December 1: The First Sunday of Advent

God’s story of the redemption of creationimpacts the whole of creation.Not only has Jesus come into the cosmosto save the entire cosmosthe cosmos announces his presence.Think about our Christmas and Epiphany narratives:A new star appearsand shepherds hear the angelic choruses.On Good Friday at Jesus’ deaththe earth groans in an earthquake.As Fred Craddock says,“There is no […]

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November 17: Saint Hilda of Whitby, Transferred

We don’t know all that much, really,about St. Hilda of Whitbyexcept that she was born into nobilityand an active, but chaste, member of courtbefore there was a unified England.Baptized at 13,at 33 she went into monastic life.Aidan, the bishop of Lindisfarne,recalled her to East Anglia, her homebecause he was impressed with her devotionto Jesus and

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November 10: The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Ahhhhhh.Another stewardship sermonabout giving all that you can to the churchBased on the text about the widow’s mite…Is not what I need to hear,does a disservice to this text,and does a disserviceto our current moment.Alex is going to talk about stewardship and financesafter communion anyway. While Jesus next talks about the temple and its destructionfor

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