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Practicing Faith: March 2014
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Occasional sermons and reflections by a Christian layperson. Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Deep Hunger, Deep Nourishment: Journeys of Renewal and Return. For the Word of God. Lines of questions, doubts and skepticism about Jesus, the promises of the Gospel and the church stretch back to Sunday School for me, and continued through Confirmation, and High School. (I am aware that at least one. Pilgrim confirmand is openly struggling with whether they can honestly write a statement of faith. Gratefully, in rece...
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Practicing Faith: What will other people think?
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Occasional sermons and reflections by a Christian layperson. Sunday, July 5, 2015. What will other people think? 2 Corinthians 12:2–10. Grace to you and peace from God our Creator, and in Christ with the Holy Spirit. Amen. The messages of God’s people - Ezekiel, Paul, Jesus, and his disciples were not always well received. There are some similarities between Ezekiel’s call and the second half of today’s Gospel reading where Jesus prepares his disciples to go out in pairs to minister to God...Jesus and...
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Practicing Faith: August 2014
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Occasional sermons and reflections by a Christian layperson. Sunday, August 10, 2014. Like Jesus, Walking on Troubled Waters. Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and from Jesus Christ, our deep well of Compassion. Amen. The due date of our second child, Paul, was near the time of my parents’ birthdays on June 1. Growth and grief and loss. Jesus certainly lived an example of loving people very deeply. He went even further than most of us do; he dissolved many family and social boundaries of hi...
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Practicing Faith: Our Greatest Labor is Love; Our Greatest Tool is Presence
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Occasional sermons and reflections by a Christian layperson. Sunday, September 4, 2016. Our Greatest Labor is Love; Our Greatest Tool is Presence. Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am. ― Parker J. Palmer, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation. 1Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked,. Nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful! 2Their delight is in the law of the Lord,.
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Practicing Faith: April 2015
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Occasional sermons and reflections by a Christian layperson. Thursday, April 2, 2015. Maundy Thursday: This is My Body, Given for You. John 13:1-17, 31b-35 (NRSV). 7 Jesus answered, "You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand." 8 Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no share with me." 9 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head! The mandate comes in John 13:34:. My understanding is that ...
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Practicing Faith: Trust, and You'll Walk on the Water
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Occasional sermons and reflections by a Christian layperson. Sunday, July 10, 2016. Trust, and You'll Walk on the Water. Sermon Series on the Book of Acts. Change We Can Believe In: The Power of the Holy Spirit to Transform Us, Then and Now". Acts 9:36-43 - The Spark Story Bible. Peter lifted his head and turned to Tabitha. He whispered in her ear, “Tabitha, get up! 8221; Tabitha opened her eyes and sat up. She was alive! Soon people were telling others about what Peter had done. They knew Jesus had ...
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Practicing Faith: January 2014
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Occasional sermons and reflections by a Christian layperson. Sunday, January 5, 2014. God is the Great Mother. Grace to you and peace from God our Father, our Great Mother, our Source, and from Jesus our Great Older Brother, all of us being children of God. Amen. Today’s Gospel text is special in that it is the only glimpse we get of Jesus and his family between his birth and his active life in ministry beginning, we think, around age thirty. But it’s a bit jarring isn’t it? What do we make of this short...
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Practicing Faith: July 2016
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Occasional sermons and reflections by a Christian layperson. Sunday, July 10, 2016. Trust, and You'll Walk on the Water. Sermon Series on the Book of Acts. Change We Can Believe In: The Power of the Holy Spirit to Transform Us, Then and Now". Acts 9:36-43 - The Spark Story Bible. Peter lifted his head and turned to Tabitha. He whispered in her ear, “Tabitha, get up! 8221; Tabitha opened her eyes and sat up. She was alive! Soon people were telling others about what Peter had done. They knew Jesus had ...
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Practicing Faith: July 2015
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Occasional sermons and reflections by a Christian layperson. Sunday, July 5, 2015. What will other people think? 2 Corinthians 12:2–10. Grace to you and peace from God our Creator, and in Christ with the Holy Spirit. Amen. The messages of God’s people - Ezekiel, Paul, Jesus, and his disciples were not always well received. There are some similarities between Ezekiel’s call and the second half of today’s Gospel reading where Jesus prepares his disciples to go out in pairs to minister to God...Jesus and...