14-Jan-18 1 Samuel 3:1-20 The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. That’s quite a statement. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. The expectation, of course, of the writer of First Samuel is that that should not have been the case. […]
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The Story No One Wants To Hear
07-Jan-18 Matthew 2:7-18 My guess is that most of us stand pretty much in awe of the wise men. There’s something about these mysterious guys who see a star, intuit that it means that a new king has been born to the Jews, and then, amazingly, strike out on a journey to Jerusalem to visit […]
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Christmas Eve, 2017
As the westering sun fell beneath the distant horizon, the small band of travelers quieted and began the work of setting up camp for the night. Packs were opened and the women in the group got themselves to the work of preparing the evening meal for their families. Mary shuddered and sighed. “Are you cold, […]
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Here Am I, The Servant Of The Lord
24-Dec-17 Luke 1:26-38 Mary has always been a bit of a mystery to me. She is obviously a rather remarkable woman, or rather more correctly, a rather remarkable girl. Scholars generally agree that Mary was probably only about 12 or 13 years old when the angel Gabriel visited her with the shocking news that she […]
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Be Patient, As God Is Patient
10-Dec-17 II Peter 3:1-13 Now normally when I ask a question in a sermon, I’m not really looking for and answer. Sometimes the questions I ask could be personally embarrassing if any of you tried to answer them. But this morning, I am looking for an answer, and you can answer it any way you […]
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But You Were Angry, And We Sinned
03-Dec-17 Isaiah 64:1-9 There are times when I can totally resonate with verse one. “O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence!” Sometimes as a disciple of Jesus Christ, I can feel so lost and so alone in this broken and damaged world. […]
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Gratitude Attitude
26-Nov-17 Matthew 25:31-46 Have you ever noticed that it is easier to grumpy about something than it is to be grateful? I have, and I’ve noticed it in me. We had a beautiful, warm October. And then we had those four or five days of no electricity. My attitude changed. I went from celebration of […]
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Scary Words to the Preacher
05-Nov-17 Micah 3:5-12 I probably should have titled this sermon, “Nothing for the mouth, nothing from the mouth.” But earlier in the week, when I first began working with this passage, I was so terrified by the words that I was reading, that I titled it “Scary Words to the Preacher.” Just the same though, […]
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Old Commands For A Broken World
29-Oct-17 Leviticus 19:1-18 We’re looking this morning at some pretty old stuff. This is stuff that was delivered by God, through the prophet Moses, to the people of God while they were all still wandering around in the wilderness. In my mind, the wilderness is a wonderful place, although I am quite sure that those […]
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Sorting Out What’s God’s
22-Oct-17 Matthew 22:15-22 For reasons which I do not fully comprehend, taxes have been a big issue at my house over the last couple of weeks. I strongly suspect that the same is true at Barb’s house. I spent some time this week pondering this, but I didn’t get very far. I don’t comprehend taxes, […]
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