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"The Overwhelming Goodness of God"
Sermon: Reformation Sunday 2021 Psalm 46 Jeremiah 31.31-34 Romans 3.19-28 John 8.31-36 Dear beloved of God, grace to you and peace in the...

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Oct 31, 20215 min read
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Eat with our mouths full . . .
Psalm 34.1-9[i] Let me bless the Lord at all times, always his praise is in my mouth. In the Lord do I glory. Let the lowly hear and...

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Aug 8, 20217 min read
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Trees planed by streams of water
Trees Planted by Streams of Water Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit...

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Jun 30, 20212 min read
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Dear Family of God
Sermon: 2nd Sunday after Pentecost; Lectionary 10 June 6, 2021 Psalm 130 Mark 3.20-35 Dear Family of God, grace to you and peace in the...

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Jun 6, 20216 min read
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The Holy Trinity
Today is Holy Trinity Sunday; the day in the church year in which we celebrate the mystery that is God the Father, the Son, the Holy...

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May 30, 20216 min read
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3:16
Sermon: Lent 4 Year B Ephesians 2.1-10 John 3.13-21 Right in the middle of our gospel text for today, comes what I think is probably the...

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Mar 14, 20215 min read
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Sermon: February 7, 2021
Sermon: Epiphany 5 Year B Isaiah 40.21-31 Psalm 147.1-12 1 Corinthians 9.16-23 Mark 1. 29-39 In the midst of all the swirling images and...

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Feb 7, 20215 min read
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Copy of A blessing of homes on Epiphany
Introduction: The Feast of the Epiphany is a wonderful time for the family to gather to ask God’s blessing on their home and on those who...

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Jan 5, 20212 min read
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A blessing of homes on Epiphany
Introduction: The Feast of the Epiphany is a wonderful time for the family to gather to ask God’s blessing on their home and on those who...

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Jan 5, 20212 min read
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Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Dear friends, dear beloved of God, grace to you and peace from God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen. So, how are you? Where are you...

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Dec 24, 20204 min read
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Jonah; not about the big fish?
Sermon: November 8, 2020 Jonah Prayer of the Day God of the seas, sky, and land, When Jonah turned to run from you, you showed him that...

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Nov 3, 20205 min read
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The Songs of Hannah and Mary
Sermon: October 18, 2020 1Samuel 1.9-11, 19-20, 2.1-10 Luke 1.46-55 Prayer of the Day God who answers prayer, We are blessed and humbled...

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Oct 18, 20205 min read
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You are God Alone
Sermon: October 11, 2020 Exodus 32.1-14 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered around...

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Oct 11, 20206 min read
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Encouragement, consolation, love, sharing, compassion, sympathy
Sermon: September 27, 2020 Psalm 25.1-9 Philippians 2.1-13 Psalm 25.1-9 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, in you I trust; do...

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Sep 27, 20205 min read
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Sermon: September 6, 2020
In her reflections on the Gospel text for the week, Audrey West wrote: “Whenever two or more are gathered . . . It can be really hard to...

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Sep 6, 20206 min read
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"Who do you say that I am?"
Sermon: August 23, 2020 Romans 12.1-8 Matthew 16.13-16 Affirmation of Baptism Reading: Romans 12:1-8 1I appeal to you therefore, brothers...

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Aug 23, 20206 min read
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Create in us clean hearts, O God . . .
Sermon: August 16, 2020 11th Sunday of Pentecost; Lectionary 20 Matthew 15.10-28 [10[Jesus]Â called the crowd to him and said to them,...

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Aug 16, 20205 min read
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Lord, Save Me!
Sermon: August 9, 2020 10th Sunday after Pentecost; Lectionary 19 Matthew 14.22-36 2Immediately he (Jesus) made the disciples get into...

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Aug 9, 20206 min read
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Jesus is Here
Sermon: Lectionary 18 Year A Matthew 14.13-21 We know this story, don’t we? Jesus feeding the five thousand is a story so familiar to...

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Aug 2, 20205 min read
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God's Purpose
Sermon: July 12, 2020 Isaiah 55.10-13 10For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,   and do not return there until they have...

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Jul 14, 20203 min read
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