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May 3, 2026 – Owning the Narrative

[Sorry, no audio today.] Sermon – Owning the Narrative Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16; Acts 7 5/3/26   If you had to tell someone else your story, what would you say? Many of us would probably go into where our people are from, maybe where we went to school, what kind of...

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April 26, 2026 – The Gated Community

Sermon – The Gated Community Psalm 23; John 10:1-10 4/26/26   Welcome to what is perhaps one of the most interesting times of the church year.  This is the period between Easter and Pentecost – the season of Easter.   Before Easter, Lent is very useful but also...

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April 19, 2026 – Homeless in Farmville

Sermon – Homeless in Farmville Isaiah 51:1-6; 1 Peter 1:13-25 4/19/26 It is a regular occurrence at my mailbox to get a letter addressed to someone else.  Literally, every week or two we get a piece of mail to our address with a name that is not ours.  Apparently,...

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April 12, 2026 – Trusting What We Know

Sermon – Trusting What We Know Exodus 15:1-11; John 20:19-31 4/12/26 Today we follow the gospel accounts of events after Jesus rose from the dead.  One of the most famous and significant stories is the one we have today from John’s Gospel about Thomas, one of the...

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March 26, 2026 – Lamb-basting Our Sin

Sermon – Lamb-basting Our Sin Exodus 12:1-14; Matthew 21:1-11 3/29/26 Expectations are a pretty big thing and we all have them.  Back at New Year’s, Anne and I celebrated 30 years of marriage with a trip to Hawaii.  It was months and months of planning.  Well in...

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March 22, 2026 – Taxes Are Easier

Sermon – Taxes Are Easier Genesis 37:29-35; John 11:28-38 3/22/26 You might well imagine that I was distressed to learn that Pete Smith has died.  Yes, you heard my strange statement correctly.  Let me explain: Pete Smith was a founding and leading presence in the...

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Et Tu, Brutal? – March 15, 2026

Sermon – Et Tu, Brutal? Genesis 21:8-16; Mark 13:9-13 3/15/26   If you were to do an internet search for the classics of western literature, in the top 10 on Google you would find Dante’s Divine Comedy.  If you are not familiar with all three parts of this...

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March 8, 2026 – What Am I Missing?

Sermon – What Am I Missing? 1 Samuel 1:3-11a; Mark 10:17-22     Matthew 27:45-50 3/8/26   Raise your hand if you have always gotten all that you ever wanted in life.  Go ahead, don’t be bashful.  No one?  Let’s simplify – raise your hand if you got everything...

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