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This is an adapted form of the sermon I preached this morning, the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. The text I had in mind while preparing it was the Second Reading, 1 Corinthians 2:1-12. It was the final Sunday of our annual Stewardship Campaign. If you'd like to see a video of this sermon, click here. … Continue reading Renewed in the Belly of the Whale (Sermon)
This is an adapted form of the sermon I preached this morning. It was the Third Sunday after Epiphany, and also the second Sunday of our Stewardship Campaign. I preached on the Second Reading, 1 Corinthians 1:10-18. You can view the sermon here (it starts around 25:40). By God’s great mercy, we are refreshed with … Continue reading Refreshed with the Power of God (Sermon)
This is an adapted form of the sermon I preached yesterday, the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. The gospel text was Luke 5:1-11. It was also the final Sunday of our annual Stewardship campaign. Some moments are crucial. There are moments when something happens, when a decision is made. Or a word is spoken. Or a … Continue reading Simon Peter and the Strange Decision (Sermon)
This is an adapted version of the sermon I preached this morning, the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany. It was also the third week of our four-week annual Stewardship Campaign. The gospel text was Luke 4:21-30. So we continue to celebrate our fiftieth anniversary this year, a time when we look back at all the great … Continue reading What’s So New About Life? (Sermon)
This is an adapted form of the sermon I preached this morning, the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. We're in the midst of our Stewardship Campaign, and today's theme was "Giving to God of our Income Changes Everything." The theme scripture reading was 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. There was once a couple, Alex and Morgan. In their … Continue reading Faith, Hope, and Money (Sermon)
This is an adapted version of the sermon I preached this morning. We're in the midst of our annual Stewardship Campaign, and today's theme was "Giving God our Worship Changes Everything." The theme scripture reading was 1 Corinthians 12:12-31. Once upon a time, there was a group of people who wanted to identify who they … Continue reading Called Together (Sermon)
When I was a child, all I ever wanted to be was an astronaut. I loved learning about outer space, especially about the planets in our solar system. (Although, I must say, I was not scandalized by Pluto's "demotion" to dwarf planet status in 2006. Given the discoveries of other objects in the solar system at … Continue reading Thirteen
This is an adapted form of the sermon I preached this morning. The gospel text was Mark 12:38-44, the story of the so-called "widow's mite." I am growing a moustache for the month of November in support of a movement called “Movember.” Movember started about fifteen years ago in Australia, and is now embraced worldwide. … Continue reading Learning from Women
This is an adapted form of the sermon I preached this morning. The gospel text was Matthew 25:14-30. When Jonathan was young, he was always anxious. Things had to be done the right way, or it upset him. For example: he and his brother played with refrigerator magnets, you know, the big colorful plastic letters … Continue reading Ships in Harbors, Talents in the Ground
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