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Jan 10, 20215 min read
New Beginnings - Mark 1:1-11
0 One week in August 2017, I came home from Pennsylvania for my uncle’s funeral. It was the end of his earthly journey, but also a new...
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Jan 3, 20214 min read
Connected Again - Matthew2:1-12
About five years ago, my family vacationed near the Grand Canyon. We happened to be there at the same time as a national convention of...
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Dec 13, 20206 min read
The Incarnate Universe - Luke 1: 26-38. 46-55
This morning we celebrate the visitation of the angel Gabriel to Mary. In this time before Christmas we see a prime example from Mary of...
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Dec 6, 20205 min read
The Baker’s Dozen and the Questions of Advent
Today’s sermon begins with a children’s book about a legend of St. Nicolas. Sometimes the simplest message is the most profound. The...
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Nov 29, 20202 min read
What Are You Waiting For?
Children's Sermon - 11/29/2020 What is the worst place to be waiting? A stop light? The grocery check out? Covid testing? Here is my...
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Nov 22, 20206 min read
A King Who Cares - Matthew 25:31-46
This is a picture of me when I was 5 with our family pet goat, Bell. I still remember the day we got her. My dad took my brother and me...
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Nov 15, 20204 min read
Encourage One Another - Thessalonians 5:1-11
“Encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.” When Ann was in early high school, Ms Jones invited her to be...
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Nov 9, 20204 min read
FOMO & Mindfulness-Matthew 25:1-13
I remember when I was in high school one snowy morning. I woke up to find school was canceled, so I went back to sleep. My brother was...
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Nov 1, 20204 min read
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” - Matthew 5
When I took a break from ministry to stay home to raise my small children, I met my friend Maris. She was a transplant to the area like I...
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Oct 28, 20205 min read
Reformation Sunday: Free Indeed - John 8:31-36
When Martin Luther was a young monk he was obsessive about not sinning. He took the saying “fear of God” to a whole ’nother level. He...
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Oct 18, 20204 min read
The Feast Is Ready To Begin - Matthew22:1-14
When I was 6, I was thrown out of my own birthday party. We had been playing pin the tail on the donkey, and I lost. I don’t really...
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Oct 11, 20205 min read
Birds, Blooms, and Bach” - Matthew 6:24-34 Cantata 51
This spring I had the chance to listen in on a conversation of 2020 graduates of my alma mater, Oberlin College. It was part of their...
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Oct 4, 20204 min read
Nature’s Lessons about God- Matthew 11: 25-30
Six years ago I did my internship at a church in Denver Colorado. My brother flew out to Minnesota from Connecticut and together we...
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Sep 27, 20205 min read
Talking the Talk, Walking the Walk- Matthew 21: 23-32
Imagine there were two mayors of nearby towns in the Old West. Let’s call them Dodge City and Mayberry. There were a lot of Christian...
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Sep 20, 20205 min read
Go and Learn What This Means
Matthew was a tax collector. He was Jew working for Rome, collecting hard earned income from people with meager resources For the...
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Sep 13, 20206 min read
Transformative Forgiveness - Matthew 18: 21-35
Today is Rally Day, the traditional kickoff to the Sunday School year. It’s different this year. A lot of things are different this...
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Sep 6, 20206 min read
If Two of You Agree on Anything- Matthew 18
My first year in college I had a roommate named Jamie. It was a real coincidence that she was assigned to be my roommate, because we had...
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Aug 30, 20205 min read
Following Jesus’ Path - Matthew 16: 21-28
On an episode of Seinfeld called “The Opposite” George Costanza starts the episode so discouraged with life that he decides from now on...
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Aug 23, 20204 min read
Color Outside the Lines - Romans 12:1-8
When I was in kindergarten one day, I had a bright idea. We were coloring in apples, four to a sheet. We were going to cut them out and...
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Aug 16, 20204 min read
Unconditional faith - Matthew 15:10-28
Close your eyes for a moment. I want to invite you to think of a time in your life when your faith was challenged the most. Maybe you...
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