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Genesis 33:1-17 · John 21:1-19 (NRSVue) Sermon for October 11, 2026 Jacob has not seen his brother in twenty years, and the last thing he heard was that Esau planned to kill him. Esau had his reasons. Jacob took the birthright and then lied to their blind, dying father to take the blessing. Then he…
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Mark 12:38–44; Leviticus 19:9–10; 25:8–12 (NRSVUE) Sermon for October 4, 2026 It’s week three of our stewardship series, and we’ve come to the story of the widow’s offering. You know where this is going, right? A poor woman drops her last two coins in the offering box, Jesus talks about her, and your pastor is…
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Exodus 16:1-18 | Luke 22:1-23 (NRSVUE) Sermon for September 20, 2026 Every one of us is walking around with a money story. For many of us, it gets handed to us in a hundred small moments; a parent’s face when the mail comes, a whispered argument through a bedroom wall, the relief or the shame…
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Matthew 18:21-35 (NRSVUE) Sermon for Spetember 13, 2026 Peter thinks he’s being generous. “Lord, if my brother or sister sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” He’s not fishing for the minimum. Seven is Peter’s idea of going above and beyond. Seven is the number you throw out when…
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1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (NRSVUE) Sermon for September 6, 2026 Did you know 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 is the earliest written account we have of the night before Jesus died? It’s older than Mark. Older than Matthew. Older than Luke. Paul is writing in the early 50s C.E., telling a young church in Corinth something they’ve heard…
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Matthew 16:13-20 (NRSVue) Sermon for August 23, 2026 Don’t skip the first half of verse 13. It’s the part we always rush past to get to the good line, the question; “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” We want to get there fast, because that’s the question with the theology in…
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Matthew 15:21–28 (NRSVue) Sermon for August 16, 2026 So, a woman comes running toward Jesus, shouting. That’s how this story starts, if you follow the action instead of the geography. This is a Canaanite woman, on her own turf, chasing down a rabbi from another people’s religion, because she’s heard he can help her daughter.…
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Sermon for August 9th, 2026 Matthew 14:22-33 (NRSVUE) There’s a book that came out a while back called If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat. Good title. Catchy. And it captured, better than almost anything else out there, how most of us have been taught to read…
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Sermon for August 2, 2026 Matthew 14:13-21 (NRSVUE) John the Baptist is dead. He’s dead because a teenage girl danced well at a party, and a drunk, morally bankrupt king made a stupid promise he was too proud to break. John’s head ends up on a serving tray, carried out like the next course at…
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Sermon for July 19, 2026 – Matthew 1:18-25 Alright, let’s start with a confession. Preaching this text in July feels a little strange, right? I mean, there’s no decorated tree up here on stage with me. Nobody’s fighting over parking because their cousin is in town. The kids aren’t dressed like shepherds. It’s a hundred…
