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Hospitality and Welcome

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We find in today’s Gospel one of the most familiar Biblical stories of hospitality. Lazarus may have come home early to let his sisters know that Jesus and his friends were coming for dinner. Mary and Martha tidied up the house and began dinner preparations. The guests arrived as one sister prepared the meal and the other sister welcomed the guests and shared in the pre-dinner conversation. This is a scene very familiar to us, especially those of us who have homes without open concept, where one or more are preparing food in the kitchen and the others are in the living room making lively conversation so the guests feel at home.

Listen to or read Deacon Nancy Crawford’s entire sermon by clicking “Read More.”

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Who Is Our Neighbor

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Now I’m not stupid, and I am human. As committed as I am to the Great Commandment, as hard as I try to live into our Baptismal Covenant, I know I don’t treat everyone I encounter in an equally loving manner. But I have noticed over the years, if I just allow myself to be open to it, situations arise when the invisible barrier that may have existed between me and someone else disappears.

Read Sharon’s entire sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost by clicking “Read More.”

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Strength on Our Journey

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With everything that’s been going on in our world lately, and that continues to go on with no clear end in sight, today’s prophetic words from Isaiah about the power of joy and celebration in the midst of anger, pain, and suffering, hit home. In times of despair, it’s not as simple as, “Just believe!” Or, “Have faith!” Or, “Pray harder!” In fact, those sayings do more harm than good.

Listen to or read Ryan’s entire sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost by clicking “Read More.”

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Love: Foundation and Cornerstone of Our Faith

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I don’t know about you, but it feels like love is in short supply these days. Two years of a pandemic made us all grumpier, a little shorter with each other, it’s harder to pull that love together. We realize this was going on before the pandemic. If you read history, you know it has always been this way. Love has always been in short supply, even among those of us who profess to follow a God who is love

Listen to or read Bingham’s entire sermon for the Third Sunday after Pentecost by clicking “Read More.”

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Beloved Is Your Name

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this grace and mercy, the restorative, healing power of Jesus, does not discriminate. It is available to all. In Jesus, our binary distinctions and separators, our groupings of ins and out, in fact ALL dichotomies, are done away with. None of that has any effect on the love of God for all of God’s beloved children, for we are all one in the love of Christ.

To hear or read Ryan’s entire sermon for the Second Sunday after Pentecost, click “Read More.”

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The Mighty Works of God

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This morning I’m going to try to articulate a way of looking at Pentecost that’s maybe a little different from what you’ve heard before. But first, let’s look briefly at the history and significance of the feast. Pentecost has its roots in the Jewish festival of Shavuot. Jews celebrate Shavuot fifty days after the first day of Passover. This year is a little bit unusual in that the first day of Passover and Easter were on the same day, which means our Jewish friends are also celebrating Shavuot today.

Listen to or read the entire sermon for Pentecost by clicking “Read More.”

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