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About revkennydickson

I am a United Methodist minister and my professional passion is connecting issues of life and faith to film and other artforms. I am also interested in autism awareness and ministry and special needs. I am married to Michelle and have two children.

Notes on Breaking Bad Sermon Series: “Life in the Crawl Space”

The sermon series uses the show “Breaking Bad” as a parable to illustrate the power of sin and consequences of breaking away from God, When life breaks bad for us. The second sermon uses the program to illustrate Jesus’s parable … Continue reading →

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Notes on Breaking Bad: “Fillet of Soul”

The  first sermon in my Breaking Bad sermon series was “Fillet of Soul.”John 12:1-7, Jesus’s teaching to fear not what kills the body but what kills the soul. Walter’s breaking bad was his breaking toward fear rather than faith when … Continue reading →

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Sermon Series: “Breaking Bad (Ways of Being)”

Text: Luke 12:1-9 Sermon “Fillet of Soul” Jesus teaches the disciples not to fear those who can kill the body only, but he who can kill the soul. Living in fear rather than by faith when life breaks bad is … Continue reading →

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Sermon: “The Gambler”

Sermon: Luke 10:38-42. “The Gambler” AKA “Jesus and Kenny Rogers walk into Martha’s Home….” Presented next directly after the Good Samaritan story where Jesus tells the lawyer to go and do, the Mary and Martha story offers another teaching, sometimes … Continue reading →

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The Theology of Apollo

A clergy friend of mine posted on Facebook that she wished she was like the Space Shuttle, gently reentering the atmosphere and landing on a runway rather than old Apollo Capsule that plunged through the atmosphere and splashed into the … Continue reading →

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“AIN’T DUTCH, AIN’T MUCH” – July 18

Originally posted on A DEVOTED LIFE:
“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, …” Ephesians 2:19 NETHERLANDS HOLLAND (Photo credit: LachieB1) I have never…

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Preaching from the “Unpopular Text Collection:” The Laborers in the Vineyard

Matthew 20:1-16 Sermon: “LIFO, FIFO, EIEI-O” AKA “Good News and Bad News: Life’s Not Fair http://www.christ4u.org/christ4u/sermon_7_14_2013_9_00am

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Sermon: Freedom Is As Freedom Does AKA God and Country, The New Balance

The is the Independence Weekend Sermon. The Text is James 1:22-29. But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. For if any are hearers of the word and not doers,they are like those who look … Continue reading →

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Wild Strawberries: “Aging in a Bottle”

This is a wonderful look by film professor and author Mark Le Fanu into the ageless process of aging through the Ingmar Bergman film “Wild Strawberries.” “Wild Strawberries” is one of the films that is a part of the Criterion … Continue reading →

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WikiLeaks: Double Standard Is As Double Standard Does, or Doesn’t

I am not a fan of double standards. I realize most people would claim this, but I think I really, really don’t like them. I have problems with people or political groups who claim to love America because of the … Continue reading →

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