STEAL THIS SERMON: Recent Episodes
shubel morgan
A weekly (new each Friday) high energy alternative to traditional dull preaching for anyone tired of weak sermons. I hope you like them enough to either steal them if you are a preacher or use them as a regular spiritual reflection if you are not. They are in the order they were recorded. The episode title is the best way to select an episode. Some are in 2 parts. These are indicated in the titles. My favorite 5 episodes are 12, 13, 55, 68 and 69. I hope they are a beam of hope & faith in a world too often lacking in both. If there are any difficulties , let me know at mlnpvlntm@gmail.com
A STORY OF A 99 YEAR OLD NEW HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE LETS US REFLECT ON WHETHER WE ARE ON THE PHARISEE TEAM OR ON JESUS TEAM.
34 YEARS AGO, THE SISTINE CHAPEL OF COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES WAS GIVEN AT A SMALL HIGH SCHOOL. LISTEN TO IT NOW
A MARRIAGE IS A COLLECTION OF STACKING DOLLS. NOT ALL STACKING DOLLS KEEP GROWING. THE BEST ANALOGY FOR A MARRIAGE IS AN ARCH.
SISTER MICHAEL ELIZABETH, A FUNERAL AND A LONG AGO PLANE FLIGHT BRING TOGETHER A MEDITATION ON THE PRESENCE OF SACRAMENTS IN OUR LIVES
A REFLECTION ON THE POWER OF STACKING DOLLS AND PARABLES AS A DEVICE FOR MEDITATION OR PRAYER
STACKING DOLLS REPRESENT ALL OF THE LIVES WE HAVE LIVED WITHIN THIS ONE LIFE - AND ALL THE LIVES YET TO COME
A 4 MINUTE REFLECTION ON EMBRYOS, CHOICES, MASTERPIECES AND THE GOOD LIFE. GIVE A LISTEN.
A REFLECTION ABOUT 2 KINDS OF RESURRECTION - THE RISING FROM OUR OLD LIFE TO OUR NEW LIFE TODAY AND AT LIFE'S END. CO-STARRING 35 PEOPLE WHO ROSE TO A NEW LIFE
A REFLECTION ON SMALL AND TRANSIENT GOALS IN CONTRAST TO GOALS WORTHY OF DEVOTING A LIFETIME TO
A REFLECTION ON THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THOMAS AQUINAS' CORE BELEIF, NATIVE AMERICAN DEATH SONGS AND THE PURPOSE OF LIFE. a BIG TOPIC IN JUST 3 OR 5 WORDS
WE EXPLORE A POP SONG FROM THE 1960'S -MASTER JACK- AND WHAT IT MEANT THEN, WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT jESUS LIFE AND WHAT IT SAYS TODAY
WHAT WILL YOU BE REMEMBERED FOR? DON QUIXOTE AND A MEMBER OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST PROFESSION GIVE US SOME CLUES
Maggie Smith takes a look at a broken world and finds good bones worth working on. Jesus, too, sees that broken world and offers us endless hope.
ANOTHER HARTE'S BAR EPISODE STARRING RINGMASTER TOM AND HIS AMAZING FREE CARNIVAL RIDE TICKETS.
THERE IS MUCH POETRY IN THE BIBLE. CONTEMPORARY POETRY HAS GREAT SPIRITUAL WISDOM AS WELL.
HE GAINED IN HIS LIFETIME LITTLE PRIZE. HE WAS A FOOL IN ALL MEN'S EYES. BUT HE HAD THE WISDOM IN HIS AGE TO LIVE A FOOL AND DIE A SAGE.
THE PEOPLE IN THIS DEPICTION OF CHRISTMAS ARE NOT STATUES. RATHER THEY ARE REAL HUMANS, SWEATY AND ROUGH AND WORRIED AND OH SO LIKE US.
A SIMPLE STORY OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES, CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, OF SIN AND OF FORGIVENESS. AS ANY GOOD PARABLE DOES, IT WILL CHALLENGE YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR LIFE IN A NEW WAY.
