Lord, Have Mercy — Sermon for Advent 1B (Isaiah 64)
Isaiah 64:1-9 Right now, many of us are praying: “Lord, Have Mercy.” We’re praying for 2020 to end so we can finally move into 2021. This year…
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The Shepherd Will Lead Us – Sermon for Christ the King Sunday (Ezekiel 34)
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 We’ve made it to the end of the road and it’s judgment time. We began this cycle of our life together as church on the first Sunday…
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Teach the Children Well – Sermon for Pentecost 24B (Psalm 78)
Psalm 78:1-8 There is an old Graham Nash song that speaks of teaching the children well. It encourages fathers to “Feed them on your dreams. The one they’ll picks,…
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The Coming of the Lord — Sermon for Pentecost 23A (1 Thessalonians 4)
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 It seems strangely appropriate to hear an apocalyptic reading from scripture at the close of a week featuring rising COVID cases and a bitterly contested Presidential…
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Receiving the Word of God – Sermon for All Saints/Pentecost 22A (1 Thessalonians 2)
Young Clergy Man Reading 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 We come together to worship on the eve of an election. I know many of us are anxious about the…
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Choose Wisely — A Sermon for Pentecost 21A (Psalm 1)
Psalm 1 Picture yourself traveling down a road. You come to a fork in the road, so which fork do you choose? Which is the wise choice? What resources…
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Remembering God’s Steadfast Love – Sermon for Pentecost 19A (Psalm 106)
Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 Give thanks because God is good! Let us also give thanks because God’s “steadfast love endures forever.” When it comes to the love of God, we’re not…
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Proclaiming God’s Glory — Sermon for Pentecost 18A (Psalm 19)
Psalm 19 Today is World Communion Sunday, and in my theology of the Table, Jesus, the Word of God incarnate, encounters us in this meal. Psalm 19 speaks…
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Living in Christ — Sermon for Pentecost 17A (Philippians 2)
Philippians 2:1-13 It’s election season again. That means political ads bombard us day and night on TV, on the radio, on Facebook, and in emails. These ads remind us that…
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Living for the Gospel — A Sermon for Pentecost 16A (Philippians 1)
Rembrandt, Paul in Prison Philippians 1:21-30 Paul wrote his letter to the Philippian church from a jail cell, and yet the defining word for this letter is joy.…
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