Sermons
Easter Sunday
By Catherine Clark-Nance Date Delivered: April 16, 2006 Mark 16:1-8 Whew! I feel like we’re in a hurry, a big rush; not only because we’ve got three services back to back,…
Read MoreDeepening 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…
Read MoreChristian Life as the Life of Freedom
By John B. Cobb, Jr. Gal 3:3, 5:1, 13 “For freedom Christ has set us free, stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery” (Gal 5:1).…
Read MoreBreathing 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,…
Read MoreAre You Saved?
By John B. Cobb, Jr. John 3:1-17 What did Jesus mean by salvation? I have always found it difficult to answer the question, “Are you saved?” Indeed, the only answer I…
Read MoreAn 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…
Read MoreAir…Breath…Spirit
By Siri C. Dale Date Delivered: April 18, 2004 In 11th grade chemistry class I learned to see the world through different eyes, or rather, I began to understand that my…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreBorn to Question; Born to Care
By: Carolyn Bohler Date Delivered: March 26, 2006 Nicodemus John 3:1-9; 19:38-42; 3:1-9 (Nicodemus questions Jesus about being born again, challenges those who would kill Jesus, then cares for Jesus’ body) Location:…
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