Sermons
Sermon: The Presentation of Jesus Year C 2/2/2025
Putting God first is that important.
There aren’t many places in the Gospels that give us insight into the early years of Jesus’ life, so when we do get a story, it seems like we should pay attention. Today we heard about Jesus being presented in the Temple in Jerusalem. It’s a nice story. It comes directly after...
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Sermon Epiphany 3 Year C 1/26/2025
Luke 4:14-21
I had a strong desire to focus on the first letter from Paul to the Corinthians today, particularly because the message is this: we need one another to be the body of Christ. And as this is the day we are having our Annual Meeting, I really want you all to look around at one a...
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Sermon: Christmas Eve 2024
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For the month of December, throughout the season of Advent, there was an Episcopal Church challenge to meditate on a particular word each day. Needing a way to settle each night, to focus on the preparation we are called to do in Advent, I wrote something about each word, ever...
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Advent 4, Year C 12/22/2024
“God gave Jesus Mary.”
I knew when I drove past it and only caught some of the words that I certainly had missed the message. Have you ever done that? Driven past a sign, only catching a portion of it, realizing you would need to see it at least one more time to get what they were trying to convey? ...
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Sermon: Advent 3, Year C 12/15/2024
John tells the people to share
On Friday night, Jeff and I went to our first play over at the Little Colonel Playhouse. It was “It’s a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play.” If you have time at 2:00 today, and they still have seats available, you might want to go see it. The play was told as a live radio show....
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