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Sermon: Leaping for Joy
“Leaping for Joy” (December 23, 2012) In the midst of stories that are almost entirely about men, two women, Mary and Elizabeth, share in the rare joy of hope and new life in the midst of the world’s...
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Sermon: Against All Odds
“Against All Odds” (Christmas Eve, December 24, 2012) Jesus is born as the son of poor, unwed parents, as a Jewish man in the Roman Empire. Ours is a God accustomed to hope and love that transcend the...
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Resisting the wilderness
I think I’m back. Huge life and family transitions sucked months and months of my life away; adding the Advent, Christmas, and New Year seasons on top practically turned me into a hermit. I feel like I...
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The Phrivolous Phantom
On Thursday, I led devotional exercises at the Vermont House of Representatives. I said something like this: Depending on what route you took into town today, you may have seen that downtown Montpelier...
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Lenten Photo-a-Day Challenge, week 1
I’m participating in RethinkChurch’s Lenten Photo-a-Day Challenge as a way to build some personal introspection (see, I’m engaging the season, albeit reluctantly!) and connect with others who are...
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But Have Not Love
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if...
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Sermon: Powerless Palms
“Powerless Palms” (March 24, 2013 – Palm Sunday, anniversary of the death of Oscar Romero) We have a choice, as individuals and as a society, in how we respond to violence. The expectation for that...
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Sermon: Rising from Ashes
Redwood “family circle,” photographed by me in Muir Woods. “Rising From Ashes” (March 31, 2013, Easter Sunday) Redwood trees grow to towering, mind-boggling size, with incredible resistance to fire,...
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Sermon: Christmas is Coming, Mr. Grinch
“Christmas is Coming, Mr. Grinch!” (December 1, 2013) The Grinch, alone and angry, despised the whole Christmas season– until love broke into his life and he found his heart growing three sizes. Can...
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Sermon: Christmas is Coming, Ebenezer Scrooge!
“Christmas is Coming, Ebenezer Scrooge!” (December 8, 2013) Bah Humbug! Ebenezer Scrooge’s name is synonymous with being stingy and mean and hating Christmas. He seems quite happy with his life, but he...
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Sermon: Christmas is Coming, George Bailey!
“Christmas is Coming, George Bailey!” (December 15, 2013) George Bailey is at the end of his rope, unable to see a way forward, when Hope breaks into his life, against all odds. Can we learn from his...
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Sermon: Christmas Miracles and Mystery Grumps
“Christmas Miracles and Mystery Grumps” (December 22, 2013) One last sermon in a series about how love breaks into our lives. This time, it’s my story. God surprised me with love; Christmas came early...
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Sermon: Love is Born, Ready or Not!
“Love is Born, Ready or Not!” (Dec 24, 2013 – Christmas Eve) Into our lives where sorrow and loneliness lurk, into the life of the world, where love was least expected, God’s presence breaks in....
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Sermon: Bread of Life
“Bread of Life” (March 9, 2014) This Lent, we are looking at different names for Jesus. Today’s story invites us to imagine what it means to be fed and nourished by Christ, the Bread of Life. What...
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Sermon: Empty Tomb; So What?
“Empty Tomb; So What?” (April 20, 2014, Easter Sunday) Easter brings us to the the greatest miracle and mystery of the Christian faith, but what’s it all about? What happens *after* the empty tomb to...
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Sermon: Hope and Longing
“Hope and Longing” (November 30, 2014 – First Sunday of Advent) In the wake of more racial injustice, and in the face of pandemic illnesses, what does it mean to hold out hope? Can we hear the sacred...
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Sermon: Not the Time or Place
“Not the Time or Place” (Christmas Eve 2014) Jesus is born in a time and place that seem utterly strange to us– not calm and beautiful, not ready for the peace and joy of God’s presence. But isn’t that...
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Sermon Potluck: Post-Christmas Potluck
“Post Christmas Potluck” (December 28, 2014) We tell some stories and read some poems and articles and reflections of Christmas. Thanks to the small group who joined in on the Sunday after Christmas!
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Sermon: Wind, Water, Flame
“Wind, Water, Flame” (May 24, 2015, Pentecost) We talk about the Holy Spirit in curious ways– ways that perhaps betray our discomfort with it’s unpredictable, life-shaking nature. Are we ready to let...
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Sermon: Simeon, Anna, and Expectation
“It Takes a Village: Simeon, Anna, and Expectation” (November 29, 2015) Jesus was born into a community, a context, a village, and the people in that context and community are important. The prophets–...
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