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Sermon: Hidden in Plain Sight
“Hidden in Plain Sight” (July 27, 2014) At a local ecumenical worship service, I focused on the treasure of God’s grace, hidden in plain sight. How can we ask the right questions of ourselves that we...
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Sermon: From Crowd to Community
“From Crowd to Community” (August 3, 2014) When Jesus feeds a crowd of people, the true miracle might just be the transformation of the hearts of people– from individuals in a crowd to a caring...
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Sermon: Seeing the Storm…
“Seeing the Storm…” (August 10, 2014) Peter wants to join Jesus out on the water, where the storm is raging, but when he takes his eyes off Jesus and sees the power of the storm, he is overwhelmed with...
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Sermon: Searching for Scraps
“Searching for Scraps” (August 17, 2014) In the face of the death of Michael Brown and the ongoing tension and violence in Ferguson, MO, we hear the story of the Canaanite woman, shouting after Jesus...
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Sermon: The Gathering
“The Gathering” (September 7, 2014) “Gathering” is a word that is both a verb and a noun– it is something we can do (to ourselves or to other things) and something we can be (a gathering of people)....
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Sermon: Out of Joint
Forte, Jacob Wrestling the Angel “Out of Joint” (September 14, 2014) Older, wiser, and perhaps more cynical, Jacob’s dreams of glory have not gone according to plan. He wrestles with God and with his...
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Sermon: Kill This Dreamer
“Kill This Dreamer” (September 21, 2014) Joseph’s brothers are enraged by their younger sibling’s dreams, which upset the social order. Not that much unlike us, they react with revulsion to those who...
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Sermon: Dreams of Reconciliation
I’m preaching in a Reconciling Church on a Reconciling Sunday– a first for me, and I was a little excited. “Dreams of Reconciliation” (September 28, 2014) Joseph and his siblings play out a drama of...
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Sermon: Some More Equal Than Others
“Some More Equal Than Others” (October 5, 2014) We easily recognize the injustice in George Orwell’s satire Animal Farm, when the ruling class re-writes the rules to make themselves “more equal” than...
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Sermon: You’re Invited!
“You’re Invited!” (October 12, 2014) Like a great banquet, we are invited into God’s presence, and we can choose to attend or not as we wish. We are also invited into one another’s lives, too....
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Sermon: Touching the Edges
“Behind Closed Doors,” Jaybird, flickr “Touching the Edges” (October 19, 2014) Jesus took the time to be really, deeply present with people on the margins, on the edges of his society. In this story,...
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Sermon: Whose Image?
“Whose Image?” (October 26, 2014) While we certainly live in the world, and have to make choices about how to live our lives with respect to the expectations of the world around us, we are created in...
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Sermon: Saints, Sinners, Servants
“Saints, Sinners, Servants” (November 2, 2014) As we hear and hear again the blessings of those we might not expect, we celebrate the lives and legacies of those saints (imperfect though they may be)...
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Sermon: Gift Receipts
“Gift Receipts” (November 16, 2014) What do we do with the gifts given to us? Will we hide and hoard them, for fear of losing them, or will we invest them and give them away in what we love and what...
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Sermon: When Did We See You?
“When Did We See You?” (November 23, 2014) Jesus praises those righteous ones, who extend care to the hurting, hungry, sick, and suffering, because in so doing, they have offered care to him. However,...
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Sermon: Hope and Longing
“Hope and Longing” (November 30, 2014 – First Sunday of Advent) In the wake of more racial injustice, and in the face of pandemic illnesses, what does it mean to hold out hope? Can we hear the sacred...
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Sermon: Breath of Comfort
“Breath of Comfort” (December 7, 2014) The prophet Isaiah reminds us that God speaks comfort to us first and foremost, while we wait for justice to unfold. In a time when we see much need for justice...
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Sermon: Not the Time or Place
“Not the Time or Place” (Christmas Eve 2014) Jesus is born in a time and place that seem utterly strange to us– not calm and beautiful, not ready for the peace and joy of God’s presence. But isn’t that...
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Sermon Potluck: Post-Christmas Potluck
“Post Christmas Potluck” (December 28, 2014) We tell some stories and read some poems and articles and reflections of Christmas. Thanks to the small group who joined in on the Sunday after Christmas!
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Sermon: More Service in More Places
“More Service in More Places” (January 15, 2015- United Methodist Building, Washington, D.C.) When prophets and disciples are called, some are sent far away to prophesy and preach and teach, but many...
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