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Bible Readings: Genesis 32:22-31, Psalm 17:1-7, 15, Romans 9:1-5, Matthew 14:13-21
Theme: More Than Enough
About the image:
My photo taken at the back of our place at Mason's Bay, part of Lake Victoria in the Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia.
Listening Song: From a Distance
by Bette Midler on her album, Some People's Lives (pictured at left). Compare this song's idea of God with the gospel reading's idea of God. They are very different.
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Listening Song: Wake Up Dead Man
By U2 on their album, Pop. (For the Genesis reading)
Listening Song:Peace on Earth
By U2 on their album, All That You can't Leave Behind. (For the Genesis reading)
Drama: The Feeding of the Twenty Five
Found in Mega Drama 2 by Verena Johnson, Open Book, 2001, ISBN 085910916, page 74 (pictured in an earlier post).
Story: Here, Take What You Need!"
Found in Pulpit Resouces, August 4th, 2002 by William H. Willimon
Story: Love and the Cabbie
Found in More Hot Illustrations for Youth by Wayne Rice, Zondervan, 1995, ISBN 0310207861, page 111(pictured in an earlier blog).
Poem: Oversupply
By Bruce Prewer and found at http://home.alphalink.com.au/~nigel/DocA/47SUN18.htm
Theme: More Than Enough
About the image:
My photo taken at the back of our place at Mason's Bay, part of Lake Victoria in the Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqp8bpPj_BDA4YK8KxIVpivDbQVCDUlT5HA8ipXNogHtMnDTDHG8N44K4aD7b_vGd7OZEVxIm8nfD5ESjAdS5YM6GEPPmng71Wkb8CnhJXJF1nFh7V0kuCR5kuYM09Qw_5MLTSfQ/s200/Bette+Midler+some+Peoples+Lives_0001.jpg)
by Bette Midler on her album, Some People's Lives (pictured at left). Compare this song's idea of God with the gospel reading's idea of God. They are very different.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0d0j_WN-Lq-1JWoExOu9eskKc0Hc5dL9wUr1MEH7Wc-zUguxFo2KTKXClPkHJZr9UmtIecO27UhmBNEsbcqVqSCSNvmlol3EGyZyEA1H_37K-OnQYVYP74hklyAuDyG0sFfj8Q/s200/U2-Pop-cover.png)
Listening Song: Wake Up Dead Man
By U2 on their album, Pop. (For the Genesis reading)
Listening Song:Peace on Earth
By U2 on their album, All That You can't Leave Behind. (For the Genesis reading)
Drama: The Feeding of the Twenty Five
Found in Mega Drama 2 by Verena Johnson, Open Book, 2001, ISBN 085910916, page 74 (pictured in an earlier post).
Story: Here, Take What You Need!"
Found in Pulpit Resouces, August 4th, 2002 by William H. Willimon
Story: Love and the Cabbie
Found in More Hot Illustrations for Youth by Wayne Rice, Zondervan, 1995, ISBN 0310207861, page 111(pictured in an earlier blog).
Poem: Oversupply
By Bruce Prewer and found at http://home.alphalink.com.au/~nigel/DocA/47SUN18.htm