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Split Personality
Sorry, gentle readers, about the black hole of post-Christmas, post-family-crisis time I slipped into. Thanks for tuning back in. Christmas Eve services at my two churches were special, each in their...
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Sermon: Life All Around
“Life All Around” (April 12, 2009) The promise of new life and eternal life is all around us, if we look for it. Where do you see the Easter promise around you? What communicates God’s presence to you?...
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This our hymn of grateful praise
My family and I have much to be thankful for this holiday. Thanksgiving has always been my favorite time of year, perhaps even more so now that it is one of the only holidays that doesn’t fall on a...
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It’s. Still. Christmas.
People of faith, we have a problem. It’s not that people say “Happy Holidays” (as a contraction of Holy and Days, ‘holidays’ actually reveres all of the sacred and special days in this season, from...
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Seeking Easter Inspiration
Here is my deep confession: It is hard for me to get inspired to lead worship on Easter. I face this every year. In part, I think the expectations I place on myself are too high– I want to do something...
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Resetting an Open Holiday Table
as posted on the Reconciling Ministries Network blog Family legend tells that the year after my parents separated, my mom faced the prospect of her first Thanksgiving alone. She accepted an invitation...
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Sermon: Against All Odds
“Against All Odds” (Christmas Eve, December 24, 2012) Jesus is born as the son of poor, unwed parents, as a Jewish man in the Roman Empire. Ours is a God accustomed to hope and love that transcend the...
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Sermon: Christmas is Coming, Mr. Grinch
“Christmas is Coming, Mr. Grinch!” (December 1, 2013) The Grinch, alone and angry, despised the whole Christmas season– until love broke into his life and he found his heart growing three sizes. Can...
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Sermon: Christmas is Coming, Ebenezer Scrooge!
“Christmas is Coming, Ebenezer Scrooge!” (December 8, 2013) Bah Humbug! Ebenezer Scrooge’s name is synonymous with being stingy and mean and hating Christmas. He seems quite happy with his life, but he...
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Sermon: Love is Born, Ready or Not!
“Love is Born, Ready or Not!” (Dec 24, 2013 – Christmas Eve) Into our lives where sorrow and loneliness lurk, into the life of the world, where love was least expected, God’s presence breaks in....
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Sermon: “King of Kings”
“King of Kings” (April 13, 2014) Jesus rides into Jerusalem as a king, but not the sort of king anyone was expecting. When we fail to live up to the expectations of others– or when they fail to live up...
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Sermon: Empty Tomb; So What?
“Empty Tomb; So What?” (April 20, 2014, Easter Sunday) Easter brings us to the the greatest miracle and mystery of the Christian faith, but what’s it all about? What happens *after* the empty tomb to...
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Sermon: Together in One Place
“Together in One Place” (June 8, 2014 – Pentecost Sunday) The story of Pentecost– the church’s “birthday” as the disciples received the Holy Spirit– paints a picture of a diverse group all together in...
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Sermon: Life All Around
“Life All Around” (April 5, 2015 – Easter) Life is all around us, and death never has the final say! (Mark 16:1-8; John 20:1-18) — I was without my direct mic wire– sorry for the poorer quality...
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