Sermons
Sermon: 11 Pentecost 8/24/2025
Luke 13:10-17 The healing of the crippled woman
There are some stories we hear in the Gospels that have a lot going on. Well, let’s be honest, most of them have a lot going on. But some of them bring in too many characters with too many subplots. Today’s Gospel is one of these. Part of the problem with this is we are too fa...
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Sermon: 8/3/2025 8 Pentecost
Luke 12:13-21
My parents were born during the Great Depression, when food and jobs were scarce. They lived their early lives during World War Two, when the Make it Do campaign during the rubber shortage meant rubber and other items were rationed to support the war effort. My dad’s maternal ...
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Sermon 7-20-2025 6 Pentecost
Martha and Mary Luke 10:38-42
We went to Indy on Friday. Jeff was there to run in an eight-hour relay on Saturday with a team of people he used to run with when we lived there. I wasn’t sure if I would go along. All week, I was looking at the 10-pound box of peaches on the counter. And it seemed like we we...
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Easter Sermon Year C 2025
Luke 24:1-12
Alleluia. Christ is risen. The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia. I learned a new word this week. I didn’t expect to. I didn’t know I needed a new word. But this word seems, well, urgently needed and it needs to be widely shared so that we can recognize it when we see it as a par...
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Sermon 5 Pentecost Year C 7.13.2025
Luke 10:25-37 The Good Samaritan
How many of you have heard the jingle, “And like a good neighbor, State Farm is there?” It seems that we can count on Jake, from State Farm, in his khaki pants, red shirt and “tennies” to show up when it’s needed most. Jeff and I have had Allstate Insurance throughout our whol...
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