Readings from The Holy Ground of Honey Creek
by John Jordan · 14 episodes
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These are a series of readings from the book "The Holy Ground of Honey Creek: Reflections of a Small-Town Pastor" by Rev. I. Dean Jordan. It is a collection of essays, sermons and liturgy used by Rev. Jordan in his more than 40 year ministry as an United Methodist minister in small towns throughout Wisconsin. It was written not simply as a record of his witness to his faith, but as a guide to help you improve and deepen your own.
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Episode 14 - Four Poems
The four poems are 1. Upon What Shall I Focus, 2. Let There Be, 3. With Kindly Ways, and 4.If Hope Hans On, Panic is Not a Gentle Tug. This is one of a series of readings from the…
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13 min
Episode 13: Three Essays - Sowing Seeds of Kindness, Handshakes and Human Bonds, and A Prophetic Word for Toda…
The essays were written between 1991 and 1993 for the Edgerton United Church of Christ Newsletter, Edgerton, Wisconsin. All three essays deal with human relationships. What they ne…
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18 min
Episode 12 - The Answer Out of the Whirlwind
First preached Dec. 2,1956 at First United Methodist Church Sturgeon Bay and Jacksonport, Wisconsin. The purpose is to present the climax to the book of Job. This is the conclusion…
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14 min
Episode 11 - The Burden of Unforgiving
First preached Feb. 18,1979 at First United Methodist Church Evansville, Wisconsin. The purpose is to show why unforgiving is dangerous. While this was first preached more than 40…
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16 min
Episode 10 - Love -- A Phenomenon of Abundance
First preached Feb. 18, 1962 at Rosedale Methodist Church Kansas City, Kansas. The sermons purpose : To show the way to the resources of God's boundless love that we might love in…
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15 min
Episode 9 - Simon: The Wizard of Acts
First preached May 22, 1977 at the United Methodist Churches of Orfordville and Evansville Wisconsin. The purpose : Greater than wonder-working power is the gift of love which make…
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11 min
Episode 8 - Essays Homo-, Hetero-, Full Citizen and God Invites You to Life
This episode contains readings of two essays. The first "Homo-, Hetero-, Full Citizen", ask you think about what is needed to be a full citizen of our country. Then asks why to we…
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13 min
Episode 7 - Christmas Letter 1987, and two essays: Humanness and Godliness Go Together, When You've Got a Good…
The first was a letter to the congregation for Christmas 1987 on giving based on what Isaiah who said the Spirit of The Lord is in those who are urgent in their helpfulness to thos…
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13 min
Epis0de 6 - The Day the Manna Ceases
This sermon was first preached March 20, 1977 United Methodist Churches, Orfordville and Evansville, Wisconsin. All these sermons have been preached multiple times for many differe…
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15 min
Episode 5 - Zaccheus & Jesus: A Costly(?) Friendship
This sermon was first preached March 27, 1960 First Methodist Church, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. All these sermons have been preached multiple times for many different congregations.…
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19 min
Episode 4 - Jonah and a Whale of a Fish!
This sermon was first preached by Rev. I. Dean Jordan May 4, 1952 at the United Methodist Church in Eagle, Wisconsin. He added a new introduction for the June 30, 1996 preaching of…
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20 min
Episode 3 - The Eternal Mountain
This sermon was first preached Nov. 8, 1953, United Methodist Church Waukesha, Wisconsin. All these sermons have been preached multiple times for many different congregations. The…
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10 min
Episode 2 - Three essays: The Trumpeter With the Dented Horn, My Cozy Picture of God is Broken and All Forms o…
These three essays from the book "The Holy Ground of Honey Creek" by Rev. I. Dean Jordan were first printed Sept. 14, 1983 The East Troy News, April 1992 Edgerton United Church of…
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Episode 1 - Introduction to "The Holy Ground of Honey Creek" a book by Rev. I. Dean Jordan
This podcast are readings from the book "The Holy Ground of Honey Creek: Reflections of a Small-Town Pastor" written by Rev. I. Dean Jordan. On the back cover Rev. Jordan writes th…