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Preach This Week ~ Sunday homily
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Lent 3 C ~ Ex. 3:1-8a, 13-15 ~ "Holy Ground" ~ Susan McGurgan
A young Ukrainian violinist, standing alone in a basement in Kyiv, plays a haunting arrangement of an old Ukrainian folk song, filming...
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Mar 124 min read
Lent 2 C~ Lk9:28b-36 ~"Beloved" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
From his miraculous birth to his baptism in the waters of the Jordan— from the feeding of the five thousand to the empty tomb on Easter...
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Mar 56 min read
Lent 1 C ~ Lk 4:1-13 ~ "Company in the Wilderness" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD
St. Luke sets the scene quickly and with attention to the key details. Jesus has been baptized at the Jordan by John and now a new drama...
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Feb 256 min read
8 OT C ~ Lk. 6:39-45 ~"The Store of Goodness" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD
In his sermon on the plain, Jesus provides sayings that instruct his followers in the way of life. We hear him tell us, “Good fruit”...
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Feb 183 min read
7 OT C ~ Lk 6:27-38 ~ "A New Vision" ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min.
A friend of mine is a judge and we were talking one day about the sacrament of reconciliation. She said that my job was a little like...
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Feb 124 min read
6 OT C ~Lk 6:17, 20-26 ~ "A New Lens" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min
When I was in grade school, our Brittney Spaniel reached up to snatch a ball I was throwing, and her claw scratched my cornea. During the...
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Feb 44 min read
5 OT C ~ Is. 6:1-2a, 3-8; Lk 5:1-11 ~ "The Deep" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
For Simon and James and John, it had been one of those nights. One of those long, cold nights when every fish in the sea seemed to be...
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Jan 286 min read
The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Lk 2:22-40 ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD.
There is a structure to biblical praise. Patterns and rituals order the prayer and praise of God’s people. So, in faithfulness to...
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Jan 213 min read
3 OT C ~ "Fulfilled" ~ Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21, Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min
Last Sunday we heard the first words and the final words of the Mother of Jesus in the Gospel of John. Today, we hear the first words...
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Jan 153 min read
2 OT C ~ "Tidal Wave" ~ Jn 2:1-11 Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
Who knows what really happened that day? Maybe the guests were unusually rowdy, or the party, unexpectedly fun. Maybe the host scrimped...
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Jan 73 min read
The Baptism of the Lord C ~ "Walking in the World Wet" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
The Gospel of Luke takes us into the wilderness this week, to the banks of the Jordan River, a holy spot of remembrance and hope for the...
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Dec 23, 20245 min read
The Nativity of the Lord ~ "Which Shepherd?" ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min.
I have always loved the shepherds in the Christmas story. And it might have a little to do with having played the part of the shepherd...
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