Sermons

By The Rev. Peter Smith Oh, the things we seldom consider… if someone living in the country Turkey were to eat our favorite Thanksgiving bird, what would they call it? Apparently, the Turks call turkeys “the American bird.” It seems to people in Turkey, we are a bunch...

NRSV JEREMIAH 18:1-11 18 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2“Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel. 4 The vessel he was making of clay was...

NRSV LUKE 14:1, 7-14 14 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. 7 When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. 8“When you are...

NRSV LUKE 12:49-56 49“I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! 51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell...

NRSV HEBREWS 11:1-3, 8-16, 29-12:3 11 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. 3 By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen...

NRSV HOSEA 11:1-11 11 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 The more I called them, the more they went from me; they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and offering incense to idols. 3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took...

NRSV LUKE 11:1-13 11 He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. 3...

NRSV AMOS 8:1-12 8 This is what the Lord GOD showed me - a basket of summer fruit. 2 He said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the LORD said to me, “The end has come upon my people Israel; I will never again pass them by. 3 The...