Sermons
Sermon for Lent 2 — Marcy 17, 2019
For Connie
When you gently slip into a the chlorinated lap lane at the local swimming pool your feet are going to touch the floor and the most traffic you will navigate through is a discarded band aid or a student from the fitness class crossing your lane. Having entered the element of w...
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Sermon --- 1st Sunday in Lent
Sermon Delivered -- March 10, 2019
In the wilderness fast Jesus endures following his baptism, he confronts the three tempting enemies of faithful service to God. These three have been around as long as life. The world, the flesh, and the devil in the beguiling voice of the tempter assail Jesus in his time of e...
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Sermon for Ash Wednesday
In These Ashes, We "Get Real"
My family owns a small fishing cabin on a stunningly beautiful lake in central state NY. For me the place is filled with many fine childhood memories. One year my older sister and I thought we were of age to take the canoe out on our own. So we worked up the nerve to go and as...
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Sermon for the 6th Sunday after Epiphany -- February 17, 2019
For all the Tree Huggers
If you’ve been looking for the good news of great power may I recommend Harrods Creek park. It’s in the Hunter’s Crossing subdivision off of 42. Harrods Creek Park is a place I have found good news of great power. Not on the golf course, no. I found good news of power in the f...
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Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany — February 10, 2019
Love Is...
Public Service Announcement: Valentine’s Day is this Thursday. I mailed Bruce a card. Remember to send one to me honey. I never appreciated Valentine’s Day until I was given the opportunity to host Mrs. Gentry’s second grade Valentine’s Party at Potter Gray Elementary School.
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