Sermons

  • Keywords

  • Preacher

Sermon on Transfiguration Sunday

Date: February 27, 2022
Scripture: Luke 9:28-43a
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

This week, a familiar and unwelcomed feeling crept back into my heart: the feeling of powerlessness. When the pandemic started, and we suddenly shut down and stocked up on flour and feared what could happen, I felt so powerless to do anything to prevent this terrible virus from spreading, apart from staying home and wearing … read

Read

All of the Rhythm, but None of the Blues

Date: February 20, 2022
Scripture: Luke 6:27-38
Preacher: Rev. Laurie Newman

The scripture today is the most powerful and pertinent in our Bible, and maybe it’s even the most important articulated anywhere: Love your enemy. And, in practice, it has been summarily dismissed by most of Christendom and the world. In our culture of violence this commandment to love the enemy strikes us as impossible, weak, … read

Read

Compelled

Date: February 6, 2022
Scripture: Luke 5:1-11
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

This year for Christmas, my friend Stephanie gave me a cookbook that has revolutionized dinner time for us. Already I have made eight recipes, some for the third time, and the entire family is very happy. The slow-roasted Moroccan salmon was the best salmon I have ever made, and our new favorite pizza is this … read

Read

Water or Wine?

Date: January 30, 2022
Scripture: John 2:1-11
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

Weddings are not for the faint of heart. If you were to gather a group of pastors, organists, and wedding coordinators, you would be entertained for hours by stories of weddings gone wrong, stories that often include last minute sewing, fainting, and possibly throwing up. Everyone is on high alert at weddings – the people … read

Read

This Is a Sermon About Love

Date: January 23, 2022
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Preacher: Rev. Chris Dela Cruz

This is a sermon about love. There’s a danger here, of course. What else is there to say about love? There are countless songs, movies, and books on the topic. It’s easy for talk about love to get overly sentimental and cliché or overly clinical and removed from experience. I don’t know if what I’ll … read

Read

What’s in a Name?

Date: January 9, 2022
Scripture: Isaiah 43:1-7
Preacher: Rev. Laurie Newman

Have you ever wondered about the power of naming? How does it shape our identity and future? There are some funny (true) names that have left me wondering. When I was in high school, there was my dermatologist: Dr. Rashleigh. I wondered, did he go into dermatology because of his name? And there was the … read

Read
Top