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Bless Their Hearts

Date: September 17, 2017
Scripture: Romans 12:9-21
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

As we continue on in this little sermon series on Romans 12, we focus today’s sermon on verse 14, words that encourage us to “bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.” And I’ve struggled this week about what to say, because I know that Paul was writing to a new Christian … read

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The Hospitality Ethic

Date: September 10, 2017
Scripture: Romans 12:9-21
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

We had some friends over for dinner on Monday night, and we sat down and I lifted my fork and took a bite. Our friends, who are not churchgoers, looked at me as though I had lost my mind. “Aren’t we going to say grace?” they asked. So Gregg said one of his wonderful Gregg … read

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Holding Fast

Date: September 3, 2017
Scripture: Romans 12: 9-21
Preacher: Rev. Beth Neel

One of the interesting things about this text from Romans is that Paul never tells us what love is, what evil is, or what good is. There is either the assumption that we, like the letter-readers in Rome, already know what those things are, or the encouragement for us to figure that out for our … read

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Completing the Pilgrimage

Date: August 20, 2017
Scripture: Genesis 32:22-31
Preacher: Rev. Eileen Parfrey

Since the rest of the church is at the beach this weekend learning pilgrimage practices, I thought we could read this story of Jacob through the lens of my own pilgrimage experience. I’d seen Martin Sheen in the movie, The Way, so my friend Bev and I decided that if Sheen could walk the Camino, … read

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