2017

The Gate To Abundant Life

May 14, 2017
John 10:1-10; Psalm 23
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The other week the Capital Area Anabaptists met for our monthly lunch at the MCC Washington office. At each gathering we read a scripture passage together using lectio divina. One […]

Living Into Hope

April 16, 2017
Matthew 28:1-10; Psalm 23
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Christ is risen! (Christ is risen indeed!) It is one of those times when we have to practice saying this until we begin to believe it again. On Maundy Thursday, […]

Called Out

April 02, 2017
John 11:1-45
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Lately, my foot hurts. I am having a flare up of plantar fasciitis. If you have experienced plantar fasciitis you will immediately shake your head in commiseration and consolation. You […]

You Once Were Blind, Now We See

March 26, 2017
John 9:1-34
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Today we celebrate. We celebrate because we see.  We have not always seen. We do not always see; sometimes we are still blind. Yet we rejoice because today we see. […]

Spiritual Journey of the Samaritan Woman

March 19, 2017
John 4:4-29
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Introduction Gospel of John Once, in conversation with the theologian Leonardo Boff in Brazil, he said to me: “Behind what is said, is also what is not said.” That’s what […]

Again And Again

March 12, 2017
Genesis 12:1-4a; John 3:1-17
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There was an old man Named Michael Finnegan He had whiskers On his chin-ne-gan He shaved them off and they grew in again Poor old Michael Finnegan, Begin Again Today […]

The Grit of Restoration

March 05, 2017
Matthew 4:1-11
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Don’t let the unusually amazing and warm weather of the past few weeks fool you. The budding trees and blooming flowers may tempt you into thinking we have already made […]

When Anabaptists Were The Terrorists

February 12, 2017
Psalm 27:3; Isaiah 8:12
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“Be angry and sin not,” Paul advises the church at Ephesus in Ephesians 4:26.  Anger itself is not presented as a sin.  Paul reminds us in this passage that the […]

Rise And Shine

February 05, 2017
Isaiah 58:1-9; Matthew 5:13-20
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When Jesus says it, it sounds so matter of fact: You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world. Preachers around the globe are trying […]

Blessed Attitude

January 29, 2017
Micah 6:6-8; Matthew 5:1-12
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Not to be overly dramatic but since advent, when I last preached, it feels like the world has changed. Some of us feel disoriented, like we are living in a […]