Click here to watch the service. The song in the Hamilton musical called “In the Room Where It Happens” is about what historians call The Compromise of 1790. Alexander Hamilton (and others) wanted the federal government to assume the debts the states had incurred during the Revolutionary War and establish a national bank. But Southern states in particular were opposed to […]
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Click here to watch the service. Isaiah 40:28-31 In the musical Hamilton, Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton have a complex relationship. Burr is Hamilton’s friend, enemy, colleague, adversary, and ultimately killer. If we didn’t know their history before watching the show, we know from the very first song that Aaron Burr is the one who shot (and killed) Hamilton. Burr is
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Click here to watch the service. So we are diving back into the story of Moses and Pharaoh, and we are coming in on a pretty amazing moment, so let me ask you a question to set the tone… What’s your call story? As someone who has been pursuing ordination in the UCC for the past few years I have had
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Click here to watch the service. It’s hard to know exactly how to dive into this passage, and to share the things that I have taken from it, so allow me to start with a question… Has one place or experience ever reminded you of another? For weeks now, as I have watched the news, talked with friends and colleagues, and
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Click here to watch the service. Matthew 10:40-42 “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous; and whoever gives
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Click here to watch the service. Genesis 18:1-15 The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them, and bowed down to the
Click here to watch the service. Acts 9:1-20 The first time we are introduced to the Apostle Paul in the New Testament, he was not an apostle and was not known as Paul. His name was Saul, and his first appearance was as a bystander at the stoning of Stephen, who is considered the first Christian martyr. We are told that
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