Growing in Wisdom and Stature

By Andrew Schwartz | May 26, 2015 | Comments Off on Growing in Wisdom and Stature

By Bruce G. Epperly Date Delivered:  December 31, 2006 Christmas 1, Year C I Samuel 2:18-20, 26 Psalm 148 Colossians 3:12-17 Luke 2: 41-52 Theme: Spiritual growth Location: Disciples United Community…

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From Self-Centeredness to World Loyalty

By Andrew Schwartz | May 26, 2015 | Comments Off on From Self-Centeredness to World Loyalty

By Bruce G. Epperly Date Delivered:  March 8, 2009 Lent 2, Year B Mark 8:31-38 “The Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief…

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Deepening Faith

By Andrew Schwartz | May 26, 2015 | Comments Off on Deepening Faith

By Bruce G. Epperly Epiphany 5 Deepening Faith Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 138 Luke 5:1-11 Listen a moment to the Isaiah passage again. Hear Isaiah 6 imaginatively as if God spoke to…

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Breathing Space

By Andrew Schwartz | May 26, 2015 | Comments Off on Breathing Space

By Bruce G. Epperly 2nd Sunday of Easter Psalm 150 John 20:19-31 Today’s reading joins Easter and Pentecost in one brief moment of time. It is the day after the Sabbath,…

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An Empty Tomb and an Open Future

By Andrew Schwartz | May 26, 2015 | Comments Off on An Empty Tomb and an Open Future

Contributed by Bruce G. Epperly Easter 2009 (Year B) I Corinthians 15:1-11 Mark 16;1-8 In one way or another, eventually all of us ask the question articulated by the weary and…

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A Trick Question or Invitation to Immortality

By Andrew Schwartz | May 26, 2015 | Comments Off on A Trick Question or Invitation to Immortality

By Bruce G. Epperly Date Delivered: November 11, 2007 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 20:27-38 It seemed like a trick question at the time. The Sadducees, a Jewish religious group, skeptical…

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