Sermons
Sermons preached in a context, but written for people of all sorts and conditions.
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Of remembering death and life
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8 min read
On Ash Wednesday, we remember that we are dust, that we are of the earth and will return to it, in a communal activity of living.
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What we tend to do when life gets complicated
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8 min read
It is easy, in the midst of confusion to not know who to listen to, so we can stop listening to anybody, including the one we need to hear.
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Why Jesus tells us to love our enemies
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10 min read
In commanding his disciples to love everybody, Jesus is pushing us to reject the thinking we think is natural, obvious, required of us.
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Blessed by default
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8 min read
The damning truth of it is that so many Christians reject Jesus’s approach to blessing. It’s not a competition, but a co-op.
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The true freedom of love
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9 min read
The modern understanding of evangelism is off. It is selfish and embraces our individualism while Jesus invites us into common love.
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Every opportunity to love
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9 min read
The Presentation of Our Lord at the temple offers us another opportunity to witness others’ response to faith, to embody it with hope.