tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896Tue, 25 Feb 2025 23:57:28 +0000spiritual formationparentinge-visionjesus prayerprayerstressBringing healing abouthttp://soulshapes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)Blogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-5330892570280653283Sun, 30 Jun 2024 19:43:00 +00002024-06-30T12:43:57.055-07:00By Skip Strauch, God's Healing Help: Saying Goodbye Well, based on Ruth 1:6-18, Matthew 28:16-20, June 30, 2024, at First Presbyterian Church of Ashland, Oregon. The sermon starts at 29:30 of the video below... http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2024/06/gods-healing-help-saying-goodbye-well.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-6080467168108516479Sun, 23 Jun 2024 19:31:00 +00002024-06-23T12:31:33.373-07:00By Skip Strauch, God's Healing Help: God Provides Comfort, based on Micah 6:8, Isaiah 40:1-5, June 23, 2024, at First Presbyterian Church of Ashland, Oregon. The sermon starts at 45:10 of the video below... http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2024/06/god-provides-comfort.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-5194420917266212266Sun, 26 May 2024 19:30:00 +00002024-05-26T12:30:32.716-07:00By Skip Strauch, The Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, based on John 3:1-17, May 26, 2024, at First Presbyterian Church of Ashland, Oregon. The sermon starts at 36:18 of the video below... http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2024/05/trinity-father-son-and-holy-spirit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-4257779547951520921Sun, 14 Apr 2024 19:19:00 +00002024-04-14T12:19:42.498-07:00Skip Strauch, The Parable of the Lost Sheep, Luke 15:1-7, April 14, 2024, First Presbyterian Church, Ashland OR. The sermon starts at 35:07 of the video below.... http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-parable-of-lost-sheep.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-5949230784221965986Sun, 07 Apr 2024 20:22:00 +00002024-04-07T13:22:47.987-07:00Skip Strauch, "Searching", Matthew 7:7-11, April 7, 2024, First Presbyterian Church, Ashland, OR. The sermon starts at 29:10 of the video below.... http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2024/04/faith-that-comes-alive-searching.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-1738311942244797506Sun, 18 Feb 2024 21:49:00 +00002024-02-18T13:50:44.484-08:00Skip Strauch, "Wandering Heart: Jesus Sought Me", Luke 5:1-11, February 18, First Presbyterian Church, Ashland. Sermon starts at 34:39 of the video below... http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2024/02/wandering-heart-jesus-sought-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-8031369137178566728Sun, 31 Dec 2023 21:46:00 +00002024-02-18T17:22:26.100-08:00Finding Healing in a Hurting World. Skip Strauch, John 4:4-30, 39-42, December 31, 2023, at First Presbyterian Church of Ashland. The sermon starts at 27:47 of the video... http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2023/12/finding-healing-in-hurting-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-4876051475189814685Sun, 22 Jan 2023 21:43:00 +00002023-01-22T13:43:21.554-08:00Here is a sermon about living with confidence in the face of life's challenges. It's at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grants Pass, Oregon. Based on Psalm 27:1. http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2023/01/living-with-confidence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-3984594369742719583Thu, 18 Aug 2022 02:30:00 +00002022-08-17T20:28:06.949-07:00parentingspiritual formation Here's a sermon at Bethany Presbyterian Church about how God comes into the lowest of our circumstances and brings help and healing (the congregation is seated in the back pews and are not visible in the video). Based on Mark 10:46-52. http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2022/08/what-would-it-be-like-to-be-made-whole.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-3891820823150589998Mon, 15 Aug 2022 01:10:00 +00002022-08-14T18:10:12.557-07:00spiritual formationJanet, her husband John, and their two daughters, eight year old Audrey and seven year old Libby, live in an urban neighborhood. They and their neighbors had noticed a van with a small beat up campertrailer parked at the end of the block. The van had now been there five months.Coming home from church one Sunday, Janet felt God gently leading her, "Go to the trailer and invite the people in http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2022/08/compassion-path-of-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-8378413735603886221Sat, 23 Jul 2022 01:20:00 +00002022-07-22T18:20:07.034-07:00Help for Finding Balance Sometimes the cause of stomach aches, headaches, body aches, and higher body temperature is a ph imbalance. The bodyoptimally functions when it is more alkalized in its body cells and its blood stream. When the body has a ph imbalance it has an acidic biochemistry within. Be aware that foods can cause an acidifying effect or an alkalizing effect. Choose to favor http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2022/07/finding-help-for-ph-imbalances.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-2280169982218286289Mon, 18 Apr 2022 02:59:00 +00002022-04-17T19:59:22.443-07:00 http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2022/04/ask-seek-knock.