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It Is What It is, Until It Isn’t

Date: October 19, 2025
Scripture: Luke 17:20-21; 18:1-8
Preacher: Rev. Junha Kim

What a poignant question for today – the Sunday after a nationwide demonstration of resistance to evil and hate, a demonstration of love and compassion for each other, and a demonstration of faithfulness. Yet, I fear many people still rightfully wonder, “Would Jesus find faithfulness on earth?” Kierkegaard says Jesus would have been turned away … read

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Jaremiah

Date: September 28, 2025
Scripture: Jeremiah 32:1-3, 6-15
Preacher: Rev. Lindsey Hubbard-Groves

There are so many jars in Jeremiah that I’ve come to call it Jaremiah. It’s a nice device to help me remember what happens here. You may remember Eileen preaching from Jeremiah a few weeks ago and there was a jar in that story, too, or a clay vessel. The verses she shared were a … read

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The Tenderness of God’s Judgement

Date: September 7, 2025
Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-11, Psalm 139
Preacher: Rev. Eileen Parfrey

Although not a potter of anything remotely utilitarian, I know enough about clay to get Jeremiah’s experience. Clay is a valuable material, and that business of smashing a flawed vessel is not trashing what didn’t work in an act of judgment, which is how we often interpret this story. In fact, what the potter does … read

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New-Kid Feelings

Date: August 17, 2025
Scripture: Luke 18:15-17
Preacher: Rev. Lindsey Hubbard-Groves

I am more than 40 years old and I haven’t been in school for several years now, but I am very aware of my anxiety in August. Some of it, I think, is residual from keeping an office at a university for many years after my own schooling. I had a colleague who’d always ask, … read

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God Demands Life

Date: August 3, 2025
Scripture: Luke 12:13-21
Preacher: Rev. Junha Kim

The scripture today comes from Luke 12:13-21, and it’s often known as the parable of the rich fool. This is a parable Jesus tells to a crowd of thousands, and often told more than once to more crowds of thousands, and so, reflects what Jesus was not only saying, but doing and living out throughout … read

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Pray This Way

Date: July 27, 2025
Scripture: Luke 11:1-13
Preacher: Rev. Lindsey Hubbard-Groves

I was grateful to find our Gospel text today is the Lord’s Prayer. It’s universal and personally formational prayer. Even though there were only five people there when my wife and I got married, I made us all say it and half said it with debts and half said it with trespasses and at least … read

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