Sermons

Alert and Awake to Hope

November 30, 2014
Mark 13:24-37; Isaiah 64:1-9; I Corinthians 1:3-9
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On this first Sunday of Advent – and this last Sunday that I am with you for three months, I want to say something joyful and profound, memorable and inspiring. […]

The Good Stuff

November 16, 2014
Matthew 25:14-30; Jeremiah 13:1-11
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Here were are in mid-November.  It has been a little over two weeks since All Hallows’ Eve. I don’t know how many of the families in this community participate in […]

Waiting and Watching

November 09, 2014
Amos 5:18-24; Matthew 25:1-13
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As often as I have wrestled with this text, I have never really identified with these ten bridesmaids. When it comes to weddings I have always been the soloist, and […]

Entrusted With The Message

October 26, 2014
I Thessalonians 2:1-8; Matthew 22:34-40
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Last week at the church retreat we practiced looking at the biblical text from different perspectives. We looked at the story of Jesus feeding 5000 people with five loaves and […]

A Discerning Ear

October 12, 2014
Matthew 22:1-14; Exodus 32:1-14
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If you have been worshipping here regularly the past few months you may have noticed that we have been working our way through the book of Matthew. It is not […]

A Generous Daily Wage

September 28, 2014
Matthew 20:1-16
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“The first shall be last and the last shall be first.” At a quick glance one wonders if this is Jesus’ version of the tortoise and the hare. But that […]

The Forgiveness Equation

September 14, 2014
Matthew 18:21-35
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Our son Simon is 9 months old and it is a fun age.  He is all over the place, crawling and climbing and getting into anything he can.  He is […]

Article 14 and Matthew 18 in 2014

September 07, 2014
Matthew 18:15-20
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When I turned to the lectionary for this week and saw that the gospel is this text from Matthew 18 I wanted to laugh, and scream, and cry. Really? The […]

God-fearing Midwives

August 31, 2014
Exodus 1:8-2:10
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Sometimes I think about the children born in this country after September 11, 2001. I wonder how they view the world. They only know a country at war. In addition […]

Doggin’ Jesus

August 17, 2014
Matthew 15:21-28
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Jesus is trying to get in the zone. He has a mountainous, twenty mile walk ahead of him to get to Tyre and Sidon. He is exhausted from the intense […]