THE PROPRIETOR OF A HALLOWEEN STAND WILL ONLY SELL YOU A PUMPKIN THAT IS A MATCH FOR YOUR SOUL
IDENTICAL TWINS WERE AN IMAGE FROM THE EARLY CHURCH AS WELL AS A VIVID IMAGE IN MY LIFE. FROM JESUS AND THOMAS TO PATTY AND KATHY, IT IS A BOND THAT CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND OUR ROLES AND GOALS
3 NOTES GO IN 3 BOTTLES THAT ARE CAST UPON THE TIDES. THEIR MESSAGES ARE ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE, LEFT-HANDED BASKETBALL SHOTS AND DICK BUTKUS
THIS SERMON IS UNDER 4 MINUTES, BUT IT PACKS A PUNCH. IGNORE ANY 80% OF IT AND YOU STILL HAVE A LIFE-CHANGING QUESTION TO PONDER
THE STORY OF THE ADULTRESS BROUGHT TO JESUS FOR HIS CONDEMNATION IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON OUR PROCLIVITY TO VIOLENCE AND TO OUR ABILITY TO RISE ABOVE IT.
A SHORT SERMON ABOUT HEART BYPASSES AND NEW LIFE FOR ME, ABOUT JESUS MESSAGE AND NEW LIFE FOR YOU
You are a moving shadow. You've got 27375 days. That's it. What are you gonna do about it? Advice from 3500 years ago.
TWO STORIES, ONE ABOUT A SOLDIER IN VIETNAM AND ONE ABOUT TWO BICKERING MONKS OFFER INSIGHT INTO PRAYER.
THIS SERMON COULD AS EASILY BE TITLED "THE BUTCHER'S TALE" OR "TO BE AND NOT TO BE. IT IS ABOUT GOALS AND HOW THEY CAN LEAD YOU ONTO THE LIFE PATH THAT IS MEANT FOR YOU.
IN UNDER 5 MINUTES, I EXPLAIN WHAT JESUS EXPECTS FROM EACH OF US THROUGH IDEAS ABOUT PICKIN' COTTON AND PRAYIN' WITH YOUR LEGS.
A REFLECTION ON THE ART OF ALCHEMY. ALCHEMY IS THE ACT OF TURNING THE WORTHLESS INTO THE PRECIOUS. A NOBEL PRIZE WINNER NAMED FRITZ HABER WAS AN ALCHEMIST FOR GOOD AND FOR EVIL.
WILLIE THE JANITOR GIVES ONE HUMDINGER OF A COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AT RICH VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. JESUS WOULD HAVE APPLAUDED.
A REFLECTION ON MY FATHER'S HEROES - A FOOTBALL COACH & THE HAMBURGER KING - AND HOW THEY FIT IN WITH JESUS' WAYS
SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY TOLD THROUGH THE STORIES OF BUCK AND SEAN
IT IS HARD TO FIND AN ADULT WHO HASN'T HEARD A COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS OF SOME KIND AT THIS TIM OF YEAR. MOST ARE DRECK. THIS ONE IS A GEM.
A CLASSIC FATHER BOB OPEN MIKE EFFORT BY FATHER BOB. HE'LL SHARE THE SECULAR AND THE SPIRITUAL MAGIC 6 PHRASES AND DO SO IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES.
A REFLECTION ON THE FINAL CHAPTER OF EACH OF THE 4 GOSPELS AND WHAT LESSONS THEY HAVE TO TEACH US TODAY
A ROADMAP FOR YOUR SOUL AND YOUR GUIDE TO THE GOSPELS IS ALL IN THIS FOUR WORD, NINE LETTER POEM.
SOME STORIES ABOUT MY FRIEND TOM, THE APOSTLES PETER & THOMAS & MATTHEW, KITTY GENOVESE AND A RICH YOUNG MAN AND WHAT EACH ONEDID ABOUT GETTING OUT OF THEIR VAN.
A SHALLOW DIVE INTO ART HISTORY WITH APPEARANCES BY JESUS AND SAINT PETER, ROMEO AND JULIET AND A GUY IN A VAN OFFERS AN IMPORTANT LIFE LESSON: GET OUT OF THE VAN
A REFLECTION ON THE ROLE OF AMBITIONS IN THE LIVES OF AN 18 YEAR OLD, AN OLD SALESMAN , JESUS & A MODERN HERO, WITH A GUEST APPEARANCE BY TINA TURNER
REFLECTIONS ON THIS IDEA: THE QUALITY OF THE QUESTIONS YOU ASK DETERMINES THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE. IT EXPLORES THIS IDEA IN JESUS' LIFE AND IN OUR OWN LIVES.
