Morsels & Stories: I talked about crossing ourselves, one of the many gestures some Anglicans make during worship. I touched on the variety of ways people may or may not gesture during worship.
Sermon: Jesus says calls Peter a satan and a stumbling block and I hear echoes from the rest of the Bible.
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Matthew 16: 21-28.
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Morsels & Stories: A parishioner spoke about why they are participating in the AIDS walk on Sept 16th. Donate here.
Sermon: I love the story of Moses who saved the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt. But he wasn’t the first person who saved them in Egypt.
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Exodus 1.8-2.10.
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Morsels & Stories: I read “Refugees” from a book by Edward Hays.
Sermon: I preached on the psalm!
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Psalm 133.
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Morsels & Stories: I talked about the events in Charlottesville, the Mayor’s tweet, and how racism is also our problem.
Sermon: Jesus pulls Peter out of the water when he is sinking because that is the kind of Jesus we follow.
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Matthew 14: 22-33.
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Morsels & Stories: I talked about the Calendar of the Church Year and why we celebrated the Transfiguration today.
Sermon: I talked about the Transfiguration, the atomic bomb that fell on Hiroshima on this day, and how we are called to transform the world around us.
The lessons for today can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Luke 9: 28-36.
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Morsels & Stories: I read from Does God have a Big Toe? about Max, the angel who was a camel.
Sermon: Jesus talks about the Kingdom of God in a lot of ways.
The lessons for today can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Matthew 13: 31–33 44–52.
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Morsels & Stories: I did some show and tell with the main traveling communion sets I use.
Sermon: How does pulling spotted knapweed as a child interact with Jesus’ parable of the weeds?
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Matthew 13:24-30 36-43.
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Morsels & Stories: We spent a little more time with the Children’s Illustrated Bible from last week.
Sermon: What might this parable have sounded like if it was told today? What does the product of the seed in good ground need to hear?
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Matthew 13: 1-9 18-23.
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Morsels & Stories: I talked about my favourite Bibles for younger people. An illustrated one, one aimed at teens and small groups, and I mentioned one I don’t have (yet).
Sermon: Jesus says that his yoke is easy and his burden is light. What things do we put down to walk with Jesus?
You can find the lessons by clicking here. I worked most closely with Matthew 11: 16-19 25-30.
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Morsels & Stories: Offertory plates. I talked about ours and what they do.
Sermon: I guided us through the Abraham and Isaac story with some pauses to wonder. (This sermon involves some pauses.)
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Gen 22:1-14.
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