Sermons
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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… Continue reading
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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.… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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January 20, 2013 – Epiphany 2, Treasure in Jars of Stone
To listen to the sermon, click here: Treasure in Jars of Stone One thing that happens as we grow older is that we gain a new perspective on things. If you had written the story of your life in your… Continue reading
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January 13, 2013 – Epiphany 1 The First Baptism
To listen to this sermon, click here: The First Baptism The Hebrew way of thinking about time, which is what we meet in the Bible, wasn’t about a linear progression the way that we tend to view time: this happened,… Continue reading
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January 6, 2013 – Epiphany, The Mystery of the Magi
To listen to this sermon, click here: The Mystery of the Magi Today is the very last day of the Christmas season. All the Christmas stories are so familiar to us; that’s one thing that makes them special to us… Continue reading
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December 30, 2012 – Christmas 1 – Words for Children
There is no text available for this sermon, but to listen to it click here: The Word for Children Continue reading
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December 23, 2012 – Advent 4, He is our Peace
To listen to the recorded version, click here: He is our Peace When you’re young, it’s really hard sometimes to wait for good things like Christmas. There are all these things you have to put up with in the meantime.… Continue reading