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The 4th Sunday in Lent; Ephesians 2:1-10

John Newton was born in 1725, in London, England. His father was a sailor, a shipmaster, and Newton’s early childhood was spent living with his mother during his father’s long voyages. When he was seven his mother died, and John’ was shuttled among relatives and had about two years of school before joining his father […]

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Last After Epiphany-The Transfiguration of the Lord; Mark 9:2–9

Roughly 40 years ago I was debating, struggling within myself about giving up engineering teaching and research, and starting seminary studies. At the time I didn’t dare call it what I now do; wrestling with the call of God to ordained ministry. On the one hand I recognized this urge didn’t come totally from within […]

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The 1st Sunday After Christmas; Luke 2:1-20, Matthew 2:1-15 (The Christmas Story Mash-up According to Hallmark with Maybe the Flight into Egypt Thrown In)

A warning: normally on Sunday, my sermons will be (at least loosely!)based on one of the Scriptures for the day. Not so today: I’m going to draw on (loosely!) both Matthew’s and Luke’s Gospels, and so I’ll call my text (loosely!) The Christmas Story Mash-up According to Hallmark with Maybe the Flight into Egypt Thrown […]

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Thanksgiving Sunday; Deuteronomy 8:7–18; 2 Corinthians 9:6–15; Luke 17:11–19

That year in the west of England was well beyond averagely bad; it started raining in mid-April, and continued daily all Spring, throughout Summer, into early Fall. The crops never had a chance. In late September Lilian Garner was looking out of her little house not far from Dartmoor prison, where her husband worked as […]

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The 12th Sunday after Pentecost; Matthew 16:21-28

I was visiting with our friends at St. Columba’s last Sunday, just going for worship, I thought, but a mall medical emergency had me jumping in to work as the Server and communion assistant. Not preaching though, sadly, because I have a really good theological joke (it’s also been going around as a meme) about […]

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