Click here to watch the service. Two months ago, before you even knew I would be leaving, I came across this scripture passage in my reading. It immediately struck me as the passage I wanted to use on this day. I even wrote it on a scrap of yellow paper and put it in my middle desk drawer so I wouldn’t […]
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Click here to watch the service. Ephesians 6:10-20 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of God’s power. Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against
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Click here to watch the service. Mark 6:34-44 [This is the last sermon in a series we’ve done this summer on seeing the story from the other side, so I’m doing something different today. I wanted to revisit a story that we read from a different Gospel at the parking lot worship last month. I have written a fictional story to
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Click here to watch the service. John 11:33-44 Our story for today is very long so I’m going to summarize the first part. The 11th chapter of John begins by saying that Lazarus of Bethany was very sick. His sisters, Mary and Martha, sent a message to Jesus saying, “He whom you love is ill.” But Jesus didn’t rush to the
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Click here to watch the service. Genesis 29:15-29 Any time someone mentions biblical family values, I laugh because the Bible contains some pretty wild family stories. The story of Jacob and his family would make a fascinating soap opera. Jacob and his brother Esau were twins, though as different as brothers could be. Jacob was their mother’s favorite and Esau was
Click here to watch the service. Wind and fire are the two symbols for Pentecost, since that’s what the scripture tells us the people experienced, or at least were metaphors for what they experienced. There was a sound like the rush of a mighty wind, and flames, as of fire, appeared among them and rested on them. I have seen or
Click here to watch the service. Luke 24:44-53 Acts 1:1-11 Ascension Day is always celebrated forty days after Easter. And since Easter is always on a Sunday, the Day of Ascension (or Feast of the Ascension if you’re Catholic) always falls on a Thursday. Since we don’t worship together on Thursdays, in many Protestant churches, the following Sunday becomes the day
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