Category: Sermons
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What is Love?
New Day Sermon Advent 4 We talk about love all the time. We love food. We love fun. We love each other. But what is love, and how do we experience love in the incarnation?
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Special Delivery
Today we hear how the Almighty One does great things for the lowly, those who fear and are hungry, those who need assistance and all who hold onto a promise from God. We lit a final candle and assembled a humble manger in preparation for the Christ child, the baby Jesus, Mary’s son, our Lord.…
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The Baptist and Barrington
(This morning’s sermon is comprised of a story by Martin Bell, entitled “Barrington Bunny” from his book The Way of the Wolf, with commentary offered by the preacher at various intervals in the story.) Once upon a time in a large forest there lived a very furry bunny. He had one lop ear, a tiny…
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Rejoice?
New Day Sermonadvent 3 Is it up to us to muster up hope and joy this holiday season? When circumstances make it difficult, joy, like faith can only be received from God. What we need to fill our spirits is available, yet not always accessible. Why?
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Lessons I learned from John the Baptist- 12/9/2018
A few months ago, I delivered a sermon that caused quite a stir – I had a wide range of comments both positive and negative. Now I am not naive enough to know that everyone will agree or appreciate all of your sermons, but as a member of your rostered staff, we do evaluate all…
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The Gift of Peace
New Day Sermon Advent 3 The prophet Isaiah offered the promise of the Messiah to be the “Prince of Peace.” How does this prince bring us peace into our lives?
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The In Between
The other day I went to the coffee shop I so often frequent, and outside their store they had a sandwich board featuring the specialty drink for the week. It was called the “In between the seasons latte.” That peaked my interest. The sandwich board even had artwork on it to describe the in between…
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For Being Good
New Day Sermon advent 1 With a story by Cynthia Rylant entitled “For Being Good”, as the foundation of the sermon, we explore our relationships and how Jesus always invites us to strive for greater depth and connection with those we love.
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Christ as King
Christ The King Last Sunday After Pentecost You might be surprised to know that one of my biggest challenges in seminary was learning to decipher the church calendar. If I am supposed to keep track of days and dates, I need a big rectangle with little squares. Before going to seminary, saying Advent comes before…
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Kings in Surprising Places
New Day Sermon Christ the king sunday Today we celebrate the church festival that points to Christ as king. Most of us have never met a king, so what should we expect to see with Christ the king?
