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Epiphany Week Three – Labels and the Lake
1/22/2023 – Labels and the Lake
Today, as we look at the story of the calling of the first disciples, and Paul’s call to the church in Corinth to have no divisions among themselves, we turn our attention to two deep wells of wisdom: Darth Vader and sports rivalries!
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Epiphany Week Two – A Shift in Perspective & An Unusual Wedding
1/15/2023 – A Shift in Perspective & An Unusual Wedding
When reading through the book of Isaiah, it’s not hard to see a shift take place from beginning to end. Isaiah (and Israel’s) understanding of God’s hopes expands. With insights from an unusual wedding ceremony, we explore this shift and learn what it could mean for us today.
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Epiphany Week One – Failed Utopia Blues
1/8/2023 – Failed Utopia Blues
After Christmas I always feel a case of the blues. Might this be because of the way we’ve come to celebrate Christmas in our culture? The historic liturgical view of Christmas is very different from cultural Christmas. What can this view teach us as we prepare to embark on a new year?
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Christmas Eve 2022 – Earthbound Places
12/24/2022 – Earthbound Places
Jesus’ birth wasn’t announced to Kings or Priests, and it didn’t take place in a palace or city. It was announced to shepherds, and it happened in a stable. If we are willing to hear it, perhaps these facts teach us something about how God likes to show up in our lives.
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Finding Advent in Unexpected Places
12/18/2022 – Finding Advent in Unexpected Places
Our lectionary texts for this Sunday give us some strange Advent texts, particularly one. Why would Romans 1 be an Advent text? Is it a quirk in the readings, or is there some thing about Romans that shows us the very heart of Christmas?
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Taking Offense at Jesus
12/11/2022 – Taking Offense at Jesus
Our gospel reading tells the story of John the Baptist in prison hearing about everything Jesus was doing, prompting him to ask “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” It seems John took offense at Jesus’ methodology. Jesus frustrated John’s expectations, and He frustrates our’s as well.
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Prince of Peace?
12/04/2022 – Prince of Peace?
This Sunday’s advent theme is peace. Jesus is called the Prince of peace, but what kind of peace does he offered us? The peace of escapism? Or the peace of resurrection?
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The Recital Has Begun
11/27/2022 – The Recital Has Begun
With help from some young piano students playing Christmas recital songs, today we learn how Jesus — when he lived and walked on this earth — was kind of like a piano teacher playing a new song for his students. He was teaching us heaven’s song; the sounds of God’s Kingdom. Now that we know what it “sounds” like, what’s next?
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Reign of Christ
11/20/2022 – Reign of Christ
Today is a big Sunday. It’s the start of the World Cup. But it’s a big Sunday for another reason as well. On the church calendar this is known as reign of Christ Sunday. What can we learn from both of these exciting and important occasions?
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Beautifully Odd
11/13/2022 – Beautifully Odd
When Jesus predicted that the temple in Jerusalem would crumble, is seems this was only a metaphor for what ultimately needed to crumble. Not the outside of the temple, but the inside. Jesus was a beautifully odd, strange and alluring presence in the world. When those inside the temple lose their oddness, something needs to crumble. How might we become “beautifully odd” in the way of Jesus once more?
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