Confrontation: Speaking Your Truth in Love ~ Matthew 18:15-20
Sunday, July 8th, 2018The sermon begins around minute 27. Susan was afraid to go to her boss and tell him that his suggestive humor was offensive. John didn’t like the way that the leader of the committee always interrupted and put people down. Barb was hurt because in the ministry meeting she never seemed to be listened to. […]
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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 »>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. […]
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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 […]
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Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Prepare the Way ~ Luke 3: 1-6
Sunday, December 6th, 2015I come to the task of preaching this morning with a heavy heart. And I want to acknowledge that, because I imagine that you, too, have strong feelings about the violence and chaos that are being unleashed on the world at a terrifying pace.
Tags: advent, expectations, food pantry, God's ways, history, justice, Labre, Luke 3, prepare, relationships, repentance, terrorism
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Wide Eyes ~ Job 1: 1, 2: 1-10
Sunday, October 4th, 2015I’ve been pretty nervous about preaching this morning. It’s been helpful that this isn’t my first time preaching at Forest Hill. It’s also helpful that everyone here has uniformly been kind and welcoming and generous toward me.
Tags: covenant, Job, marriage, ordination, Peacemaking Offering, Pope Francis, relationships, trust, vows, World Communion
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Mother’s Wisdom ~ John 15: 9-17
Sunday, May 10th, 2015The other day I was meeting with the General Presbyter of the our Presbytery, Linda Badger Becker, and we got to talking about wise words that we received from our mothers growing up. Linda shared a saying that her mother said to her and that she passed on to her children. “Balloons break and milk spills!” […]
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