Sermons

A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, November 30, 2008 Mark 13:24-37 I recently saw a statistic that adult Americans spend an average of 62 minutes of every day, waiting: waiting in traffic, waiting for the eggs to cook, waiting for the bridge to close, waiting for computers to boot, waiting for the other […]

A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, November 23, 2008 Deuteronomy 8:6-20 If you listened carefully to the reading from Deuteronomy much of the message is already clear: we become proud and smug when we become successful; we call on God when life is tough and we push God away when life is pleasant.

A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, November 16, 2008 Matthew 25:14-30 Don’t be shy. Dig in. Dig into a story about a man who calls 3 of his slaves together and gives them some talents; 5, 2 and 1 respectively. The slave with 5 talents traded to get another 5. The master calls

A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, November 9, 2008 Hebrews 13:7-16 The Rev. Mr. Benjamin Allen was born in West Tisbury, Massachusetts, on Martha’s Vineyard in 1689. He was a 1708 graduate of Yale College and was ordained in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in 1715. In 1718 he was one of the original proprietors who

A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, November 2, 2008 Matthew 23:1-12 We may insist that our religious life and our civil life exist in two separate spheres but this is the season we need to remember how they overlap. One of the fine old traditions of New England Congregationalism is the Election Day

A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, October 26, 2008 Matthew 22:34-40 I think it’s human nature to seek balance – to recognize our need for push and pull, work and leisure, self and others. But balance seems to elude us. Do you remember the claims many years ago that computers would make our

A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, October 5, 2008 Exodus 20:1-20 It’s the hottest electronics gadget on the market right now – a global positioning system, or “GPS” for your car. I don’t have one but I’ve read about them. For a couple of hundred dollars you, too, can buy this great device

A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, October 19, 2008 Matthew 20:15-22 Joe Wurzelbacher couldn’t have anticipated the uproar that would follow from his question at a political campaign rally this past week. The man now known as “Joe the Plumber” asked Barack Obama what the impact of proposed tax policies would be on

A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, October 12, 2008 Philippians 4:1-9 Rejoice! Rejoice in the Lord always! My brothers and my sisters, whom I love and long for, how could we dare? How could we possibly rejoice? Not with so much bad news from Wall Street and uncertainty among our neighbors on Main

A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, September 28, 2008 Exodus 17:1-7 I’ll spare you the David Letterman impression, but imagine what would be on the top ten list of most popular questions: “Are we there yet?” “Do these slacks make me look fat?” And the newest addition: “Buddy, can you spare $700 billion?”