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Sermon: On the Other Side
“On the Other Side” (July 21, 2013) We are not Trayvon Martin, and we are not the person set upon by robbers on the road to Jericho, but the parable of the Good Samaritan has a powerful message and...
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Sermon: Cords of Kindness
“Cords of Kindness” (August 4, 2013) God wrestles with the difficulty of forgiveness and love, in a powerful love song. Can we forgive and be forgiven with such fierce protection and tender love?...
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Sermon: Fire in the Belly
“Fire in the Belly” (August 18, 2013) We may like our gentle, simple images of Jesus, but the Bible tells a different story. Jesus sometimes got angry, and frustrated with the complacency of those who...
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Sermon: Out of Your Shell
“Out of Your Shell” (August 25, 2013) We can be trapped by our fear and pain and the tapes we play in our heads, and so mired in our trapped-ness that even when the obstacles are removed, it is hard...
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Sermon: Shaped by God
“Shaped by God” (September 8, 2013) Jeremiah uses the image of a potter sculpting a vessel as a rich metaphor for how God forms and re-forms us. His metaphor, however, is not a personal one as we...
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Sermon: When 1 > 99
“When 1 > 99″ (September 15, 2013) In our logical, utilitarian understandings of the world, God’s mathematics don’t make much sense; surely, the needs of the many must outweigh the needs of the few...
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Sermon: Know, Grow, Go
“Know, Grow, Go” (September 29, 2013) We reflect together on what it means to be a disciple of Jesus, and how we might live out our mission as a church. While this may apply most specifically to...
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Sermon: Free and Fearless
“Free and Fearless” (October 6, 2013) So often we worry about the worst case scenarios, and work ourselves up imagining how bad things can be. Instead, God reminds us of our faith, and the spirit of...
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Sermon: Singing God’s Songs
“Singing God’s Songs” (October 13, 2013) It’s a given that the world is not what we’d like it to be, or even what we think God would want it to be. Our question is what to do with that. Do we hang our...
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Sermon: Crowned with Bounty
“Crowned with Bounty” (October 27, 2013) After the peak foliage has passed, and the harvest has begun to taper off, can we still proclaim God’s bounty in the seasons of our world? Can we see and...
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Sermon: Faith in the Deep
“Faith in the Deep” (November 4, 2013) We like to live our lives in shallow waters, where all is “smooth sailing,” but Jesus calls his disciples– in the first century and in this one– into the deep...
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Sermon: Our Place at the Table
“Our Place at the Table” (November 17, 2013) We are invited to serve others as we have been served, but we can’t be good servants to others if we forget our place at Christ’s table. In this sermon, we...
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Sermon: Christmas is Coming, Mr. Grinch
“Christmas is Coming, Mr. Grinch!” (December 1, 2013) The Grinch, alone and angry, despised the whole Christmas season– until love broke into his life and he found his heart growing three sizes. Can...
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Sermon: Christmas is Coming, Ebenezer Scrooge!
“Christmas is Coming, Ebenezer Scrooge!” (December 8, 2013) Bah Humbug! Ebenezer Scrooge’s name is synonymous with being stingy and mean and hating Christmas. He seems quite happy with his life, but he...
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Sermon: Christmas is Coming, George Bailey!
“Christmas is Coming, George Bailey!” (December 15, 2013) George Bailey is at the end of his rope, unable to see a way forward, when Hope breaks into his life, against all odds. Can we learn from his...
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Sermon: Christmas Miracles and Mystery Grumps
“Christmas Miracles and Mystery Grumps” (December 22, 2013) One last sermon in a series about how love breaks into our lives. This time, it’s my story. God surprised me with love; Christmas came early...
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Sermon: Love is Born, Ready or Not!
“Love is Born, Ready or Not!” (Dec 24, 2013 – Christmas Eve) Into our lives where sorrow and loneliness lurk, into the life of the world, where love was least expected, God’s presence breaks in....
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Sermon: “Star-led”
“Star-led” (January 5, 2014) We see what we expect to see, and we let our expectations shape our reality. For the magi, who were open to seeing new things, they followed the signs to something new and...
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Sermon: What’s in a Name?
“What’s in a Name?” (January 5, 2014) In Baptism, God names Jesus, names us as God’s children, and names God’s own self. What tremendous power, grace, and responsibility is found in knowing who we are...
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Sermon: Give it a Look-See
“Give it a Look-See” (January 19, 2014) When is the last time you looked at something– not just let the images assault your eyeballs, but looked deeply? This deep looking is what God is inviting when...
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