THE GANG AT HARTE'S GATHERS TO DISCUSS THE BEARS' DRAFT PICKS. INSTEAD THEY HEAR ABOUT ANOTHER SET OF 12 DRAFT PICKS
IT'S LATE ON SATURDAY NIGHT. FATHER BOB HAS NO SERMON FOR THE NEXT DAY. CAN THE INTREPID CREW AT HARTE'S BAR SAVE HIM?
ANOTHER NIGHT AT HARTE'S. TWO OF THE REGULARS SHARE A LESSON ABOUT TRIBES AND THE HUMAN QUEST FOR BELONGING AND GRACE.
FATHER BOB OVERINDULGES AT HARTE'S AND SO A FURNITURE MOVER PINCH HITS FOR FATHER BOB FOR THE SUNDAY SERMON
GUS SCHWARTZ IS PINCH HITTING FOR FATHER BOB FOR THIS WEEK'S SERMON. ALL AGREE, HE HITS A THREE.
FATHER BOB TALKS WITH A BRICKLAYER AT HARTE'S BAR. THE BRICKLAYER'S STORY IS AN AMAZING ONE.
THE SHORTEST AND WISEST CHRISTMAS SERMON EVER. IT'S ACTUALLY 1 MINUTE 17 SECONDS. OH WELL.
A QUESTION FROM 50 YEARS AGO - WHAT WILL YOU REPLACE THE ROSARY WITH? -LEADS TO 10 SUGGESTIONS AS AN ANSWER .
We take another trip to Harte's Bar with Father Bob, where he tells the Ray and the guys about a soccer coach he met who reminded him of Jesus.
THE THIRD STORY FROM THE MAROONED WEEKEND WARRIORS. MIKE TELLS A STORY HE HEARD AS A CHILD ABOUT EVIL KING SID AND HIS DAUGHTER PRINCESS CINNAMON.
A BLIZZARD TRAPS 3 WEEKEND WARRIORS IN AN ABANDONED HUNTING CABIN WHERE THEY PASS THE TIME TELLING STORIES. tHE FIRST TALE IS ABOUT LIONS AND FIELD MICE
OUR 200TH SERMON IS A STORY ABOUT A TALKATIVE SALT SALES REP AND HER CONVERSATION WITH FATHER BOB WHILE ON A ONE HOUR FLIGHT. YOU ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH.
QUESTIONS WERE THE MAIN METHOD OF JESUS TEACHING 2000 YEARS AGO. THEY ARE STILL A GREAT PATH TODAY AS WE LOOK AT QUESTIONS ASKED BY PETER THIEL AND LARRY KING.
A STEAL THIS SERMON CLASSIC: A SERMON I STOLE FROM SOMEONE WHO ALSO HAD STOLEN IT FROM SOMEONE. IT IS THE STORY OF A TREE THAT LOVED A LITTLE BOY.
MUSTARD SEEDS AND JACKPINE CONES ARE BOTH EXCELLENT SOURCES OF PARABLES ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HOW IT CAN GROW WITHIN YOU.
FATHER BOB TAKES THE STAGE AT HARTE'S BAR AND TALKS ABOUT JAPANESE CERAMICS REPAIRS AND HOW IT APPLIES TO THE BAR PATRONS
AN ANGEL GIVES AN ORIENTATION TALK TO A NEW ARRIVAL. IT IS ALSO OF VALUE TO US VETERANS
ALTHOUGH IT IS TWICE AS LONG AS THE ONE MINUTE SERMON IS MEANT TO BE, THE FORMAT MATCHES THE ONE MINUTE FRAMEWORK. A STRANGER GIVES A JEWELRY DESIGNER A PROJECT THAT WILL CONFUSE AND THEN TRANSFORM HER.
5 RETIRED FIREMEN MEET FOR THEIR WEEKLY COFFEE KLATSCH. A FASCINATING CONVERSATION OCCURS.
WRESTLING WITH THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THERE ARE MORE KIND PEOPLE OR MORE COURAGEOUS PEOPLE AND THE QUESTION OF WHAT JESUS CALLS US TO BE.
WHAT IF YOU COULD ASK GOD JUST ONE QUESTION? A GUY WHO HAD A CHANCE TO DO SO WITH JESUS ASKED ABOUT ESTATE PLANNING. I'M NOT KIDDING
GET YOUR CONGREGATIONS ATTENTION NOT WITH LEARNED ANSWERS BUT WITH THEIR ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTIONS - JUST LIKE JESUS DID.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HEARING A STORY THAT HAS A DONKEY, A 2X4, A KIA SOUL, A BUMPER STICKER AND A BOATLOAD OF QUESTIONS?
