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To listen to this sermon, click here:  121013_001 We all grew up learning history by learning about important people. History books are always about the important people – mostly men, people with power, people with money, people who did big,… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here:  121006_001 I love it that this story begins with a rich and powerful military man, a Roman, no less, who asks Jesus to save the life of a mere servant. The translation we… Continue reading

Below is an outline of the sermon. To listen to it, click here:  120929_001 Going to Palo Duro with my sister after my Mom’s death the formations – like castles and towers, variations of colors in the layers of rock,… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here:  120922_001 There is a movie called “Babe”, from about twenty years ago, about a pig who wants to be a sheepdog. It was filmed in Australia, and the farm – home of Farmer… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here:  120915_001 Most of us have used Corelle dishes at some point. They are those nice, light-weight Corningware dishes that come in lots of pretty patterns, that look and feel like glass, only they… Continue reading

An expanded outline is below. To listen to this sermon, click here:  120908_001 The memorial service for Fr. Bill’s son – full church – the grief of losing our child the comfort of the readings From Isaiah 25 – he… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here:  120901_001 Imagine that there is a big family, and the parents, the mother and father, are preparing to go away on a long trip. And they’re about to give the children the instructions… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here:  120825_001 The reading from John today is about a confrontation. It happened in December, or at least the Jewish month that corresponds to December, when Jesus was at the Temple in Jerusalem, during… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here:  120818_001 Sometimes, at the end of a particularly hectic and confusing day, I feel like one of those snow globes that have a little scene inside a glass dome, where you shake them… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here:  120811_001 John 20:24-29 says, “Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he… Continue reading