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My sermon this past Sunday had less to do with trying to explain Thomas and more to do with what lies beyond our fear. It’s a little site specific, since I was preaching before our congregation’s annual meeting, but I hope you find something here. __________________________ Over the past
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My sermon for this morning. ________________________ No one remembered exactly what happened. They knew the tomb was empty when those who came to anoint the body got there—but the list of exactly who went to the tomb with Mary Magdelene differs from gospel to gospel, though all four make it
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I preached about the prodigal son—well, mostly the older brother—today, a week late by the Lectionary Clock, but it felt like the right time to me. _________________________ Though we didn’t go back and read the verses that begin Luke 15 when Bev read our scripture, I want to
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The lectionary passage this week is the parable of the prodigal son, but I’m going to wait a week on that because I was captured by the two stories that precede it in Luke’s gospel. _______________________ Before Jesus began telling parables about banquets, Luke told us he was at
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My sermon this week came from the last part of Luke 14, where Jesus keeps telling parables at banquets that speak to larger things. I know these stories, but had never seen what they have to say about anger. _______________________ Today’s sermon is one of those that could use a
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In Luke 14, Jesus tells two stories about banquets while he is attending one—and then heals someone to boot. My sermon looked at the first parable; the second one comes next Sunday. __________________________ Have you ever noticed that Jesus went to a lot of parties? Throughout the gospels, as much
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I chose a passage today that doesn’t make the Lectionary but has a lot to say in these days. These three verses from Luke hold two parables that say a lot in three sentences. _________________________ One of the things I like about our ecumenical Ash Wednesday service are the mini
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I veered away from the Lectionary passage this week because I was captured by the story in Luke 7:1-10, which is about, well, stories. ______________________ One of the things I like about living in Guilford is being able to shop at Forte’s Market, mainly because they have a real
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I’m working my way through Luke so I am a little off from the lectionary, but this turned out to be the right story for this past week and, perhaps, for the days to come. _________________________ In my days as a high school English teacher, one of the books I
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Guy Clark has a song that says, “Some days you write the song. Some days the song writes you.” Some days that’s true with sermons as well. _________________________ A crowd gathers for worship in a traditional setting. A preacher preaches a sermon, initially embraced by everyone. But then, at the
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I know the Revised Common Lectionary doesn’t point to the story of Jesus' forty days in the wilderness until the first Sunday in Lent, but it seems to have more layers when it is taken in context between Jesus’ baptism and his sermon in Nazareth where they deemed
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I found some new things (well, new to me) as I read the story of Jesus’ baptism this year. Here’s what I said in my sermon. ___________________________ When it comes to Bible stories, particularly the ones we have heard during Advent and Christmas, and now going into the season after