Category: Sermon
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The Opposites Within Us – A Sermon On Genesis 25:21-34
I’m going to try something different today. I’ve not done this before and I’ll probably never do it again. But it feels like the right thing to do this morning. I’m not going to preach on one of the assigned lectionary readings. A couple of months ago I received a gift from a friend and Read more
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Becoming Ourselves – An All Saints Sermon On Revelation 7:9-17
I want you to take a moment and in your head list as many saints as you can. If you need some help you can look at today’s bulletin and the Litany of Saints we prayed at the beginning of the liturgy but remember, that litany is not exhaustive. As we heard in our first Read more
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For The Love Of God, Lewiston, Israel, And Palestine – A Sermon On Matthew 22:34-46
Lewiston, Maine. I had never heard of Lewiston until last Wednesday night. Most of our country probably had never heard of Uvalde until that Tuesday in May last year. Lewiston now joins Uvalde, San Ysidro, El Paso, Killeen, Sutherland Springs, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, the Pulse Nightclub, and Las Vegas as one of the top Read more
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Life Is Not A Two Column Ledger – A Sermon On Matthew 22:15-22
“Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s and to God the things that are God’s,” Jesus says in today’s gospel (Matthew 22:15-22). It sounds simple enough. It sounds like we should be able to just take a piece of paper, divide it into two columns, one for God and one for Read more
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What Are Your Go To Idols These Days? – A Sermon On Exodus 32:1-14
“Come make gods for us,” the people say to Aaron in today’s Old Testament lesson (Exodus 32:1-14). They give Aaron all their gold and he casts an image of a calf – the golden calf. So what are your go to idols these days? Here’s why I ask that question. I don’t think we intend Read more
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Protection From Myself – A Sermon On Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 and Matthew 21:33-46
Let’s start with a pop quiz about the ten commandments (Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20). Here’s why I started with those questions. Over the last twenty years or so there have been several polls about the ten commandments. They all found that the vast majority of Americans support the public display of the commandments but only Read more
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“The Heart Has Its Reasons” – A Sermon On Matthew 21:32-32
“Get out of your head and into your heart.” I can’t count the number of times my spiritual director has said that to me over the last thirty years. I’d go to him with a problem or I’d ask him, “What’s the right answer?” or “What should I do?” He rarely gave me a direct Read more
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“See, I Am Making All Things New” – A Funeral Sermon On Revelation 21:2-7
When I was a child and would hear about someone dying, a family member or a friend of my parents, my first question was always: How old was he? How old was she? It’s not necessarily my first question these days but it’s still one of the first. Somewhere in that question is my belief Read more
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God Re-Members – A Funeral Sermon
Death is such a mystery. Sometimes it comes way too soon, too early. It comes as a tragic injustice cutting short a life yet to be fully lived. It often calls into question all we thought we knew and believed. Other times death comes too slowly and takes too long. That also is a tragic Read more
Interrupting the Silence 