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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 3, 20201 min read
My faith story - Deb Brodeur
This week I received a homemade “Remembering You on All Saints Day” card from St Matthew’s confirmation class. Inside I found they were...
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Nov 3, 20201 min read
My faith story - Kurt Saenger-Heyl
It is so wonderful to be with you in worship again this morning! As I reflect on the ways in which Christ showed up for me in the...
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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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Aug 9, 20204 min read
Holding Hands in the Wind- Matthew 14:22-33
When the kids were small, we used to let them wear water wings in the pool. The inflatable arm bands allowed the kids to float and paddle...
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Aug 2, 20205 min read
The Miracle of Enough - Matthew 14:13-21
One day in mid-March, my husband came home with a 50 pound bag of oats. CT was about to go into lock down, and even though grocery stores...
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Jul 26, 20204 min read
Treasure In Unexpected Places - Matthew 13
What’s your favorite museum? What treasures are there? One of my favorites is the New Britain Museum of Art. I love their Hudson River...
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Jul 19, 20205 min read
Wheat & Weeds & Transformation
I’ll never forget the movie American History X. It’s a moving story about a white supremacist teenager Derek, who goes to jail for gang...
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Jul 12, 20206 min read
Planting Seeds
“Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Let anyone with ears listen!” In...
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