Michelle Burkholder

A Soaring Love

January 19, 2020
Isaiah 49:1-7; John 1:29-42
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Last weekend I had the opportunity to participate in the annual Laurelville Music and Worship Leaders retreat weekend. People from across the country, and even a few from Canada, gathered […]

Immersed In Waiting

December 08, 2019
Matthew 3:1-12; Romans 15:4-13
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Hear then, this poem: The Merger Poem (from The Dinner Party) – Judy Chicago And then all that has divided us will merge And then compassion will be wedded to […]

The Peace Of The Earth

September 22, 2019
Jeremiah 8:18-9:1; Luke 16:1-13
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The United Nations has designated September 21st of each year as the International Day of Peace. [And just so you are not confused for the rest of the day, or […]

Recipe For Prayer

July 28, 2019
Luke 11:1-13
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How do we pray? It is a question the disciples of Jesus asked and one that we still ask today. What is prayer, what does it look like, sound like, […]

From Chaos, Life

June 30, 2019
Galatians 3:23-29
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Today is the last day of June; a month full of rainbows and pride parades. Pride is an annual time of celebration for LGBTQ people (& allies) as LGBTQ people […]

Visions of Vision

May 05, 2019
Acts 9:1-20
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You’ve got to love a scripture passage that begins with: meanwhile. Meanwhile Saul continued to breathe murderous threats against the disciples. Okay, so maybe we don’t necessarily like what comes […]

Sensing The Holy

April 07, 2019
Psalm 63:1-8; John 12:1-8
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If you were at the church retreat last fall, you may remember us doing some Biblio drama around the story of the woman anointing Jesus’ feet. A version of this […]

#Sermon

March 17, 2019
Genesis 15:1-12; Luke 13:31-35
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Scripture is an ancient text – we live with it in current times, seeking to understand what messages and insights it continues to offer. We can’t help but bring a […]

40

March 10, 2019
Deuteronomy 8:1-10; Luke 4:1-13
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Once again we find ourselves embarking on the Lenten journey. Lent is the 40 days (minus Sundays) between Shrove Tuesday and Easter Sunday. It is a season to spend time […]

Capacity Conundrum

February 17, 2019
Jeremiah 17:5-10; Luke 6:17-26
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There’s a stream of thought that says every pastor really only has one sermon in them. [For the sake of job security I maybe shouldn’t be exploring this stream of […]