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Location, Leaving, and Light - A Call to Discipleship
A sermon on Matt. 4:12-23 (for an audio recording of this sermon, click here.) Immediately following worship today, our community will hold our annual congregational meeting. (pause for cheers of excitement!) Yes! This meeting is actually really important – not only because it is constitutionally required in order to elect Council members, and pass a budget, and otherwise do the “business” of the church. But more essentially, this is our chance, as the community of God called
Two Questions and an Invitation
A sermon on John 1:29-42 (for an audio recording of this sermon, click here. Photo by Evan Dennis on Unsplash) “What are you looking for?” I don’t know about you, but that’s a question I can relate to. There’s a lot of details in today’s gospel that feel pretty distant from my reality: The baptizer’s words about the one who comes really being ahead because he was before is grammatically confusing; And I’ve never personally seen the Holy Spirit descend from heaven like a dove;
Stepping Into God's Pleasure
A sermon on Matt. 3:13-17 (for an audio recording of the sermon, click here) When I was a little girl my favorite movie, which I watched over and over again, was Chariots of Fire. For any of you who have seen the film, you might be thinking: “that’s an unusual favorite movie for an 8-year-old girl.” And, you would be right, but I was an unusual 8-year-old girl so, there you have it. For any of you who have not seen the movie, I encourage you to do so. It is an academy-award-w
We Need To Hear The Cry
A sermon on Matt. 2:13-23 (for an audio recording of this sermon, click here) So, I have a question. Maybe it has occurred to you as well: Why do we need to hear this story?! It is a story of terror and violence. A story of only one precious family making it across the border to safety. A story of a power-mad, fear-driven despot ordering the murder of innocent babies. A story of inconsolable suffering. What are we supposed to do with a story like this at the end of the Christ
