- May 19
Succession
The Ascension of Jesus caught the disciples by surprise. They weren’t expecting it, and they didn’t understand it. So I guess if we’re...
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- Mar 4
Born of God
The gospel that we just heard is a story about birth. It is a story about how God gives birth to her children, or to put it another way,...
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- Feb 25
Test or Trust?
Life is a tug of war between testing and trust. When you are in the wilderness, will you test or will you trust? And in whom will you...
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- Feb 17
Grace for All (Sermon on the Mount, part 4)
How then shall we live? Last Sunday, Dennis reminded us that in the sermon on the mount, Jesus is calling for a change in heart, a change...
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- Jun 5, 2020
In the Image of God
Once upon a time, some 3000 years ago, there was a poet who wandered out to look at the night skies. That poet saw the brightness of the...
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- Mar 25, 2020
Virtual Hugs (Lent 4)
This has been another crazy week. The new reality of life in a time of COVID-19 is sinking in. Words like social distancing and...
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- Jan 18, 2020
What Are You Looking For?
“What are you looking for?” These are the first words spoken by Jesus in the gospel of John. What are you looking for? What do you want...
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- Oct 4, 2019
Rock, Rope and Faith
One of the things I love about the English language is that our words are so flexible. You know what I mean? You can take a word and...
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- Jul 26, 2019
Prayer
“Jesus was praying in a certain place.” The gospels often remind us that Jesus spent time in prayer. There seems to have been a rhythm...
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