Remember & Give Thanks: A Sermon on Deut 8

Remember and Give Thanks: A Sermon on Deuteronomy 8:7-20 Second Congregational Church, Westfield MA Sunday November 23, 2014 Ecumenical Thanksgiving service with Central Baptist, First United Methodist, 2nd Congregational , Episcopal Church of the Atonement and the Ferst Interfaith Center at Westfield State University, Westfield   “I may not here omite how, notwithstand all their great paines …

What claims ownership over our lives? A sermon on being imprinted

Aldersgate United Methodist Church, North Reading MA Sunday October 19, 2014- 19th Sunday after Pentecost/Ordinary 29 On Being Imprinted Matthew 22:15-22 It turns out that buying a couch justly is harder than I thought. All I wanted to do was purchase a simple couch. One of my housemates moved out, and took the couch with …

Unprepared: A Sermon on Luke 21: 5-19

Sunday November 17, 2013 at West Parish of Barnstable, United Church of Christ Luke 21:5-19 // When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, 6 “As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left …