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February 21, 2010--The Gift of Temptation
Nancy E. Petty; Luke 4:1-13 The World was all before them, where to choose...
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February 17, 2010--Listening: A Lenten Spring (Ash Wednesday)
Cathy Tamsberg, Ash Wednesday For some reason, many of my favorite writers are Catholics. At the top of the list is Joan Chittister. Sister Joan is a member and former prioress, or chief nun, of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, PA. She’s one of those Catholic women who entered her...
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February 14, 2010--A Money Conversation
Nancy E. Petty; Text: Luke 6:17-31 Research says that many of us would be more comfortable talking about our sex lives than our money. If that is true, the title of this sermon, “ A Money Conversation,” is causing some anxiety right about now. The real truth may be that we...
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February 7, 2010--A Community of Peacemakers
Cathy Tamsberg; Text: Luke 5:1-11 At 5 AM on a December Sunday morning a few years ago, Judith and Martin Markovitz were awakened by the sound of breaking glass. Vandals had walked across their front lawn, smashed their living room window, and destroyed an electric menorah that had remained...
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January 24, 2010--When the Spirit of God Is Upon Us
Nancy E. Petty; Texts: Nehemiah 8:1-10; Luke 4:14-21 If there is a place in sermon writing with which I struggle, it is the opening paragraph. Usually, if I can get my opening then the rest of the sermon will come clearly into focus. Often, when I comment to someone that I am stuck...
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January 17, 2010--Binding Heaven and Earth
Rabbi Raachel Jurovics; Text: Psalm 36:6-7 Thank you for the honor of sharing worship and holy word with you this morning, especially at a time of reflection on the gifts and prophetic leadership of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King, like his friend Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel,...
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January 10, 2010--The Life of the Beloved
Nancy E. Petty; Texts: Isaiah 43:1-7; Luke 3:15-22 January can be a difficult month. The stress and frantic pace of the holidays now linger behind us. Expectations met and unmet rest on our hearts, minds, and souls. Many of us have returned to old routines, which can be both comforting and...
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January 3, 2010--Star-gazers or Navel-gazers?
Nancy E. Petty; Text: Matthew 2:1-12 Beginning a new year offers us an opportunity to view what lies behind us and to also consider what lies ahead of us. There may not be a better biblical story to frame such reflection than the one you have heard read this morning—the visit of the...
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December 27, 2009--The Story According to Mary and Joseph
Nancy E. Petty; Text: Luke 2:21-39 Well, so that is that. Now we must dismantle the tree, Putting the decorations back into their cardboard...
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December 20, 2009--The Mary Declaration
Nancy Petty; Text: Luke 1:39-56 I received a call two weeks ago from a TV reporter wanting to know if I was aware of and had read a document called The Manhattan Declaration . I responded to her voice message letting her know that I was not aware of it but that I would check it out if...