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• 2007 Sermons
  • July
    • July 29: Lord, Teach Us to Pray
  • August
    • August 5: More?!?!?
    • August 19: Be Angry, But Do Not Sin!
    • August 26: Minding Your Habits
  • September
    • September 2: Your Right to Rest
    • September 9: Preaching to the Multitudes
    • September 16: Table Manners
    • September 23: A Most Difficult Parable
    • September 30: You Only Go Around Once
  • October
    • October 7, 2007: Increasing Faith
    • October 14, 2007: Lessons In Gratitude
    • October 21, 2007: Pray and Do Not Lose Heart
    • October 28, 2007: The Preacher and the Panhandlers
  • November
    • November 4, 2007: Zacchaeus and Me
    • November 11, 2007: Putting God to the Test
    • November 18, 2007: Getting the Story Straight
  • December
    • December 2, 2007: Living In the Meanwhile
    • December 9, 2007: Not Yet
    • December 16, 2007: The Genealogy of Jesus
    • December 23, 2007: Jesus' Other Parent
    • December 24, 2007: My Favorite Christmas Stories
    • December 30, 2007: Entry
• 2008 Sermons
  • January
    • January 6, 2008: Going Home By A Different Route
    • January 13, 2008: Lord's Baptism
    • January 20, 2008: Call, Choice, or Fate?
    • January 27, 2008: Just Another Fish Story?
  • February
    • February 3, 2008: Accustomed to the Darkness
    • February 10, 2008: Unceasing Temptation
    • February 17, 2008: Guest Preacher: Rev. Miller - Coming Out of the Dark
    • February 24, 2008: The Importance of Listening
  • March
    • March 2, 2008: No Sermon
    • March 10, 2008: O Death, Where Is Thy Vision?
    • March 16, 2008: The Passion of Jesus
    • March 23, 2008: Running To Easter
    • March 30, 2008: Confessing A Wounded Lord
  • April
    • April 6, 2008: Chief Seattle's Speech
    • April 13, 2008: The Good Shepherd and the Sheep
    • April 20, 2008: Cornerstones - the Heart of God's Building Program
    • April 27, 2008: The god I Don't Believe In
  • May
    • May 4, 2008: Guest Preacher. No text available.
    • May 11, 2008: A Wild Gospel
    • May 18, 2008: When We Can't Stand the Silence: or, The Three Stooges Teach Theology
    • May 25, 2008: Servants' Entrance
  • June
    • June 1, 2008: It's Hard to be the Church
    • June 8, 2008: A Time to Laugh
    • June 29, 2008: The Voice of Utter Silence
  • July
    • July 6, 2008: One Nation Under God: Christian Patriotism
    • July 13, 2008: Lessons From Nature: What Is Failure?
    • July 20, 2008: Lessons From Nature: When You Can't Tell the Wheat From the Weeds
    • July 27, 2008: Hairy and Grabber
  • August
    • August 10, 2008: Solitude: Care and Community
    • August 24, 2008: Be Transformed
  • September
    • September 7, 2008: Hit Me Grounders
    • September 14, 2008: The Peril of Forgiveness
    • September 21, 2008: Murmuring
    • September 28, 2008: Questioning Authority
  • October
    • October 5, 2008: No Way to Run a Business
    • October 12, 2008: Unconditionally Invited
    • October 26, 2008: Defining the Struggle
  • November
    • November 2, 2008: The Foundation of the Saints
    • November 9, 2008: Emergency Preparedness
    • November 16, 2008: Cheerful Givers Enter the Joy of the Master!
    • November 23, 2008: Oh Yeah? What's It To Ya?
    • November 30, 2008: Are You Hoping?
  • December
    • December 7, 2008: What Shall We Cry?
