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Who Is the Real You?

Pentecost 19 Traditional Sermon William Willimon, professor at Duke Divinity School, writes this in his book, Remember Who You Are. Back in high school, every Friday and Saturday night, as I was leaving home to go on a date, I remember my mother bidding me farewell at the front door with these weighty words, ‘Don’t…

Are you a shrewd operator?

Pentecost 18 Traditional Sermon ? Go on take the money and run..oooh oooh…Go on take the money and run! It may be the devil, it might be the Lord, but You gotta serve somebody…If I had a million dollars, I’d be rich ? Just a few songs about about money that I thought I would serenade you with.…

Lost and Found

Pentecost 17 Traditional Sermon Do you know a lost cause? By that, I don’t mean remembering a team like the 1962 New York Mets, who lost 3 out of every 4 baseball games they played that season. I’m not talking about a consideration of General George Armstrong Custer’s chances of winning the Battle of Little…

Is The Bar Set Too High?

Traditional Sermon, Pentecost 16 So typically, I am not a huge fan of reality TV programs. Some of them feel to me as though they are constantly just trying to stir up drama and conflict between people and I guess I just feel as though there is enough drama and conflict in the world without…

Who’s On Your Guest List?

PENTECOST 15 TRADITIONAL SERMON One of the candidates on my summer book reading list was David Whyte’s his delightful little book, Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words. He offers short but insightful considerations of 52 different ordinary words … think of it as a word a week for a year. If…

“How are you
going to be?”

Pentecost 13 Traditional sermon The first time I remember my parents giving me the talk was when I was about four years old. Not ‘THE TALK,’ but a memorable one just the same… We were sitting around the dining room table all having dinner and talking about our day and I wanted to be able…

Are You Ready?

TRADITIONAL SERMON PENTECOST 12 Friday morning’s paper led with this sentence under their front page story on the Olympic Games which opened on Friday night. “Even if only for two weeks, can “Faster-Higher-Stronger” overpower “deadlier, scarier and bloodier?” And as I read further, I knew I would be changing my opening to this morning’s sermon. …

Can You Hear Me Now?

Traditional Sermon, Pentecost 9 Shema Israel Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad… “Hear O’ Israel, the Lord is our God; the Lord is one.” This is the first line of the prayer known as the Shema, that Pastor Pretz mentioned in his sermon last week. The Shema is recited or chanted twice daily (morning & night) by…

Must I love my neighbor?

Traditional Sermon, Pentecost 8 Someone once said: “What goes around comes around.” And there is enough anecdotal and historical evidence that one could make the case that it is true. Historical case in point is the true story of the poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to eke out a living for his family,…

What shoes are in your closet?

Traditional Sermon, Pentecost 7 It’s a beautiful day in God’s neighborhood, A beautiful day to serve others , Would you join me, Could you join me? It’s a beautiful day to spread God’s Good news…A day to share the Gospel. Would you join me? Could you join me? I’ve always wanted to serve with someone…