Bread and Whine ~ Exodus 16: 2-15
Sunday, September 24th, 2017I need to start this sermon by making a confession. I did not come up with the title. My dear husband did. It’s one of the perks of being a clergy couple–we frequently talk about sermons and other aspects of our ministries over morning coffee. A few weeks ago as we were contemplating the lectionary […]
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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 »>A Well in the Wilderness ~ Isaiah 55: 1-5, John 7: 37-39
Sunday, November 22nd, 2015Many have asked me, “How was Haiti?” It is both an easy and a hard question to answer.
Tags: "Yes!", A Well in the Wilderness, changed, clean water, connections, consumption, family, globally, Haiti, Haiti Outreach, inequity, injustice, Isaiah 55: 1-5, John 7: 37-39, living water, poverty, social justice, struggle suffer, stuff, thirst, transformation, water, wilderness, William Stafford
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Three Lies and The Truth ~ Matthew 4: 1-11
Sunday, March 15th, 2015I’m veering from the Lectionary texts today and taking us backward to the first Sunday of Lent when traditionally we read the story of Jesus’ temptations in the wilderness.
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Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Driven Out ~ Mark 1:9-15
Sunday, March 1st, 2009A little over two weeks ago, the Forest Hill Church pilgrims were
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