Sermons

Transfigured

February 21, 2016
Luke 9:28-43a
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For those who may not know, I studied visual art in college. My interest in art is two-fold. I enjoy creating art – I love [and get stressed out by] […]

Living Ink: In The Flesh

February 14, 2016
Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Luke 4:1-13
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Jesus and the devil, out there in the wilderness for forty days. According to Luke, there were tensions and temptations the whole time. Near the end it gets even more […]

Creating Space

February 07, 2016
Luke 4:(14-20) 21-30
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Today, on this last Sunday before lent, we celebrate the mystery of Jesus, the way he creates space for us to catch glimpses of, and experience, the power of God. […]

Going Deeper

January 17, 2016
Luke 10:30-37; John 4:1-40
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Good morning. It’s an honor to be with you on Martin Luther King Sunday and great to be back at Hyattsville. I have been involved in a mixed-raced group within […]

Watershed

January 10, 2016
Isaiah 43:1-7; Luke 3:15-18, 21-22
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Last fall the church council and pastorate, as is our custom, had a day long working retreat. We reviewed the past year or two and then turned our eyes toward […]

Freedom Bound: The Path Of Hope

December 20, 2015
Luke 1:39-56
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You already know this but your pastors are a lot like you, quite human. We get angry, sad, sick, (cough, cough) joyful, excited and overwhelmed. In this liturgical season of […]

Freedom Bound: The Path of Mercy

December 06, 2015
Malachi 3:1-4; Luke 1:68-79
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Just this year, one of the younger members of our congregation asked me what mercy means. What a wonderful and surprising question. I wanted to jump right in and give […]

Freedom Bound: The Path of Justice

November 29, 2015
Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:1-10; I Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36
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It is advent again. In this congregation it is a bit like what Jesus says about the fig tree in the passage from Luke: Look at the fig tree and […]

The Royal Banquet

November 22, 2015
Matthew 22:1-10; Revelation 1: 4b-8; Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14
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Welcome to this Christ the King Sunday. Three years ago we celebrated it as Christa the Queen Sunday. And in fact we do have Christa with us this morning. Christa, […]

Moses & Super Grover 2.0

November 15, 2015
Exodus 3:1-6, 33:18-23; Matthew 7:7-12
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I am going rogue on the lectionary today. Instead of the suggested scripture passages for this week – I decided it was time to share with you all some of […]