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To listen to this sermon, click here: 110813_001 Jesus died just as the Sabbath of the Passover Festival was about to begin, which was just when the sun was about to go down. If anyone had been able to think… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here: 110812_001 Five years ago a woman named Sarah Gray, who was pregnant with identical twins, found out that one of her unborn sons had a serious defect that would mean he would certainly… Continue reading

There is no recording available for this sermon. I love the way this chapter of John’s gospel begins: “Before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the… Continue reading

There was no sermon. Here is a recording of the congregation reading the story of the Passion: 110806_001 Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here:  110730_001 It is very easy and pleasant to be a gardener in the wintertime. You get to sit by the stove with a cup of tea and look through garden catalogs, and draw… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here: 110723_001 If you were one of those man-on-the-street reporters, and you went around and asked random people, “How would you describe Christians, what makes a Christian different from other people?” you’d get a… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here: 110716_001 A church that we attended a long time ago once found itself in a dilemma. We had a wonderful young woman working with our youth group. And this young woman’s mother, who… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here: 110709_001 There is a scene in the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” that is, I think, one of the best bits of acting I have ever seen. I think about it often, though… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here: 110702_001 It is a very important and awesome thing to contemplate the full meaning of the Incarnation – what it really means to us that God had skin and bones and blood, that… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here: 110629_001 It is a common misunderstanding that being religious, or being spiritual, or just being a good person, is all about being unselfish – by which we mean that it’s all about being… Continue reading