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May 6, 20221 min read
Meeting Notes - 05/05/2022
The team met on May 5 @ 7pm (Zoom). All team members, plus Pastor Sandra D’Amico and Diane Oates were present (roster follows Meeting...
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Apr 25, 20225 min read
Doubt That Grows Our Faith - John 20:19-31
In his book Faith and Doubt Pastor John Ortberg tells the story of a girl named Agnes. He writes: “From the time she was a young girl,...
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Apr 18, 20226 min read
Why Do You Look for the Living Among the Dead? Luke 24:1-12
There’s a story about a man who lost his keys one night. It was dark out and he was out searching for them underneath a streetlight. A...
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Apr 18, 20225 min read
Tearing Apart What Separates Us - John 13:1-17, 31b-35
There’s a story about a brother and a sister reunified after 30 years of being separated by the Berlin Wall. The sister Sigrid married...
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Apr 5, 20226 min read
Giving Your All to Jesus - John 12:1-8
At the center of this Gospel passage is Mary of Bethany. She is the sister of Martha and Lazarus. You may remember her from the Mary...
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Apr 1, 20223 min read
About Things that are Lost and Found
* Today’s gospel: about things that are “lost - & found” 1 lost sheep, and a shepherd who leaves the 99 to find the one. 1 lost coin, and...
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Mar 22, 20226 min read
God's Patience for an Unfruitful Tree - Luke 13:1-9 & Isaiah 55:1-12
An internet search reveals there are currently five major wars ongoing in the world. There is of course the war in Ukraine in which...
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Mar 16, 20225 min read
God's Commitment to Us - Luke 13:31-34
I recently read a story online about something that happened during a forest fire at Yellowstone National Park. After one particular...
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Feb 28, 20225 min read
From the Mountaintop to the Cross - Luke 9:28-39
Today is Transfiguration Sunday. It’s the final Sunday before Lent, the bridge between Epiphany and Lent. If you remember the first...
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Feb 22, 20226 min read
Practicing the Art of Forgiveness - Luke 6:27-38
Forgiveness is an important theme that’s at the heart of Jesus’ teaching. Actually it’s at the heart of the entire Bible. The Old...
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Feb 14, 20226 min read
The Kingdom Perspective - Luke 6:17-26
There once was a poor boy in ancient China. He had wealthy neighbors who had a son and they would play together and became friends. As...
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Feb 7, 20225 min read
Equipped & Empowered to Follow God's Call
Today we heard two great stories of how God reached out to a prophet and a disciple. The first reading we heard this morning is the...
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Feb 2, 20226 min read
From Exclusivity to Radical Inclusiveness
The first time I ever preached a sermon was to my home congregation in Thomaston. Which was 11 years ago now. I knew I wanted to go to...
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Jan 25, 20224 min read
Jesus' First Sermon
This time of the church year is a period of firsts. Last week we heard about Jesus’ first miracle when he turned water into wine. And...
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Jan 18, 20225 min read
Abundant Life - John 2:1-11
The first wedding I ever performed was for my friend Josh and his wife Magen. Some of you met Josh, he visited here over the summer. He...
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Jan 10, 20224 min read
When You Pass through the Waters, I will be with You - Isaiah 43:1-7
One of things I did in my first year here at St. Matthew was to help lead a youth mission trip in Orland, Maine. On our day off from...
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Jan 3, 20225 min read
Jesus Christ: Born for All - Matthew 2:1-12
Do you know someone who always seems to know people everywhere they go? I had an uncle like that. Every time I went somewhere with him,...
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Dec 28, 20215 min read
The James Webb Telescope and the Audacity of the Incarnation
If you only have 12 days to celebrate the incarnation, the James Webb Telescope is a good place to start. My son Joel came downstairs...
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Dec 28, 20214 min read
A Town Called Hope
There is a town called Hope in British Columbia. The area experienced a series of natural disasters this year: First, a heat dome...
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Dec 20, 20216 min read
Left Turn - Luke 1:26-56
Has your life ever taken a ‘left turn?’ Peter was planning on a career in computer programming, when he took a required humanities class...
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