Sermons

It’s Not the Journey, It’s the Destination – Palm Sunday (Mark 11: 1-11)

There was a time in my life when I listened to far too much sports talk radio. This was a ...
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Detours on the Journey – Lent Week 5 (Jerimiah 31: 31-34)

At the beginning of Lent, we were invited to put our hand in Jesus’ hand and go to Jerusalem with ...
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Roadside Assistance for the Journey – Lent Week 4 (Ephesians 2: 1-10)

This story about roadside assistance takes place pretty much exactly four years ago, in March of 2020. I was in ...
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So Long, Farewell – A Retirement Sermon (2 Corinthians 13)

2 Corinthians 13:11-13 “So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, goodbye.” With those words, the children said good night to the partygoers ...
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Giving Thanks with Grateful Hearts – Sermon for Pentecost 2B (Psalm 138)

  Psalm 138 It’s taken thirteen years, but we’ve finally reached the river’s edge. But, we’re not quite ready to ...
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When the Advocate Comes – Sermon for Pentecost Sunday, Year B (John 15, 16)

 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15.  If you’ve been to a tourist destination like Orlando,  Vegas, or Niagara Falls, you probably encountered a ...

Can We Withhold the Water? — Sermon for Easter 6B (Acts 10)

Acts 10:44-48 Last Sunday we heard a baptism story and witnessed Richard’s baptism. This morning we hear another baptism story ...
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Look, Here Is Water! — A Sermon for Easter 5B (Acts 8)

Acts 8:26-40 What’s your baptism story? I’ll confess that mine is a bit complicated. It starts at the Catholic hospital ...

The Way of Salvation – Sermon for Easter 4B (Acts 4)

Christ Before Annas (top); Peter Denying Jesus (bottom) Acts 4:5-12 When Peter and John went to the Temple to pray ...

Complicity and the System – A Sermon for 3rd Sunday of Easter (Acts 3)

  Acts 3:12-21 When Peter and John went to the Temple to pray, a man who had been crippled since ...
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