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Story: Wide World
July 26, 2026 Romans 8:26-39Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Over the next few weeks weāre likely to start seeing one of our famous Hawaiian birds again. Weāre approaching the time of year when the kolea make their 3000 mile non-stop flight from Alaska to Hawaiāi where, like sensible birds, theyāll spend the winter. A myna and a kolea happened to be scrounging for worms and insects side-by-side oneā¦
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Story: One Loves
July 19, 2026 Psalm 86:11-17Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 The koaāe kea (white-tailed tropicbird) loved to fly. She loved to fly over the sea, and to hover over the water before diving to capture a fish or squid. She loved to fly over the land as well, to feel the thermals lift her wings as she crossed from sea to shore. And of course, as a koaāe kea from Hawaiāi Island, she loved to fly around theā¦
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Wholehearted
āI give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever.ā ā Psalm 86:12 My heart is fractured, God. Letās face it, itās been broken bythe disappointments and betrayals ofmy all-too-human life. What mortar canrebuild the broken soul? My heart is fractured, God. My heart is torn by contradictions, pulling mefrom one side to the other. Ifit were a matterā¦
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Story: Unexpected Blossoms
July 12, 2026 Isaiah 55:10-13Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 In all her lifetime, there was a grove of ohiāa that had never, ever blossomed. Admittedly, she was young. There hadnāt been a great deal of her lifetime for the ohiāa to blossom. But they never had, she knew. Because that stand of trees was really handy, she had visited it regularly when she was younger ā which wasnāt a long time ago, youā¦
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Story: Unsatisfied
July 5, 2026 Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 It was her first time to be leader of the flock. She greatly appreciated the responsibility. Look at all those birds ā twenty or more ā who would rely on her to help them find food and shelter and safety. There were āapapane like herself, there were āamakihi, there were āakepa, there was even a pair of āalawi and a remarkablyā¦
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Like Jesus
āFor John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, āHe has a demonā; the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, āLook, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!ā Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.ā ā Matthew 11:18-19 There was a time they said I looked like Jesus. Ihad grown my hair quite long, and wore a beardwhose scraggly thinness I would notā¦
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Story: Fish Stories
June 28, 2026 Jeremiah 28:5-9Matthew 10:40-42 Iām not a fisherman. Youāre not likely to find me along the shore with a long fishing rod or standing in the shallows somewhere with a net. What I do know about fishing, however, is a piece of advice Iāve only picked up in recent years. āItās called fishing, not catching. Thereās a reason for that.ā People who fish spend more time not catchingā¦
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Don't You Think I'd Rather Tell You What I Want to Hear?
āAnd the prophet Jeremiah said, āAmen! May the LORD do so; may the LORD fulfill the words that you have prophesied and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the LORD and all the exiles.'ā ā Jeremiah 28:6 I hoped Iād have a simple life. I hadambition, certainly. I would succeedbut in a nation resting in its justice, peace,its people living all in righteousness. It wasā¦
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Story: Worthy Birds
June 21, 2026 Genesis 21:8-21Romans 6:1b-11 During the summer, some of the birds in the Hawaiian mountain forests like to gather into flocks. Youāve probably seen flocks of mynas around Hilo, and one evening I saw a big flock of cattle egrets, which was impressive, and Iāve also seen flocks of seven or eight nene flying about. Did you notice that those flocks have something in common? Theyā¦
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Cast Out This Slave Woman with Her Son
āBut Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. So she said to Abraham, āCast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not inherit along with my son Isaac.'ā ā Genesis 21:9-10 They laughed, the boys at play.How many mothers watched? But onesaw threat and dissolution ofthe wealth expected for her own. Howā¦
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Story: The Merciful Myna
June 14, 2026 Exodus 19:2-8aMatthew 9:35-10:8 This may sound a little bit odd to you ā it sounds a little bit odd to me ā but one of the mynas that lives near our church decided to listen to the sermon. Without falling asleep, which is a nice trick. And as you know, Iāve been talking about Godās mercy recently. This myna woke up one morning and decided, āIām going to be merciful today.ā Theā¦
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But I Can't
ā[Jesus said,] āAs you go, proclaim the good news, āThe kingdom of heaven has come near.ā Cure the sick; raise the dead; cleanse those with a skin disease; cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment.'ā ā Matthew 10:7-8 Give without payment, O Lord? But I canāt.How will I eat, where will I sleep,if I donāt have a contract or letter of call? What do you mean, life has noā¦
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Story: The Sorry I'iwi
June 7, 2026 Hosea 5:15-6:6Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 Last week an omaāo had to learn that he couldnāt judge an entire species of bird because of the bad behavior of some of them. Specifically, he had to abandon his idea that all iāiwi are evil. Itās a pity that this weekās story is about an iāiwi that, well, had the bad habit of behaving badly. This was one of the iāiwi that would have given thatā¦
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Watch... Me?
[Jesus said,] āGo and learn what this means, āI desire mercy, not sacrifice.'ā ā Matthew 9:13 Would you like to know what blessing is? asks Jesus:Watch me. Would you like to know what light is? asks Jesus:Watch me. Would you like to know what righteousness is? asks Jesus:Watch me. Would you like to know what love is? asks Jesus:Watch me. Would you like to know what honesty is? asksā¦
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Story: Those Birds
May 31, 2026 Genesis 1:1-2:4a2 Corinthians 13:11-13 A lot of the honeycreepers in the mountain forests have brightly colored feathers. I think Iāve mentioned that before. The āapapane and the iāiwi are bright red and black. The āamakihi and the āakiapolaāau are bright yellow. The āelepaio has these fascinating speckles in its feathers, even if they arenāt all that vibrant. And then thereās theā¦
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Praise the Poet
God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. ā Genesis 1:31 Praise the Poet, Breath and Wind and Word,who movement on the waters stirred up lightand night and land and sea, stars and planet whirlingon the cosmographic page. Praise the Poet, summoning the earth to green abundance,summoning the seas to swarm withā¦
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Story: Whatever It Was
May 24, 2026 Acts 2:1-21John 20:19-23 I donāt know what it was that he found in the tree. Maybe it was a collection of seeds. Maybe it was some burrowing insects. Maybe it was material for a nest. Whatever it was, he was the only house finch to know about it, and as far as he knew (or I know) the only bird in the neighborhood to know anything about it. āWow!ā he said to himself, but not veryā¦
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