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Faith and Comfort

Date: December 8, 2019
Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11
Preacher: Rev. Gregg Neel

Nonetheless

Date: December 1, 2019
Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7
Preacher: Rev. Eileen Parfrey

Every fall I practice magical thinking along the lines of, “This year we’ll get to keep summer-length daylight.” And every year about this time, I concede the point and give it up as a lost cause. We’re heading into the very darkest time of the year, the season of overcast, with night that stretches into … read

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Endings and Beginnings

Date: November 24, 2019
Scripture: 1 Kings 1, excerpted
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

Being a pastor is a weird thing. People – especially people who don’t do church – have no idea how we spend our days and imagine we have a direct line to God, our trusted counselor and mentor and advisor. I would reckon that every pastor I know has been asked how she or he … read

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Our Best and Our Worst

Date: November 17, 2019
Scripture: 2 Samuel11:1-9, 14-17, 12:1-13a
Preacher: Rev. Laurie Newman

When have we used our power in a way that honors and cares for others? And when have we been at our worst?  Let me hear what you will speak when I turn to You in my heart. . . (Let us hear. . .) In 2010, I had the gift of a sabbatical grant … read

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Legacy

Date: November 3, 2019
Scripture: Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

Some of you had the great pleasure of knowing Mary Jean Pagter, a member of Westminster who for the last few years lived in Eugene and who died earlier this year. Gregg and I did not have that pleasure, but we enjoyed notes from Mary Jean now and then, and we drove by her yellow-orange … read

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