talk about than to actually do. But without it we are alone and isolated, and can be consumed by hurt. Jesus taught about how we should forgive each other through parables: because we experience God’s great forgiveness, we share the same with others who have wronged us. And as a result, we learn how to live our lives with each other and experience the freedom that God wants for us.
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Are You in the Game?03/16/08
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Speaker – Annie Perdue-Olson
- Topics – Kingdom of God, Spiritual Warfare, Transformation
- Followers of Jesus are called to recognize the spiritual war we’re in and “get in the game” because there is no neutral zone of safety. Casual Christianity is not an option from Jesus’ perspective – he makes it clear that we cannot settle for a comfortable faith. We are called out of safe (and boring!) Christianity into the reality of a war where we stand up for truth in the midst of a world full of lies.
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A Giant Jesus10/21/07
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Speaker – Annie Perdue-Olson
- Like Jesus' first disciples, we will be constantly confronted by anti-Kingdom values – in our case things like individualism, independence, and self-sufficiency. But Jesus' alternative Kingdom vision is very straightforward. As we reach out to the world around us, we're simply called to depend upon God and his community, enter into authentic relationships, act like Jesus, and then explain why.
A Gracious Mess04/29/07
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Speaker – Annie Perdue-Olson
- Topics – Community, Forgiveness, Grace
- Judgment of other people is a vicious cycle that destroys human relationships. Only God has the wisdom, power and ability to be an accurate judge of a person's life and character. Instead of creating self-centered little kingdoms for ourselves, we can follow the path of Jesus by living in perfect love.
A Community of Healers02/25/07
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Speaker – Annie Perdue-Olson
- Topics – Community, Faith, Healing
- There are a number of popular songs that mention the importance and need for a caring community. Songs like "Stand by Me" or "You've Got a Friend” mention relying upon each other in a time of need. They also demonstrate how good things can happen to individuals who "get a little help from their friends." In the Luke 5:17-26 passage, we see an account of Jesus healing someone, and a clear example of a caring community that desired to help bring healing and wholeness to their friend.
Experiencing the Meaningful Life11/05/06
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Speaker – Annie Perdue-Olson
- Topics – Spiritual Gifts, God's Will
- Meaning and purpose in life. It is a longing and yearning that we all have. We want to make a difference and leave a mark in this world. The problem is that we don’t believe we are beautiful. To experience meaning in this life requires believing that God has wonderfully and beautifully made us. As we recognize our beauty we are then able to share this beauty with others.
Don't Go Down with the Ship07/09/06
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Speaker – Annie Perdue-Olson
- Topics – Hope, Relationships
- Our world is often filled with stress and trials. As discouragement builds in our lives, we have a natural desire to build up defensive walls to protect ourselves from being hurt by a hurtful world. Unfortunately, these defenses can lead toward increasing self-centeredness, frustration, and even unbelief against God. The biblical author of the “Hebrews” letter understood this behavior pattern well. In chapter 3, the author uses a tragic story to speak a word about something important and urgent: the need for encouragement.
The Kingdom Challenge08/21/05
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Speaker – Annie Perdue-Olson
- Topics – Pain & Suffering, Spiritual Gifts
- In July, Annie shared with us how God gives each of us a unique design and gifts to further the Kingdom of God. This week she was back to share a little more about what God’s “Kingdom Challenge” for us involves. The text Annie used was I Peter chapters 3 and 4 where the author is writing to Christians in Asia Minor who are suffering under intense resistance from their culture.
What Was I Born to Do?07/17/05
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Speaker – Annie Perdue-Olson
- Topics – Spiritual Gifts, God's Will
- Annie shared passionately that we each need to understand our unique Kingdom purpose. She reminded us of Greg’s message last week and the fact that Mary’s willing spirit was the primary qualification God needed from her to do an amazing thing in the world. This same thing, our willingness, will determine how God is able to use us too. God designed us with a very specific idea in mind and, and finding out what God designed us to do is a personal process of discovery. Annie ended her sermon by reading The Tale of Three Trees retold by Angela Elwell Hunt and challenged us to be willing like Mary was, even if we feel like “nobody from nowhereville”.