Give It All Away! ~ Mark 10:17-31
Sunday, October 14th, 2018Today’s sermon begins shortly after the 31 minute mark. (The timing is slightly different on Apple devices.) To those who are visiting today or who have only been worshiping with us for the past few months – each year at this time we have a Stewardship Campaign – we raise money in order to pay […]
Tags: caring, faith practices, giving, Job, love, stewardship
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Facing Uncertainty ~ John 20: 19-31
Sunday, April 8th, 2018Jean Reinhold’s sermon begins at the 28 minute mark. Before I begin, I was speaking to the Pathways kids this morning, as a member of the Co-pastor Nominating Committee, to update them on our progress. I asked them to write some advice for our new Co-pastor, whoever she will be. As for preaching, they said: […]
Tags: doubt, Doubting Thomas, Easter, faith, fear, John 20: 19-31, love, resurrection, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Thomas, uncertainty
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Forgiving and Free ~ Luke 23: 34
Sunday, March 4th, 2018In the recording of this morning’s worship service, Rev. Annich’s sermon on forgiveness begins around the 16 minute mark. My dog, Trouper, has a problem with resentment. If there were a 12-Step Program for dogs, I would encourage him to attend the meetings.
Tags: acknowledgement, consciousness, Desmond Tutu, forgiveness, forgiving, free, freedom, grace, grief, healing, love, Luke 23: 34, negative conditioning, pain, reconciliation, rejection, relationships, release, resentment, restoration, Richard Rohr, self-condemnation, self-loathing, stories, The Book of Forgiving
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 »>The Rose Ceremony ~ 1 Samuel 16:1-13
Sunday, March 26th, 2017This is one of my favorite passages in all of scripture. Before reality TV and “The Bachelor” (or Bachelorette), God hands the rose to David!
Tags: 1 Samuel 16, anointing, David, grief, hope, love, moving on, outward appearances, Saul, The Bachelorette, the chosen one, trust
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Deuteronomy 30:6-14
Sunday, July 10th, 2016Today’s sermon is a story of God’s faithfulness to us across space and time through the words of scripture. To be honest with you, I thought a lot about throwing this sermon in the trash.
Tags: Deuteronomy 30:6-10; bible, equipped, history, justice, love, suffering, trust
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Welcoming Jesus ~ John 14: 23-29
Sunday, May 1st, 2016[text to follow]
Tags: Advocate, brains, confused, faith, fear, hearts, home, humility, Jesus is like..., keep my Word, love, metaphor, peace, reassurance, tension, understanding, welcoming Jesus
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>One Body ~ 1 Corinthians 12: 12-31
Sunday, January 24th, 2016Many years ago I had a dream that felt like divine revelation. In the dream I was standing on a theatrical stage taking a curtain call with a company of actors at the end of a performance. We were all holding hands and bowing in a moment of exquisite triumph. Brilliant light filled the theater […]
Tags: 1 Corinthians 12, community, equal, family systems, forgiveness, gifts, Henri Nouwen, Labre, love, One Body, Rabbi Ed Friedman, reconciled, relationships, teams, tension, unique, unity in diversity
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Let Me See Again ~ Psalm 34: 1-8, Mark 10: 46-52
Sunday, October 25th, 2015In my Bible the little paragraph heading over the lectionary Gospel Lesson for today reads “The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus.” At first glance that’s what the story seems to be about—a blind beggar sitting by the side of the road, calling out to Jesus and having his sight restored. It’s a riveting tale of a […]
Tags: Bartimaeus, blessings, blind, commitment, courage, faith, fear, healing, love, Mark 10, Psalm 34, sight, Son of David, the Jesus Prayer, trust, visionary
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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