Sermons
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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Luke 8 26 39
you are all one in Christ Jesus
I have to admit that Paul is not one of my favorite people in the Bible. Some of the things he says are hard for me to hear. But I see Paul in a different light today as we read one of my favorite passages from the Bible. “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave...
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John 13 31 55
A new commandment
Jesus said I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. A commandment, that’s a tough word. It’s a mandate. It gives no wiggle room. Now I’ll do most anything that I can for someone if they ask nicely. But I really hate being told want to do. I won’t make it very l...
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