2015

The Temple And Useless Flesh

August 23, 2015
I Kings 8:(1,6,) 22-30, 41-43; John 6:56-69
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I must start by thanking Gene Miller for pointing out the sermon for me today. Last week after the service, Gene came to me, bible open, pointing to the passage […]

Bathsheba and David: Part II

August 02, 2015
II Samuel 11:26 -12:13; Psalm 51: 1-12
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You notice that this sermon is part 2. Sometimes the lectionary works that way for preachers. (After these two heavy weeks with David, I am sure we will all be […]

Bathsheba and David: Part I

July 26, 2015
II Samuel 11:1-15; Ephesians 3:14-21
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About 12 summers ago, when I was learning to be your pastor, Joe Roos and I sat on chairs right here and had a conversational sermon about this passage from […]

To Be In Need . . .

July 19, 2015
Psalm 23; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
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O LORD, you are my shepherd – I want nothing more. You let me lie down in green meadows; you lead me beside restful waters: you refresh my soul. You […]

Holy Interruptions

June 28, 2015
Psalm 130; Mark 5:21-43
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I have been thinking about bodies this week: black bodies, brown bodies, white bodies, LGBTQ bodies, straight bodies, young bodies, old bodies, athletic bodies, bodies that struggle to move. What […]

That Awe-full Feeling

June 21, 2015
Job 38:1-11; Mark 4:35-41
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Jesus is tired. For days he has been surrounded by people, crowds of people, expecting him to perform – miracles, healings, at the very least there have been expectations of […]

From Small Seeds

June 14, 2015
I Samuel 15:34 -16:1-13
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We are such good Anabaptists here at Hyattsville Mennonite, so focused on Jesus and his teachings. Our friend Elham – new to the faith, commented to me recently that she […]

As We Share in Our Comfort and Suffering

May 17, 2015
II Corinthians 1:3-7; Isaiah 51:11-16
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It is a pleasure to be here again not only being part of such an important event like Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia, but also visiting and spending […]

Philip and E.E.

May 10, 2015
John 15:1-8; Acts 8:26-40
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Reading this text over and over this week brings back a vague childhood memory of this story from Acts. It was in my bible story book: the picture was of […]

“If We Must Answer Today”

April 26, 2015
I John 3:16-24; Acts 4:5-12
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After the devastation of Jesus’ death, and the exhilaration of his resurrection, the small disparate group of good Jews, outcasts, struggling fishers, healed and hoping-to-be-healed really begins to expand. These […]