Sermon Matthew 2:1-12 “The Lost and The Found” January 6, 2013
When I was growing up, I loved the show “Dragnet.” Who wouldn’t love “Joe Friday, a big gruff guy with purpose?” He never wavered from his intent to find his…
Category: Services & Sermons
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Sermon Luke 2:41-52 “The Age of Reason” December 30,2012
The infant and childhood stories of Jesus are particularly poignant to those of us who have had children of our own. We remember the joy of anticipation when our children…
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Sermon Luke 3:1-6 “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” December 9, 2012
Don’t you just love it? Here’s good old John the Baptist again, yelling about some fellow who will be coming after him with more to offer than John has to…
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Sermon Luke 21: 25-36 “So, Wake Up Already!” December 2, 2012
First Sunday of Advent and this reading from the Gospel of Luke is the scripture kicking off the season. I can’t say I’m pleased but I’ve come to realize, sometimes…
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Sermon Mark 12:28-34 “The One Who Got It” November 11, 2012
A recent blog from the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden announced on October 19th this event: “Today, the Cincinnati Zoo’s baby giraffe is one week old and she now…
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Sermon John 6:35, 41-51 “The Bread of Life” October 7, 2012
Years back, in college, we had a catering company called Slater Foods. They prepared all the food for all the students on the meal plan, which were all the freshmen…
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Sermon Mark 9:38-50 “Pass the Salt Please” September 30, 2012
This is a humbling passage for me. Jesus is saying quite clearly to his petty and quarrelsome disciples; “Quit worrying about who has the power to do what and find…
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Sermon September 23, 2012 Mark 9:30-37 “And the Winner Is…”
It’s been a wild week but given the ongoing tensions between Romney and Obama, continuing and escalating conflict between the United States and major Middle Eastern countries, like Egypt and…
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Sermon September 16, 2012 Mark 8:27-38 “Setting Our Minds and Hearts on the Divine”
Back a number of years ago, there was a quote by priest-theologian, Edward Braxton, which caught my attention and has never really left me. It asks a question of me,…
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Sermon September 9, 2012 “To Inspire Faith” I Thessalonians 1:1-10
Many years ago, I received a nice letter from a couple of parishioners who were still, at that time, members in the first church I served as the sole pastor.…