    • December 14, 2008: A Visit from God
    • December 21, 2008: Everything Turned Upside Down
    • December 24, 2008 - 5pm Service: Christmas Stories
    • December 24, 2008 - 10pm Service: When Obstetrics Became Revelation
    • December 28, 2008: Fulfilling the Past to Greet the Future
• 2009 Sermons
  • January
    • January 4, 2009: The Secret of Gifts
    • January 11, 2009: Jesus' Baptism, Our Baptism
    • January 18, 2009: Come and See
    • January 25, 2009: Betting on the Plain Folk
  • February
    • February 1, 2009: The Word of Authority
    • February 8, 2009: Verbs and Other Spirit Things
    • February 15, 2009: The Other Side of Concord Bridge: What is Mission?
  • March
    • March 8, 2009: Dear God, My Turtle Died
    • March 15, 2009: Jesus' Anger
    • March 22, 2009: The Grit in Grace
    • March 29, 2009: A New Covenant
  • April
    • April 5, 2009: Everybody Loves a Parade
    • April 12, 2009: Please, No Explanations Inside the Church
    • April 19, 2009: Unity
    • April 26, 2009: Breakfast with a Familiar Stranger
  • May
    • May 3, 2009: What Will It Be - Control or Power?
    • May 10, 2009: Jesus and His Mother
    • May 17, 2009: Challenging the Faithful
    • May 24, 2009: Poof! Who's In Charge Now?
    • May 31, 2009: An Impossible Gathering
  • June
    • June 7, 2009: What Do You Mean, "Have I Been Born Again?"
    • June 21, 2009: Martha, Mary and Killer Stress
  • July
    • July 5, 2009: Preparing for the Journey
    • July 12, 2009: Truth Telling
    • July 19, 2009: Power, Honesty, and Self-Deception
    • July 26, 2009: The Benefits of Confession
  • August
    • August 2, 2009: What Is Love For?
    • August 9, 2009: What Wondrous Love Is This?
    • August 16, 2009: Teach Us to Number Our Days
    • August 23, 2009: Picking the Wrong Business
    • August 30, 2009: Don't Bother to Wash Your Hands
  • September
    • September 6, 2009: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
    • September 13, 2009: Get Behind Me, Satan!
    • September 20, 2009: Servant Leadership
    • September 27, 2009: Watch your Language
  • October
    • October 4, 2009: Why Communion is Important
    • October 11, 2009: Getting More Than We Bargained For
    • October 25, 2009: Our Vision: Status or Sight?
  • November
    • November 1, 2009: A Simple Profundity
    • November 8, 2009: From Arithmetic to Love
    • November 15, 2009: Can Bad News Ever Be Good News
    • November 22, 2009: What! Me Worry?!?!
    • November 29, 2009: In Distress
  • December
    • December 6, 2009: John the Baptist Was No Ed McMahon
    • December 13, 2009: John the Baptist Never Won A Preaching Award
    • December 20, 2009: How Can This Be?
• 2010 Sermons
  • January
    • January 3, 2010: Growing Up
    • January 10, 2010: The Baptismal Moment
    • January 17, 2010: Has Our Time Come?
    • January 24, 2010: State of the Church Address: The Pastor's Annual Report
    • January 31, 2010: Today
  • February
    • February 7, 2010: Called and Fearful
    • February 14, 2010: Just Trying to Get Away From It All
    • February 28, 2010: Hens and Brooding
  • March
    • March 7, 2010: Prayer When Bad Things Happen
    • March 14, 2010: Welcome Home!
    • March 21, 2010: Sweeping Away the Past
  • April
    • April 4, 2010: . . . And So Are You!
    • April 11, 2010: Ants In the Pants of Faith
    • April 18, 2010: God Comes to Us
    • April 25, 2010: Imagine
  • May
    • May 2, 2010: The Love That Redeems Our Losses
    • May 9, 2010: Submission and Liberation
    • May 16, 2010: Our Wants, . . . God's Reality
    • May 30, 2010: God's Love Flooding Our Hearts
  • June
    • June 6, 2010: How Big Is Your God?
    • June 13, 2010: Breaking the Rules
    • June 20, 2010: Play Ball
    • June 27, 2010: Holy Harvest
  • July
    • July 4, 2010: God Shed His Grace on Thee
    • July 11, 2010: The Man Left Beside the Road