Category Archives: Sermons
June 8, 2014, Pentecost – You Are a Watered Garden
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May 25, 2014, Easter 6 – Deacon Rick Littlejohn, Guest Speaker
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May 18, 2014, Easter 5 – We Only Have Today
To listen to this sermon, click here: 131118_001 Carroll has been writing a garden journal on his facebook page – if you are on facebook you’ve probably seen it. Every day, or almost every day he writes down the tasks of that day and he makes note of how everything is doing right now. Whatever …
May 11, 2014, Easter 4 – The Wisdom of Sheep
To listen to this sermon, click here: 131111_001 I had the great privilege of being a shepherd – of sorts – for a few years, and I just love sheep. I love their strangely deep voices, and I love the oily feel of their wool. I love the way they smell – in moderation – …
May 4, 2014, Easter 3 – A World of Wants
To listen to this sermon, click here: 131104_001 “I love the Lord, because he has heard the voice of my supplication; because he has inclined his ear to me whenever I called upon him.” Hollywood loves a good pre-quel these days. Maybe it’s a lack of originality, but a lot of movies seem to be …
April 27, 2014, Easter 2 – Not Seeing Can Be Believing
To listen to this sermon, click here: 131028_001 Have you ever been to a play where you are just sitting and observing the action between characters, and suddenly one of the characters looks directly at YOU, and begins to address his words to you, rather than to the characters in the play? At once you …
April 20, 2014, Easter – The Dawning of Recognition
To listen to this sermon, click here: 131021_002 Mary Magdalene was the first person to come to the tomb that early Sunday morning, and in the dim light before dawn she saw the huge stone rolled away from the tomb, and the tomb empty. And her first thought was – the Lord has risen from …
April 19, 2014, Easter Vigil – Coming to the End
To listen to this sermon, click here: 131021_001 When all the men were hiding away in fear and in grief, it was the women who pulled themselves together to come and properly lay the body of the Lord to rest. I think it has often been that way in history, when the men have fought …
April 18, 2014, Good Friday – In Labor for a New Creation
In my own life, one of the more mysterious and profound experiences of being human has been that of bearing children. It is an experience that is difficult to describe or explain to anyone who has not shared it. The average pregnant woman experiences several months of back pain and heartburn and swollen legs and …
April 17, 2014, Maundy Thursday – The Last Lesson
To listen to this sermon, click here: 131019_001 Family dinners are complex things – on the surface one Christmas or Thanksgiving looks and feels much like another, year after year pretty much the same familiar traditions, same familiar foods, same people, same surroundings. But each year is unique because there is always a lot going on …
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