A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, August 30, 2009 Song of Solomon 2:8-13 I found their love letters. Before I had experienced love myself, I found my mother’s love letters with her high school boyfriend… and it wasn’t my father! These letters were from John. John typed these letters to my Mom during […]
A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, August 23, 2009 John 6:60-69 On Monday evening, I pushed myself away from the cool air of the church office, put on my sneakers and went for a run in the heat. Each muscle in my body rebelled. I gasped for every breath. I ran. With each
A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, August 16, 2009 Mark 6:14-29 What do you do with a story like this? A young woman asks for a man’s head to be served to her on a platter. Really, what do you do with a story like this? This might as well be the evening
A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, August 9, 2009 Mark 6:1-13 They insult him. Whoever they were in that crowd that day in Jesus’ hometown, they insult him. “Where did this man get all this?” They ask. “What is this wisdom that has been given to him?” They insist. “What deeds of power
A sermon by a guest preacher, June 28, 2009 Mark 5:25-34 Scripture: Miriam’s Story I would like to tell you my story – it’s there, right in your Bible, in fact Matthew, Mark and Luke all tell how I met Jesus. I’d like to tell it, not because they got it wrong, but they did
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A sermon by Deacons’ Co-chair Bryan Wiggins, June 21, 2009 Psalms 49:1-4 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world, both low and high, rich and poor together. My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. I will incline mine ear to
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A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, June 7, 2009 Isaiah 6:1-8 275 years. 50 years. 30 years. (Sheepishly raises hand.) Elder and um, younger. Last week, when Cyndi Alden returned from her vacation, she remarked that she had the opportunity to reconnect with an old friend – someone she has called a friend
A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, May 31, 2009 Acts 2:1-8 Then “there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind.” Other translations describe it as a mighty wind or a gale force. Not a calm, peaceful breeze. This wind is powerful. There’s a rush and whether it’s mighty or gale-force,
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A sermon by the Rev. Dr. Robert Morse, May 24, 2009 John 17:6-19 For most of us, tomorrow is a holiday, a day to relax, the beginning of a glorious Maine summer for which we have been waiting through ice storms, snow storms, and freezing temperatures. While all of that is true, it is also
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A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, May 10, 2009 John 15:1-8 What does it mean to bear fruit? Let alone bear much fruit. I don’t know how to bear fruit. I can’t bear much of anything actually. Last summer, after reading Barbara Kingsolver’s recent book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, I was really inspired by
