Sermons

Peace to this House

July 06, 2025
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
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As a child growing up in small town Oregon, we were not a very political or activist family, though we did have a decal on our front plate glass window. […]

Witness & Testify

June 22, 2025
Luke 8:26-39
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I find stories like this in the Biblical text a bit scratchy. I’m never quite sure how I feel about the prevalence of demon possession and exorcisms in the life […]

Lamentations

June 01, 2025
Lamentations 1,2,3,5
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What a time in the world it is. Our hearts are broken by the injustice and cruelty that we see and hear about every day. Our minds are preoccupied and […]

Saving Language

May 25, 2025
John 5:2-9
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A few years back, pre-pandemic, we had an intergenerational Sunday School class called Big Questions. One Sunday we asked What does it mean to be saved? and then How do […]

On the Journey

May 04, 2025
Acts 9:1-20; Galatians 1:11-24, 2:1-5
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All along my pilgrim journey, Savior let me walk with thee. That is how I attempt to live my life, walking with God. And I had been doing that, with […]

We Rise with Christ

April 20, 2025
Mark 16:1-20
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Christ is Risen. Christ is Risen indeed. Today is one of those Easters when it can be hard to go full joyful hallelujah. With the recent death of our beloved […]

Save us we pray: What kind of salvation is this?

April 13, 2025
Luke 23:44-56
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Good morning to you all at Hyattsville Mennonite Church. Joy to worship with you virtually on this Palm Sunday, just as it has been a joy to work with Michelle […]

Daughters Take A Stand

March 23, 2025
Numbers 27: 1-11; Numbers 36: 1-12
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The two parts of the story we just heard are found in the book of Numbers: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers. We hardly ever read from Numbers, maybe because it sounds […]

The Women Who Save

March 16, 2025
Exodus 1:8-2:10
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In Women’s history month, it is right and good to tell, and retell, the stories of women in the bible. Not because the stories are historically accurate. But because they […]

Prone to Wander: Wilderness Vistas

March 09, 2025
Genesis 16:1-16
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Lent is a season that invites us to take a journey. This year as we travel the path between Ash Wednesday and Easter morning we are invited to journey in […]