A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, January 27, 2008 Matthew 4:12-23 Matthew tells us that Jesus has just learned of the imprisonment of John the Baptist by Herod, and he withdrew to Galilee, to familiar territory among the people and places that were home. He saw Peter and Andrew hauling in their nets. […]
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A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, January 21, 2008 The Legacy of Martin Luther King. Jr. I want to spare you the discomfort by posing the obvious question: what does a middle-aged white preacher from the state of Maine have to contribute to a conversation about the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
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A sermon by Andrea Thompson McCall of Interfaith Maine, January 20, 2008 Genesis 11:1-9 Acts 2:1-11 LIGHT! LUZ! LUX! LICHT! LUMIERE! PHOS! LUMAN! LUCE! LIGHT! So many different ways to say the same thing, to name something that is so important to us… Light! It warms us, shows us the way, enlightens us, brings us
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A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, January 13, 2008 Matthew 3:13-17 It has happened. Caden Jordan O’Meara has been baptized. We have all remembered our baptisms. It has happened right here so that it seems that the heavens should open. After all, that’s how it happened for Jesus when he waded into the
A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, January 6, 2008 Matthew 2:1-12 Have you made your New Year’s resolutions? I’ve made three: spend more time with Andrea and fewer evenings working, tone up this six-decade old body, and enjoy life more. Sound familiar? These life tweaks top the list of the ten most popular
A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, December 30, 2007 Matthew 2:13-23 Many of you can recall the familiar phrase from the Second World War: “Is this trip really necessary?” I am told that it emblazoned billboards and posters from coast to coast, always reminding folks of the need to pull together in the
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A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, December 23, 2007 Matthew 1:18-25 This is a rough draft of a sermon involving three other voices. Deb Theriault, Matthew Brucker and Hannah Skeffington provided the voices of Angel Gabrielle, Joseph and Mary. This sermon was preached in conversation to these voices. This rough draft includes thoughts
A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, December 16, 2007 Isaiah 7:10-16 Matthew 1:18-23 Back in England, at the beginning of the 15th Century, there was a monastery of the order of the Star of Bethlehem. The Brothers began to take in some mentally ill patients. People in London just referred to it as
A sermon by Associate Minister Elsa A. Peters, December 9, 2007 Isaiah 11:1-10 There is an old story about a tree that “loved a little boy. And everyday the boy would come and he would gather her leaves and make them into crowns and play king of the forest. He would climb up her trunk
A sermon by Senior Minister John B. McCall, December 2, 2007 Isaiah 2:1-5 Matthew 24:36-44 Did you ever want to stop the clock and freeze the moment because it seemed it was as good as it could get? Think about it: • stock market investors want to freeze the Dow Jones at its recent high