A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE TO VISIT JOAN OF ARCADIA AND CONSIDER THE QUESTION: WHAT WOULD YOU ASK GOD IF YOU HAD JUST ONE QUESTION?
LITTLE ANDY SEEMS TO BE GONE. ANDY SPROUTED BUT IT SEEMS THAT HE WILL NEVER FLOWER. ON MONDAY WE BELIEVE THAT THIS LIFE AROUND US WILL NOT BE FOR HIM BUT THAT ANDY WILL FIND NEW LIFE. NOW THAT IT IS FRIDAY, ANDY MAY INDEED GIVE THIS LIFE A GO. ALLELUIA
AS SAND THROUGH THE HOURGLASS......SO THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES. AND THE HEARTBEATS. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH THEM?
THE ABSOLUTE WITHOUT DOUBT BEST COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS EVER. BY COMPARISON, ALL OTHER ADDRESSES ARE THE BABBLINGS OF FOOLS.
A REMARKABLE TRUE STORY FROM AN EPISODE IN CANADIAN HISTORY WHERE A MUSTARD SEED BLOSSOMED
THIS COULD ALSO BE CALLED "THE MAN ON THE MEGABUS' TALE". A SEATMATE WITH A PENDANT SHARES A BIBLE STORY THAT IS VERY PERSONAL.
THE GOOD NEWS MANIFESTED IN ASHES, CANDLES AND TOUCH, WITH A BIT OF STAINED GLASS AND JOHNNY CASH TOSSED IN
IT'S OUR SPRING INTO SPRING SERMON SPECIAL. COME IN FOR ONE SERMON AND I'LL GIVE YOU FIVE INCREDIBLE IDEAS IN LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A REFLECTION ON THE JACOB AND HIS SONS STORY IN GENESIS, ON A GUY IN A FIELD AND ON ANGELS
THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS SHINES THROUGH LESS THAN PERFECT CHRISTMAS PAGEANTS DECADES APART
A ROOFER STANDING IN LINE BEHIND ME TOLD ME A STORY AND REMINDED ME OF AN OLD PRAYER. I GOT MORE THAN MY MONEY BACK THAT DAY AT MENARD'S
A first person consideration of Christmas night through Mary's eyes based on a story by Katherine Paterson & Lisa Aisato.
If you'd like to hear other past Christmas Season musings, try STS# 68 - 73 and STS#102.
BASED ON AN ACTUAL KURT VONNEGUT LETTER, A REFLECTION ON HIS ADVICE TO A HIGH SCHOOL CLASS
LISTEN TO TWO ABSOLUTELY FREE PROJECTS THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND THE LIFE OF ANOTHER. IT'S A BOGO DEAL
A BARROOM DISCUSSION OF A QUARTERBACK NOT GETTING VACCINATED WINDS ITS WAY TO HUGE QUESTIONS AND MARTIN LUTHER KING
Reflections on a conversation on a bus and a conversation in a nursing home, 2 conversations that changed lives.
A STORY FROM THE LIFE OF HARRIET TUBMAN THAT IS AN ECHO OF THE DEVIL'S TEMPTATION OF JESUS
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE ABSOLUTE BEST COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS EVER GIVEN, LISTEN TO THIS SHORT GEM
THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS THE UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS DIDN'T INVITE ME TO GIVE. MAYBE NEXT YEAR.
REFLECTIONS ON MOBS AND CHOICES IN THE SCRIPTURES AND THE MAGICAL 6 WORDS YOU NEED TO HEAR
A VISIT TO HARTE'S BAR ON OPEN MIC NIGHT FINDS AN INTERESTING MESSAGE FROM THE PERFORMER
ALL THE SERMONS IN SEASON 9 ARE MEANT TO BE DELIVERED AT SEPARATE TIMES IN THE SAME SERVICE
THOUGHTS ON THE DIVINE LIGHT AND PRISMS
SEASON 10 IS A GROUP OF SHORT SERMONS LOOSELY STOLEN FROM CHAUCER AND THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER
BEST WAY TO GET THE MOST PEOPLE TO HELL
3 CHRISTMAS CLASSICS WHOSE ORIGIN IN DARK TIMES IS IN THE LYRICS - ALONG WITH A CATCHY BEAT
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