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The Economy of Mammon and the Economy of God
For those who don’t know, I’m a big sports fan. I love the Red Sox and when I was in middle school, I went to a Red Sox game for a...
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- Sep 12
- 5 min
The Reckless and Foolish Search
I had a family dog who died recently. He was a little shih tzu-pug mix named PJ. He attended some of our outdoor services here at St....
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- Sep 6
- 7 min
The Challenging Road Toward True Discipleship - Luke 14 : 25 - 33
In my hometown Bethlehem, Connecticut there’s a monastery called the Abbey of Regina Laudis. Benedictine nuns founded it in 1947...
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- Aug 29
- 5 min
Ancient Dinner Parties & Middle School Lunches - Luke 14: 1, 7-14
In the Gospel lesson today Jesus is at a dinner party and then tells a parable about a dinner party. Dinner party etiquette was a big...
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- Aug 23
- 7 min
The Sacred Sabbath - Luke 13:10-17
There’s a story about an aging woodsman and his young apprentice having an all-day wood chopping contest. The apprentice was a strong...
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- Aug 8
- 6 min
Mindfulness: Alert Without Fear - Luke 12:32-40
One morning last spring I was walking out of the parsonage. I closed the door, without paying much attention to my surroundings. I...
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- Aug 1
- 6 min
Liberation from Spiritual Clutter - Luke 12:13-21
There’s nothing like reality TV shows to help us understand Jesus’ parables. The first one that comes to mind is “Storage Wars” - have...
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- Jul 26
- 5 min
Prayer: The Way to Grow in Relationship with God - Luke 11:1-13
Humanity, in general, has a broken relationship with God. I don’t need to explain to you how deeply in need of healing we are. Sin is...
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- Jul 19
- 7 min
Guest preacher The Rev. Dr. Lisa Dahill - Luke 10:38-42, Colossians 1:15-28
Have everyone take a pinecone, rock, leaf, some object that attracts you … So good to be with you! From last Sunday’s Good Samaritan...
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- Jul 11
- 7 min
Listening & Understanding Your Neighbor - Luke 10:25-37
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the most famous parables in the Bible. It’s only in Luke’s Gospel and it comes up in the...
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- Jul 5
- 7 min
What Were the Seventy Evangelizing About? - Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
My senior year in college at Valparaiso University, I lived in an off-campus apartment. One Saturday morning, a local pastor knocked on...
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- Jun 28
- 7 min
I Will Follow You Lord, But . . . - Luke 9:51-62
Have you ever heard the Shel Silverstein poem “I Can’t Go To School Today”? It’s a little long so I won’t read the entire thing, but it...
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- Jun 21
- 7 min
Spirits and Demons - Luke 8:26-39
There’s a funny comic I saw around Christmastime of baby Jesus in the manager surrounded by animals. All the animals say something nice...
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- Jun 7
- 4 min
From Disciples to Apostles - Acts 2 & John 14
Today is Pentecost. It’s the day we celebrate when the disciples became apostles, when those who learn became those who are sent out....
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- Jun 1
- 5 min
Jesus' Prayer for Oneness - John 17:20-26
Jesus prayed the night before he died for oneness. Not just for his disciples, but for all his followers who would come after. Oneness...
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- May 18
- 7 min
Love Transforms the World - John 13:31-55 & Revelation 21:1-6
This Easter season we’ve been reading from the book of Revelation as our first lesson, and if you attended adult forum last week you...
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- May 9
- 6 min
Our Good Shepherd - John 10:22-30
There’s a funny video of a boy who helps a sheep stuck in a ditch. Maybe you’ve seen it on YouTube. The boy struggles to free the...
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- Apr 25
- 5 min
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
- 6 min
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
- 5 min
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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