It is a painful story that seems to cast Jesus in the role of a demanding, impatient, even threatening consumer. Ready to cut down a fruitless tree …
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Sunday’s Sermon: “How Often I Have Longed”
Jesus laments over the great city of Jerusalem as he faces resistance to the healing power of God’s love at work in the lives of real people. That …
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Sunday’s Sermon – “Lent: An Awkward Gift”
Like Aunt Bethany’s lime Jell-O mold it is a gift one receives with polite gratitude and veiled embarrassment. It is whisked to the kitchen from where …
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Sunday’s Sermon: Unveiling God’s Future — In Person and Virtual
It is impossible to know what lies ahead, which can provoke anxiety, especially these days, if not dread. But the texts on Transfiguration Sunday …
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Sunday’s Sermon: Turning the Other Cheek 2.0 – Worship In-Person and Virtual
We’ve probably all heard at some point that we need to “turn the other cheek,” which can seem like an invitation to abuse. But to love those who are …
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Sunday’s Sermon: The Great Subversion
Faced with the profound injustice visible in the needful crowd, Jesus launches into a litany of blessings and woes that interrupts and subverts the …