Advent Year C: Worship Course
Advent has very little to do with preparing to receive a baby, even a holy baby, and everything to do with preparing for the One who...
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Reverend Sue
Nov 15, 20224 min read
Christ the King
What do we mean when we as church proclaim Jesus as Christ the King? (Luke 23:33-43; Jeremiah 23:1-6; Song of Zechariah; and Colossians...
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Reverend Sue
Nov 8, 20226 min read
A New Heaven here in our World
We are nearing the ending of the church year and we can sense that in our readings with themes of a coming new heaven and the...
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Reverend Sue
Oct 31, 20224 min read
All Saints
All Saints is that gift of a festival in which we can remember the saints of our tradition and give thanks for their continuing witness...
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Reverend Sue
Oct 25, 20225 min read
Seeking the One who is Seeking Us
The story of Zacchaeus shimmying up a tree to better see Jesus and then having Jesus invite himself to a long lunch (Luke 19:1-10. Twenty...
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Reverend Sue
Oct 18, 20225 min read
Stripping Away the Layers of Resistance
One way of understanding the Christian spiritual growth journey is the unending stripping away of the layers of resistance, ego...
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Reverend Sue
Oct 11, 20224 min read
Persistence as Spiritual Practice
Most of us have been taught that the parable about the unjust judge and the persevering widow (Luke 18:1-14, Nineteenth Sunday after...
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Reverend Sue
Oct 4, 20225 min read
The Ten Lepers
This story of the healing of the ten lepers and the one who says thank you to Jesus is so well known that we can miss the genius of the...
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Reverend Sue
Sep 27, 20225 min read
A spirit of power, love and self discipline
There is much in our outer world to lament, to fear, to regret. And there is much in our inner world to repent of, to let go of, and to...
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Reverend Sue
Sep 20, 20224 min read
The Time to be Grateful and Generous is Now
The teaching about wealth and our proper relationship with wealth is relentless and provocative in Luke’s gospel. And this week’s...
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Reverend Sue
Sep 13, 20225 min read
Outrageous Grace
Can the Jesus who told the beautiful encouraging parables about finding what and who is lost last week also be the author of this week’s...
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Reverend Sue
Sep 6, 20224 min read
A God who Searches for Us
The parables of Jesus about a God who seeks us out and rejoices over us is such a welcome relief after weeks of hard teachings. As always...
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