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-9180952568787608539Sun, 09 May 2021 02:28:00 +00002022-07-25T20:39:17.060-07:00parentingspiritual formation Something there is when a mother is a mom. In honor of Mothers Day, here is a Mother's Day sermon from sometime ago....When a Mother Is a MomJohn 19:25-27http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2021/05/when-mother-is-mom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-3840713524196780626Thu, 02 Apr 2020 23:22:00 +00002021-05-06T21:56:40.974-07:00I've started a new project on the side of what else I do. I'm offering a healing ministry to individuals who are seeking help with their healing journey. I want to help in whatever way I can. Healing seems difficult to come by. At worse, we see the bump in the road instead of the pathway ahead. At its best, seeking healing is a character-building process requiring patience, diligence and http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2020/04/experience-healing-and-wholeness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-7290949528941948600Tue, 12 Apr 2016 20:30:00 +00002016-04-12T13:30:49.097-07:00Refreshing from those who give talks, presentations or sermons... when these give a glimpse of their self, expressing vulnerability, for example,  before or as they start:   "I'm feeling a little intimidated by the task this morning..."  Put another way, a speaker locating herself within the fittings of what her task is can be invigorating to the ear, mind and heart ofhttp://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2016/04/refreshing-from-those-who-give-talks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-7044542301929148318Tue, 08 Dec 2015 05:44:00 +00002015-12-07T21:44:10.686-08:00 http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2015/12/blog-post_7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-4891419774046977035Fri, 04 Dec 2015 20:02:00 +00002015-12-04T12:02:44.093-08:00 http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2015/12/hint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-1800668924189648383Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:24:00 +00002015-12-03T12:24:06.247-08:00 http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2015/12/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-4670559943826563982Thu, 12 Feb 2015 01:52:00 +00002015-02-11T17:52:24.958-08:00 Most golfers who play well or want to play well know the endorphin high of "pulling off a shot". Translation for everybody else: Their shot goes even better than they imagined it would. :^ ) It's as though something breaks through, a spiritual pause of everything: all is right with the world, and even, within. Here is what has been happening with golf. Golfers are realizing the benefithttp://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2015/02/building-rapport.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-6044872322276110920Tue, 10 Feb 2015 01:26:00 +00002015-02-09T21:23:13.157-08:00What is angst? Is this "I've got an angst for a steak?" or is it something for deeper reflection. See below (revised -- see below). http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2015/02/getting-at-cause-and-healing-of-angst.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-347887522104969293Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:35:00 +00002012-11-11T21:35:29.304-08:00 Reflecting on The Parable of the Good Samaritan, I couldn't help but notice God is at work in the ditches of discomforts, differences, despair and death.  Who do you most identify with: The priest? The Levite? The Jewish victim in the ditch? The Samaritan? Or the inn keeper? Okay, I threw in the last one just for fun.... :- ) This week's sermon, Kingdom of God: The Parable http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2012/11/reflecting-on-parable-of-good-samaritan_11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-5343036427549059871Mon, 05 Nov 2012 05:03:00 +00002012-11-04T21:03:38.756-08:00What glimpses do you see or have you seen of what God is up to on the planet? This week's sermon, Kingdom of God: The Parable of the Sower, based on Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 explores what the kingdom of God is and how we might take part in advancing it.  http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2012/11/what-glimpses-do-you-see-or-have-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-38706278168148241Mon, 22 Oct 2012 05:36:00 +00002012-10-21T22:36:02.241-07:00Can the church be destroyed? Can the church be razed? If you suffer in any way, whether from a chronic illness, a physical condition, the aftermath of divorce, financial stress or poverty, can it keep you down? As a Master teacher, Jesus taught at multiple levels, addressing groups of people in very different places in their lives. When Jesus said, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2012/10/can-church-be-destroyed-can-church-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-4304009005489063909Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:50:00 +00002012-10-07T22:50:17.833-07:00I love sea salt and use it--usually in moderation--on foods like baked potatoes, spinach and pasta. I even use it occasionally to make homemade Gatorade. I also enjoy a regular dose--in moderation--of change around me and within me. But, when the sea salt canister has been moved from where I usually find it on our lazy susan and I cannot find it, all sense of normalcy vanishes. It doesn't take http://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2012/10/i-love-sea-salt-and-use-it-usually-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744078619594883896.post-982176803362202567Mon, 17 Sep 2012 05:37:00 +00002012-09-16T22:42:31.446-07:00 There are some questions we’ll probably never have answered this side of heaven. Why isn’t the word "phonetic" spelled the way it sounds? Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?  Yet, the story of those who believe in Jesus has key themes we can bank on, essential characteristics showing up in the lives of those who earnestly followhttp://soulshapes.blogspot.com/2012/09/there-are-some-questions-well-probably.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sayer Strauch)