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  • Hope in the Face of Death

    Hope in the Face of Death

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    I know we often lose, and that the death or destruction of another is infinitely more real and unbearable than one’s own.  I think I know how many times one has to start again, and how often one feels that one cannot start again.  And yet, on pain of death, one can never remain where…

  • Crown of Thorns

    Crown of Thorns

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    And they clothed him in a purple cloak; and after twistingsome thorns into a crown, they put it on him. Mark 15:17 (NRSV) It is just a few metal rods … an unadorned base … and what looks to me like a piston ring housing for a small motor, that has been cut into pieces. …

  • Healing Waters

    Healing Waters

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    (Please be aware that during the season of Lent, these weekly devotions will be arriving in your inbox on Tuesdays.) I see him twice within a twenty-four hour period of time.  Each time, healing waters flow.  You might call me a crybaby.  Mea culpa.  But he has been a strong presence in my life.  I’ve…

  • A Different Kind of Witnessing

    A Different Kind of Witnessing

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    We meet in the slightly chill air of an overcast morning … twenty or twenty-five of us.  Most of us have come right from church service.  We stand on a brick walkway or in the mulch or atop a few cement steps.  Trees surround our gathering area, though not entirely.  Those who pass by on…

  • Where’s the Good News?

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    Church office
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    New Day Sermon Pentecost 8 When the Gospel is read out loud in church and the reader says, “Enjoy the sermon…” you may figure it’s Bible story that is a little tricky! Today’s reading is from Mark 6, the beheading of John the Baptist. And yes, there is good news…

  • Death is Not the Final Word

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    Some of you know I am a bit of a poetry junkie.  I subscribe to a couple of poetry blogs … The Writer’s Almanac … Panhala … Poem of the Week.  They are all different. The Writer’s Almanac is my favorite, as it has the widest breadth of poems from classic to modern, from rhythmic…

  • Licorice, Death, and Life

    Licorice, Death, and Life

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    Church office
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    New Day Sermon Lent 5 There’s a rhythm to our reality where death leads to life. Jesus reminds us that to really know life, something needs to die. How is Jesus inviting you to die?

  • What is forgiveness?

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    New Day Sermon Pentecost 15 As Christians, we speak about it all the time, and we know we should do it, but what really is forgiveness?

  • Good Friday

    Good Friday

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    Church office
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    Traditional Sermon We don’t want to be here. We avoid death. We’re alive. And as living beings we avoid everything about death. Our eyes shift toward tragedy until we encounter the source of death and quickly our eyes turn away to things of life. Our noses find the smell of decay and long for clean,…

  • Seeing the Glory of God

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    New Day Sermon LENT 5 Can we see the glory of God through the person of Lazarus, fresh from the tomb with scraps of his burial cloths clinging to his arms?  Can we see the miracle worker beyond the miracle itself?