A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, April 18, 2010 John 21:1-19 Do you ever imagine what would you would do if you had died and had a chance to return for just a while? What would you say? Whom would you meet? What would your legacy be? Maybe you’d have a score to […]
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A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, April 11, 2010 John 20:19-31 John 3:5-8 “The wind blows where it will,” Jesus said to the Pharisee Nicodemus, “and you do not know where it comes from or where it’s going. So it is with everyone who’s born of the Spirit.” I’m grateful we have these
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A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, April 4, 2010 Luke 24:1-12 “What do the Christians believe?” In an article that appeared this week, a Hindu dared to ask this question. What is it that Christians believe? “On any given day,” this Hindu observed, “Christianity is invoked to justify pacifism, violent uprising, both opposition
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A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, March 28, 2010 Micah 6:6-8 Luke 19:28-48 There’s no telling what might happen when people take to the streets. I was recalling that during a wonderful conversation recently with a group of 7th graders at King Middle School who are working on an oral history project. They
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A sermon by a guest preacher, March 21, 2010 Psalms 23 [Our guest preacher is the Rev. Larry Greer, Pastoral Coordinator and Chaplain at Hospice of Southern Maine] Thank you for inviting me today to speak and be present with you. I do have the honor and privilege to serve as the Pastoral Care Coordinator
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A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, March 14, 2010 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:11-24 What do Elliot Spitzer, Dave Letterman, Mark Sanford, Mark McGwire, and Andre Agassi have in common? (Oh, yeah, other than the fact that they’re all men!) Each of them has given us a public confession – a public acknowledgment
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A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, March 7, 2010 Luke 13:6-9 For three years, this man has been waiting for something to happen. He’s impatient – even though it’s rather obvious that he hasn’t paid much attention to this particular fig tree. He owns the vineyard so he didn’t have to do the
A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, February 28, 2010 Genesis 15:1-7 Luke 13:31-35 It doesn’t make much sense to argue with God. You’re not going to win. Of course we know that, but when we argue with God it’s not like we’d thought it through very carefully ahead of time. It just happens.
A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, February 21, 2010 Luke 4:1-13 Until an opportune time. This thing departs from Jesus until an opportune time. It had finished whatever it was that it needed to do. And then, it leaves him until an opportune time – but when exactly is that? When will this
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A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, February 14, 2010 Luke 9:28-43 Today is Transfiguration Sunday, a festival observed August 6th in the early Christian calendar, and now included as the final Sunday after Epiphany and before the beginning of Lent. With this event from the Gospels we close a season that has focused
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