Sermons
Time of Pruning
Before I read the scripture for this morning, I need to offer up one other brief text, well actually it is just 3 statistics… Overall, women who were full-time, year-round employees made 82.3 cents for every dollar men made in 2019. And in the case of women of color the numbers are even more troubling, with
In Grateful Chorus
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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What kind of armor?
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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Fragments Made Whole
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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What’s that smell?
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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Aaron and Me
Click here to watch the service. Exodus 4:10-16 This summer in worship we have been hopping around the First Testament (Hebrew Scriptures), trying to hear from the other side—from people in stories we never read in Sunday school, or from people in familiar stories whose point of view is not usually given. Today we’re going to look at the figure of
Jethro’s Gods by Rev. Stephen Savage
Click here to watch the service. Soooooo, Jethro? Not the most memorable character in scripture is he? Chances are that more people know the name as the middle name of a grumpy character on NCIS, than that of a major player in the life of Moses. Now there is a name we can recognize… Moses. He did it all, spoke to
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