The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost, At-Home Service for September 26th.
We have witnessed in our own time some stumbling blocks placed before little ones that diminish this life in the Body of Christ. There is even an English cognate for the word we heard...
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The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, At-Home Service for September 19th
This sermon is about welcoming or receiving. When asked what they liked most about Good Shepherd, many have said it was the sense of welcome they felt here. Jesus used that word, welcome, four...
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The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost, At-Home Service for September 12th
In the passage read today from the Gospel according to Mark we heard about a disagreement between Jesus and Peter. Jesus said, “Get behind me…you are setting your mind not on divine things but...
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The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, At-Home Service for September 5th
Today we generally segregate ourselves into groups of like-minded people with similar experiences who think the same way. As will become clear in just a moment, that was not true of the community implied...
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The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, At-Home Service for August 29th
This sermon focuses on the place of tradition for Christians in a world overwhelmed by change. The passage read today from the Gospel according to Mark contained a debate about which traditions are beneficial...
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