Monthly Archives: February, 2013
February 24, 2013 – Lent 2, God, Who Doesn’t Give Up
To listen to this sermon, click here: God Who Doesn’t Give Up I never met my mother’s mother, because she died when my mother was a young bride. But in a very real way I do know her, because I have heard so many stories about her. I know that she was often sick so …
February 17, 2013 – Lent 1, Identity Theft
To listen to the recording, click here: Identity Theft If you’ve ever lost your purse or your wallet, unless you are in the habit of carrying lots of cash around, your greatest loss probably wasn’t the money you were carrying. I can’t speak for everyone, but for a lot of people the greatest loss would …
February 13, 2013 – Ash Wednesday
No recording is available for this sermon. Shakespeare wrote: “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.” And in the gospel reading today from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is using that same …
Lenten Luncheons
This is the schedule for this year’s Lenten luncheons: February 20 at St. Philip’s February 27 at Norwood UMC March 6 at Norwood Congregational March 13 at Knapps Station March 20 at Norwood Free Methodist March 27 at St. Andrew’s
February 10, 2013 – Transfiguration – 2013
To listen to the recording, click here: Transfiguration 2013 Yesterday morning, I was sitting by the woodstove, looking out into the back yard at the new snow. The sun was shining down on all that pure, dazzling whiteness, and it was reflected in thousands of little points of light as the snow caught its rays. …
February 3, 2013 – Epiphany 4 Enraged by Grace
To listen to this sermon, click here: Enraged by Grace There is an expression that is sometimes used about large groups of people. We say that a crowd is “getting ugly”. What we mean is that the collective mood of the crowd is growing into something frightening and dangerous. Sometimes you might have felt it …
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