Bide a Wee ~ John 15:7-17
Sunday, May 6th, 2018John’s sermon, Bide a Wee, begins about 20 minutes into this recording. Several times, when Deanne and I lived in Scotland, we were invited to “Bide a wee.” Stay a little longer – have a wee dram before returning to the city. It was an expression of warm friendship and hospitality.
Tags: beloved, Bide a wee, communion, community, friends, friendship, John 15: 7-17, prayer, trust
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Be Transformed! ~ Romans 12:1-2; Mark 1: 9-15
Sunday, February 18th, 2018Rev. Lois Annich’s sermon begins around the 28 minute mark. Another Lenten journey has begun. Over the years I’ve heard some people say that the word “journey” has become something of a cliché, but I confess to personally loving the word, conveying as it does a sense of movement that can be at times meandering […]
Tags: baptism, beloved, identity, journey, Lent, Romans 12:1-2, Romans 7, transformation, transformed
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>In Your Lap ~ Isaiah 40:1-11; Mark 1:1-8
Sunday, December 10th, 2017New members joined today. The sermon on this 2nd Sunday in Advent begins around the 36 minute mark. There was once a young preacher who was given this advice: If, in the middle of your sermon, you forget your train of thought, just step back, pound the podium, and repeat the title of the sermon – […]
Tags: acting, action, advent, beloved, Christmas, comfort, community, dis-ease, discomfort, ease, fear, hope, Isaiah 40:1-11, love, Mark 1:1-8, Right in Your Lap, tension, waiting
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Choose Life! ~ Deuteronomy 30: 15-20
Sunday, February 12th, 2017When I was in training to be a yoga teacher, one of my favorite instructors, a medical doctor from Australia, used to tell us the story of “the wall of milk.” On his first visit to the U.S. he went to a grocery store here in Cleveland Heights to buy some milk for his hostess. […]
Tags: beloved, Choose Life, Deuteronomy 30, relationships, suffering, wilderness
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Lay Down Your Burdens ~ Joshua 5: 9-12
Sunday, March 6th, 2016There is no text for this service.
Tags: beloved, burden, burdens, disgrace, fear, Joshua 5, lay down your burdens, Lent, letting go, manna, risk, shame, trust
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>And So Now What? ~ Ephesians 1: 3-14, John 1: 10-18
Sunday, January 3rd, 2016Happy New Year! This afternoon I shall turn on the television, watch the Steelers beat the Browns, and remove the ornaments from the tree, then the lights, and take the tree (which was one of the better ones we have ever had) to the tree lawn, where it will sit until Wednesday when it gets […]
Tags: beloved, beloved children of God, choice, Christmas, Ephesians 1, incarnation, January, John 1, New Year, star, tension, WH Auden
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Called to Spiritual Leadership ~ Luke 4:14-21
Sunday, January 24th, 2010Probably 20 years ago, I was asked to serve as a judge on the Winchester Star leadership award panel. High school students in the area were in competition for
Tags: annoint, beloved, called, Deacon, Elder, empower, faith, follow, gifts, inspire, joy, leader, leadership, love, obedience, ordination
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