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July | 2010 | "Unbind them!...
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8230; and let them go! JULY 24, 2010. On Ruth 1:1-8, 14-17. V and M., today we celebrate the beginning of your relationship as husband and wife. And we celebrate your family we celebrate your relationship as mother, father and sons. Celebrating your wedding is not just something we do today, but it is something that. Marriage at its foundation is still like any other human relationship, any other relationship between family or friends. We have to work at being friends with friends, at being parents, ...
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September | 2012 | "Unbind them!...
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8230; and let them go! ALC – Sermon Pentecost 18B. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2012. It’s not been easy for the disciples lately. Too much seems to go wrong for them. Stumbling blocks Huge millstones around the neck being thrown into the sea Cutting off hands and feet and tearing out eyes fire that is never quenched. For a couple weeks now, Jesus has been harsh with the disciples We have heard him rebuking Peter by calling him Satan, and chastising the disciples for arguing about who is the greatest. Jesus is ...
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February | 2012 | "Unbind them!...
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8230; and let them go! ALC – Sermon Lent 1B. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012. Just last Sunday we were on the mountaintop with Jesus. And we wanted to stay. But we had to come down again, and Jesus came with us. Ash Wednesday we finally arrived at the bottom of the valley where we were reminded of our mortality, of being but dust. We are back in the wilderness of life for we are wilderness people. And what is the first thing that Jesus says today? On Ash Wednesday we were harshly reminded of the reality that w...
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October | 2012 | "Unbind them!...
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8230; and let them go! ALC – Sermon Pentecost 20B. SUNDAY, October 14, 2012. Questions questions are important for us. And questions usually require answers. Questions clarify and lead to more knowledge. But questions can also stir us up make us uncomfortable restless. We can’t live a day without asking questions. Questions are important for each and every one of us. Big questions, little questions – life throws them all at us. What will I eat for dinner? What will I spend my money on? Does God love me?
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8230; and let them go! ALC – Sermon Pentecost 14B. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2012. On Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23. We are back on track. The detour into the gospel of John is over. Today we are back in the gospel of Mark. And right away we hear about another clash between the Pharisees and Jesus. They have come from Jerusalem representing official Judaism. It sounds like they might be joining Jesus and the disciples for lunch. And now this! Is this really so? So, what are we to make of this passage? And then Jes...
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August | 2012 | "Unbind them!...
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8230; and let them go! ALC – Sermon Pentecost 13B. SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 2012. Lord, to whom can we go? He had tried patiently to explain to the crowds and to the disciples what he is about. Yet, so far they hadn’t understood what he was getting at. And today Jesus has enough. His words are blunt and offensive:. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. The one who eats this bread will live forever. Because what Jesus is preaching to them today is too much! And they walk away.
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ALC – Sermon Pentecost 20B | "Unbind them!...
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8230; and let them go! ALC – Sermon Pentecost 20B. SUNDAY, October 14, 2012. Questions questions are important for us. And questions usually require answers. Questions clarify and lead to more knowledge. But questions can also stir us up make us uncomfortable restless. We can’t live a day without asking questions. Questions are important for each and every one of us. Big questions, little questions – life throws them all at us. What will I eat for dinner? What will I spend my money on? Does God love me?
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June | 2011 | "Unbind them!...
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8230; and let them go! ALC – Sermon Pentecost 2A. SUNDAY, June 26, 2011. It is green again. Jesus knows about the human struggle to be a welcoming host. And today he explains once again to the disciples what it means to be his followers, to be welcoming and hospitable. By means of four different examples Jesus describes God’s understanding of welcome and hospitality. The little ones were the unwanted subordinates who just couldn’t live up to the standards and expectations of the people around them. By id...
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July | 2012 | "Unbind them!...
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8230; and let them go! ALC – Sermon Pentecost 7B. SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012. Does it sometimes feel like the world is getting worse by the minute? We hear bad news all around us. In fact there seems to be just that: bad news. And it seems like the world’s motto is ‘the badder the better’. Center of today’s Bible passage is the ancient and human will to live and to rule. Herod gets wasted, and boasts. He drools over his daughter’s beauty, and he drowns his screaming conscience in alcohol and lust. And. This s...