A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, February 8, 2009 Mark 1:29-39 He would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him. They knew him. The demons knew Jesus – and still we’re not sure what they are. Part of me can’t resist seeing gremlins being silenced by a cool and collected […]
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A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, February 1, 2009 Mark 1:21-28 We can see the importance of this story because Mark places it right near the beginning of his account: the preaching of John the Baptist, the baptism of Jesus, temptations in the wilderness, the start of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee, calling the
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A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, January 25, 2009 Mark 1:16-20 John 15:1-5 Have you done a “gut check” recently? I don’t mean looking at yourself in the mirror at the gym. I mean have you asked yourself how you’re doing, how your spirit is faring in these challenging days? Everywhere we look
A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, January 18, 2009 Matthew 12:46-50 Today’s message is offered on this Diversity Sunday by three members of our congregation who remind us of the words with which we open worship at each service: “No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s jounrey, you are
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A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, January 11, 2009 Mark 1:4-11 I used to go to temple. I was in seminary. You might say that I was experimenting. Well, you could say that or you could just say that I loved worship. I love good worship. And there was this one temple in
A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, January 5, 2009 Luke 2:22-35 Christmas is all over: Shepherds, back to your flocks and fields! Christmas trees – out to the curb! Teachers and students, back to your classrooms! Workers, back to the office, the store and the factory. Christmas is all over! Some of the
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A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, December 28, 2008 Jeremiah 31:7-14 Fulfilling prophecy. That’s why we read the prophets – so we can understand what happens later in the Gospels and the Epistles, when God finally has a message of love to share. Uh huh. I know what you’re thinking. And it’s somewhat
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A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, December 21, 2008 John 1:1-18 Ernest Hemingway’s book, A Movable Feast, was published three years after his death in 1961. It told in some detail about his early experiences as a budding author in Paris. He wrote in one place: Sometimes when I was starting a new
A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, December 14, 2008 Luke 1:39-56 “Normally speaking, matters having to do with the womb are not talked about in public.” I didn’t need to read a Biblical commentary to know that. Even as all of my friends’ waists are bursting with new life, we don’t talk about
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A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, December 7, 2008 Isaiah 40:1-11 I realized yesterday that my sermon title “Christmas Comfort” sounds like a recipe you might find on bartender.com. That’s not what’s been on my mind or heart this past week. It’s been a week filled with the church family – Wayne L’s
