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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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 6 min
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, 2020
- 6 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 6 min
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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- Jul 5, 2020
- 4 min
My Yoke Is Easy.
Ten years I went to my first real yoga class It was power yoga, a more athletic form of the discipline than some other styles. I...
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- Jun 29, 2020
- 5 min
Welcome One Another
There’s nothing like the love and welcome of a grandmother. I think of times as a kid going over my Nana’s house or my Grandma’s house. ...
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- Jun 14, 2020
- 4 min
The Harvest Is Plentiful
The harvest is plentiful! Jesus says in our gospel lesson. Reminds me of the summer we planted a raised bed full of swiss chard, and then...
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