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I will not leave you: A Transfiguration Sermon on 2 Kings 2: 1-12

“I do not understand the whirlwind or the chariots or the parting of the Jordan, but I know it’s true. Not everything that is real can be explained. And awe is a faithful response to the presence of God. “

The Urgency of Ashes: an Ash Wednesday Sermon

Ecumenical Ash Wednesday: March 1, 2017 St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Pittsfield. Joel 2: 1-2, 12-17 If you’re not trembling, you’re not paying attention. Or so says the prophet Joel. “Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near. A day of darkness and gloom, a day …

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