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Inheritance and Belonging

Date: October 10, 2021
Scripture: Mark 10:17-31
Preacher: Rev. Laurie Newman

A friend of mine has a new grandson who just turned six weeks old. Being around this child and his loving, attentive parents is a reminder of how vulnerable we are all in the beginning, as human babies, born into this world. The infant relies upon parents for food, diaper-changing, safety, mobility, and most importantly: love. Think of it. All of … read

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This Is My Body

Date: October 3, 2021
Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46
Preacher: Rev. Chris Dela Cruz

On the night in which he was betrayed, Jesus took the bread, and broke it, giving it to his disciples saying, “Take and eat. This is my body.” When I was a kid in Confirmation, I remember the Catholic priest explaining to us how Christ was present in Communion. And I remember thinking, “See, we … read

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Heaven and Earth

Date: September 19, 2021
Scripture: James 3:13-4:8a
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

This week I read an essay about COVID’s destruction of so many of our systems and foundations and what that destruction has uncovered. I found it fascinating—not only in the author’s observations but also in the metaphor it provided. Destruction is painful and traumatic, and yet it might enable us to see what we have … read

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Date: September 12, 2021
Scripture: James 3:1-12
Preacher: Rev. Laurie Newman

“The Three Gates of Speech” is often credited to the 13th-century Persian poet and Islamic scholar Rumi, who supposedly said: Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: At the first gate, ask yourself, “Is it true?” At the second gate, ask, “Is it necessary?” At the third gate, ask, “Is it kind?” … read

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Living Faith

Date: September 5, 2021
Scripture: James 2:1-10, 14-17
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

What if no one lived in poverty? That’s the question that kept floating to the front of my brain this week as I studied the text from James. As I said in last Sunday’s sermon, the letter of James is bracing and direct. James does not mince words when it comes to teaching how the … read

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Do Be Do Be Do

Date: August 29, 2021
Scripture: James 1:17-27
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

Most of us really don’t like being told what to do, except when we ask someone to tell us what to do. Even then, we might not like what we hear. For better or worse, we have an entire epistle telling us what to do as faithful Christians, whether we want it or not. The … read

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