Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Lynn Sunday February 11, 2024 Rev. Laura Everett Transfiguration Sunday Mark 9:2-9 NRSV Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no …
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You can’t get there from here: A Sermon on Isaiah 35
(Disclaimer: This is the sermon where I accidentally broke the pulpit. I had moved a small wooden lectern to the floor to be closer to the people rather than preach this week from their tall pulpit. Thank you, kind friends at First Baptist Church, Gloucester, for laughing with me at the absurdity. I’m grateful for …
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Polemical Praise: A Post-election, Interfaith Sermon on Psalm 100
“To center God as the object of our praise is to displace all else. No politician will save us. No patriotism will save us. No privilege will save us. Praise centers God when the center cannot hold. “
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