"Thank you, Jane, for the sermon title, and for
that reading. As you may remember from last week, this summer I
am preaching on the sermon titles the Confirmands suggested. I’m
matching them to the best lectionary text I can find, and Jane’s
sermon here on forgiveness was next. So what does Jesus have to
say today about forgiveness?...."
Never Forgotten
[Psalms 8 & 131]
Isaiah 49:8-10, 14-16a
Matthew 6:24-34
"Words of remembrance are at the very heart of
our Christian faith. In our sacraments we remember Jesus’s
baptism and his Last Supper, and we study ancient history each
week as we read scripture and hear sermons...."
Live
Ezekiel 37:1-10
John 11:1-6, 17, 20-28, 32-45
"We know that faith in the
resurrection of the dead is at the heart of Christian faith, and
yet stories like these from the Bible are astonishing: Lazarus
staggers blinking into the light of day, gasping for breath..."
Share
Exodus 17:1-7
John 4
“Come and see a man who told me everything I
have ever done. He cannot be the Messiah, can he?”
A House on a Hill
Isaiah 2:1-5
Romans 13:11-14
"Like the Temple Mount that Isaiah
lifts up in our text today, our meeting house, The
Congregational Church of Brookfield, literally is a 'house on a
hill.'..."
Two Steps Forward...Two Steps Back
Luke 17:11-19 "There are a few different ways to characterize
this morning’s scripture passage from the gospel of Luke..."
Forgiveness, Inc.
Luke 16:1-14 "The rabbis used to say that they enjoyed
studying the Bible as much as a dog enjoyed gnawing the last bit
of marrow out of a bone. ...."
Seek and Celebrate
Luke 15:1-10 "A few weeks ago my husband Ryan was here
painting one of the church school rooms next to the Fellowship
Hall Kitchen...."
Standing Tall
Jeremiah 1:4-10, Luke 13:10-17 "The tricky
thing about reading these ancient texts from the Bible, as we do
each week, is that we can so easily distance ourselves from
them...."
The Great Cloud
Hebrews 11:29 - 12:2 "The
writer of Hebrews lists some weighty heroes of the Old Testament
as he preaches here in today's text....."
Faith Is...
Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-12 "The scripture passage for this morning is one of my
favorites. Yet each time I read it I have a different thought
about what it says to us...."
True North
Psalm 107:1-9, Colossians 3:1-11
"When I envisioned this sermon three weeks ago I had planned on
sharing with you a bit about the fact that I am by no means a
directional genius...."
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