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Divorce and Healing:  October 6 2024

Divorce and Healing: October 6 2024

     Mark 10:2-16                                                  October 6, 2024                   In the other churches where I served, we always had the animal blessing as part of our Sunday morning service that was closest to St Francis day.   On that day, we...

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The little ones: Sept 28, 2024

The little ones: Sept 28, 2024

 Year B, Pentecost 19                                                 Mark 9:38-50                                                                                              There is nothing like a recommendation to cut a limb off to really start your morning...

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It’s not about being right: Sept 22

It’s not about being right: Sept 22

Year B, Pentecost 22                                      James 3:13-4:3; 7-8a                                                                                                      I often hear people bemoan the current political discourse and long for those days of...

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The Church belongs to no nation: Sept 15

The Church belongs to no nation: Sept 15

 Year B, Pentecost 17                                                Mark 8:27-38                                                                                                       Who do people say that I am?  Compared to most questions that Jesus asks his...

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Why did Jesus say that?: Sept 8, 2024

 Year B, Pentecost 16                                       Mark 7:24-37                                                 As most of you know, the readings we have on Sundays rotate on a three year cycle. Every three years at about this time, we get this Gospel...

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The Pharisee in us: Sept 1 2024

The Pharisee in us: Sept 1 2024

 Year B, Pentecost 15                                               Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23                                                                                                                           Over the last month and a half, we have been reading...

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Preaching with a broken heart: August 25

Preaching with a broken heart: August 25

 Year B, Pentecost 14                                     Psalm 34:15-22 & John 6:56-69                                              I can’t remember where I read it, some important preaching professor no doubt--- said that preachers must preach from our scars and...

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Benefits of Complaining: August 4, 2024

Benefits of Complaining: August 4, 2024

 Year B, Pentecost 11                 Exodus 16: 2-4, 9-15                                                                I am always fascinated by people who say thing like, “well there’s no point in complaining.”  I always want to ask, are you sure?  I understand...

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That’s Where You Are: July 28, 2024

That’s Where You Are: July 28, 2024

Year B, Pentecost 10                                John 6:1-21                                                                                                                         On occasion I like to do a first person narrative as a sermon.  That means I wrote...

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