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Sermon: Lighten Up
“Lighten Up!” (January 22, 2017) Sometimes we take ourselves far too seriously! Although we never want to use humor to hurt or demean anyone, laughter can often heal and uplift. Even the Biblical...
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Sermon: The Gift of Disappearing
“The Gift of Disappearing” (April 9, 2017 – Palm Sunday) Caught between the poles of fear and shame, we sometimes let one or the other construct an image of ourselves, when in fact, each pulls us away...
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Sermon: Emerge- Tombs & Cocoons
“Emerge- Tombs & Cocoons” (April 16, 2017 – Easter) You’d never suspect that a cocoon would hold a butterfly, and yo would certainly never suspect that a tomb might hold a risen Savior. Yet, God is...
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Sermon: Re-Form- Leaving Comfortable Places
“Re-Form- Leaving Comfortable Places” (April 23, 2017) The more we learn about butterflies (and moths) and the process of metamorphosis, the better it preaches about the transformations of the...
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Sermon: Open – Into the Light
“Open- Into the Light” (April 30, 2017) What does it mean to open to God’s transformation in our lives– not to be open (a state of being), but to open (a verb)? As the disciples struggle to imagine...
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Sermon: Stir- Wake me Up
“Stir- Wake me Up” (May 7, 2017) A brief reflection on a day when we celebrated camping Sunday still offers time to ask– when and where and how to we begin to awaken to God’s new thing? Are you falling...
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Sermon: Unwrap & Unfold- Unbound
“Unwrap & Unfold- Unbound” (May 14, 2017) An emerging butterfly– or human child– is strengthened by the process of breaking free. Much as we might wish we could save our children from hardship, and...
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Sermon: Let (it) Go
“Let (it) Go- Leaving Behind what We Don’t Need” (May 21, 2017) Sometimes, too much change, even good change, like leaving behind oppression in Egypt, or like God conquering death in Jesus Christ, can...
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Sermon: Nothing Can Separate You
“Nothing Can Separate You” (February 18, 2018) When we baptize a person, regardless of age, we proclaim God’s love of them and our support and love for them, almost always before we know anything about...
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Sermon: Make it So
“Make it So” (March 4, 2018) The church of today is not necessarily the church of which Jesus dreamed– or we might dream. How can we become a church the lives out Jesus’ call to feed the hungry, visit...
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Sermon: Bullfrog Spirituality
“Bullfrog Spirituality” (May 13, 2018) God calls all things holy– and is present to us in all kinds of ways that are also all holy. Sometimes, we find God in surprising places, a reminder that...
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Sermon: Become Like a Child
“Become Like a Child” (August 5, 2018) We long for easier, simpler times, and our faith is no exception. Children have a natural wonder and simplicity about faith, about the stories of the Bible, and...
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Sermon: Sleep in Heavenly Peace
“Sleep in Heavenly Peace” (December 2, 2018) After reading the powerful words of the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 2:1-4; Isaiah 9:2, 6-7), our message this morning came in the form of a story, read by three...
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Sermon: Follow Your Star (Bread)
“Follow Your Star (Bread)” (January 6, 2019) As we reflect on the story of the Magi, or Wise Ones, we recognize that it is easier to run toward something than run away. How is God calling us toward...
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Sermon: Call and Response (Bath)
“Call and Response (Bath)” (January 13, 2019) God draws near to us in the life of Jesus, and in the remembrance of that life in communion. Then, God calls us in baptism. How will we respond? (Isaiah...
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Sermon: Beyond the Horizon
“Beyond the Horizon” (January 27, 2019) Has the church lost its unique moral voice? Can we, in response to God’s call, find a new moral voice for this time and place? (John 1:35-46, Mark 1:14-20)
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Sermon: Beyond the Chaos
“Beyond the Chaos” (February 10, 2019) Maybe we are not suppose to “retreat” as in withdraw from the world; maybe we are supposed to advance into a greater sense of God-with-us. (1 Kings 19:1-15, Mark...
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Sermon: Beyond the Worry
“Beyond the Worry” (February 17, 2019) As I prepare to travel to the Called Session of The United Methodist Church, I am not alone in feeling worry about the future of our denomination. But if God...
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Sermon: Holy Trickery
“Holy Trickery” (June 16, 2019) Does the End Justify the Means? Why does God call and lift up people who break the rules, act in unholy ways, and otherwise set lousy examples? (Genesis 25:24-28;...
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Sermon: Careful What You Wish For
“Careful What You Wish For!” (June 23, 2019) The people demand—and God grants—a king, even though God knows this is not what is best for them. Why do we always seem to want things that are not good...
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