Sermons

Jesus Abridged

February 02, 2020
Micah 6:1-8
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It’s Super Bowl Sunday! Some of you couldn’t care less about that statement. While others of us have a mild interest in the game that will be taking place this […]

“Can’t We All Just …?”

January 26, 2020
Psalm 27: 6-9; Matthew 4:17-22; I Corinthians 1:10-13
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Good Morning. This is the 3rd Sunday of Epiphany – when the Three Wise Men deduced that the star moving before them was leading to a baby who was god’s […]

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 […]

The Power and Humility of Baptism

January 12, 2020
Matthew 3:13-17; Isaiah 42:1-9
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I remember my baptism. I was scared to choose it and scared not to choose it. My questions and doubts about the way things were explained (or unexplained) in church […]

Epiphany 20/20

January 05, 2020
Matthew 2:1-12; Ephesians 3:1-12
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The epiphany season is the hinge point of a new year, when things can come into new focus. It is one more gift of the season; a chance to look […]

Waiting For Who?

December 15, 2019
Matthew 11:2-11; Isaiah 35:1-10; James 5:7-10; Luke 1:46-55
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(sung) Wait on the Lord, God’s time is near. Wait on the Lord, be strong, take heart. It’s the third Sunday of Advent and we are still waiting. What are […]

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 […]

What Are We Waiting For?

December 01, 2019
Matthew 24:36-44; Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14
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What are you waiting for? This is the question we will be asking together this Advent and Christmas season. (A bunch of other Mennonites across the country are also asking […]

Vision Amidst Violence

October 06, 2019
Psalm 37:1-9; II Timothy 1: 3-7; Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4
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“Why do you make me see wrongdoing and look at trouble? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.” This description from Habakkuk is all too real. My […]

Global Warning

September 29, 2019
I Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31
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These two texts, taken together, give us more than enough to grapple with this morning. In the global context, we are considered wealthy, even quite wealthy. What might we hear […]