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Sermon Archive

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Sermon on The Cross

Lent 2

Mar. 1, 2015

 

Sermon on Epiphany Four

Epiphany Four

Feb. 1, 2015

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Sermon on Epiphany Three

Epiphany Three

Jan. 25, 2015

Sermon on Epiphany Two

Epiphany Two

Jan. 18, 2015

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Baptism of Our Lord

Baptism of Our Lord

Jan. 11, 2015

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Sermon on Addiction

Christmas 2

Jan. 4, 2015

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Christmas Eve, Year B

Christmas Eve

Dec. 24, 2014

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Lessons

Advent 4

Dec. 21, 2014

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Homily for Fr. Jonathan

Rite of Christian Burial

Dec. 20, 2014

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Advent 3

Advent 3

Dec. 14, 2014

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Advent 2

Advent 2

Dec. 7, 2014

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Advent 1

Advent 1

Nov. 29, 2014

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Veteran's Day

Veterans Day

Nov. 9, 2014

 

The Great Multitude

All Saints Sunday

Nov. 2, 2014

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Love Your Neighbor, Love Yourself

20th Pentecost

Oct. 26, 2014

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It Isn't Yours!

19th Pentecost

Oct. 19, 2014

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The Choice for Peace

18th Pentecost

Oct. 12, 2014

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My Feline Angel

St. Francis Sunday

Oct, 5, 2014

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Orienteering 101

16th Pentecost

Sept. 28, 2014

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He Knew What God Was Like

15th Pentecost

Sept. 21, 2014

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The Problem with Payback

14th Pentecost

Sept. 14, 2014

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...As A Gentile and A Tax Collector?

13th Pentecost

Sept. 7, 2014

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 The Cure for "Me"

12th Pentecost

Aug. 31, 2014

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The New Jerusalem Jalopy

11th Pentecost

Aug. 24, 2014

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Catholic Man

10th Pentecost

Aug. 17, 2014

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The Great Treasure Hunt

8th Pentecost

Aug. 10, 2014

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Screams and Groans

7th Pentecost

July 27, 2014

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Futility, Fragility, and Hope

6th Pentecost

July 20, 2014

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The Sower's Promise

5th Pentecost

July 13, 2014

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Work Yet To Be Done

4th Pentecost

July 6, 2014

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We've Been Teaching What???

3rd Pentecost

June 29, 2014

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Grace: It Ain't in the Water

2nd Pentecost

June 22, 2014

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Shall We Dance?

Trinity Sunday

June 15, 2014

 

Where Only German Is Understood

Pentecost Sunday

June 8, 2014

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God in the Suds

7th Easter

June 1, 2014

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The One Called to the Orphan's Side 

6th Easter

May 25, 2013

 

Cracked Stone, Wounded Priest

5th Easter

May 18, 2014

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When Your Eyes Are Opened

3rd Easter

May 4, 2014

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The Doorway of Doubt

2nd Easter

April 27, 2014

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Rage and Resurrection

Easter Sunday

April 20, 2014

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Yes, Crucify!

Palm Sunday

April 13, 2014

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When Dry Bones Live

5th Lent

April 6, 2014

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Because You Say You See, You Don't

4th Lent

Mar. 30, 2014

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A Holy Thirst

3rd Lent

Mar. 23, 2014

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Confronting A Truth Denied

2nd Lent

Mar. 16, 2014

 

Ready to Be Christ?

1st Lent

Mar. 9, 2014

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Transformed Through Love

Last Epiphany

Mar. 2, 2014

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Do You Really Want to Be A Disciple?

7th Epiphany

Feb. 23, 2014

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Choosing Life

6th Epiphany

Feb. 16, 2014

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The Taste of Salt

5th Epiphany

Feb. 9, 2014

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Knowing Jesus

Presentation

Feb. 2, 2014

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The Ground of Our Unity

3rd Epiphany

Jan. 26, 2014

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Tell Your Story 

2nd Epiphany

Jan. 19, 2014

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Where Jesus Lives 

Baptism of Our Lord

Jan. 12, 2014

 

Who Rules in Your Heart? 

2nd Christmas

Jan. 5, 2014

 

It's Time to Plant

1st Christmas

Dec. 29, 2013

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Where Peace Rests 

Christmas Eve

Dec. 24, 2013

 

What Is He Waiting For?

3rd Advent

Dec. 15, 2013

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Wandering in the Wilderness

2nd Advent

Dec. 8, 2013

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Work Yet to Do

1st Advent

Dec. 1, 2013

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The Best Is Yet to Come

Christ the King

Nov. 24, 2013

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A Grammar of Baptism

26th Pentecost

Nov. 17, 2013

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The Greatest of Gifts

25th Pentecost

Nov. 10, 2013

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To Be A Saint

All Saints Sun.

Nov. 3, 2013

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The Widow's Cry

23rd Pentecost

Oct. 27, 2013

 

Too Full of "I"

22nd Pentecost

Oct. 20, 2013

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No Power to Repay

21st Pentecost

Oct. 13, 2013

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The Violence Before Us

20th Pentecost

Oct. 6, 2013

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Why Losers Win

19th Pentecost

Sept. 29, 2013

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Who Will Welcome Us?

18th Pentecost

Sept. 22, 2013

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The Wonderful Thing About Sin

17th Pentecost

Sept. 15, 2013

 

Choosing Life

16th Pentecost

Sept. 8, 2013

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True Humility

15th Pentecost

Sept. 1, 2013

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The Prophet's Voice

14th Pentecost

Aug. 25, 2013

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What Are You About?

13th Pentecost

Aug. 18, 2013

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Preparing for the Thief

12th Pentecost

Aug. 11, 2013

 

No Answers Here

11th Pentecost

Aug. 4, 2013

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Persist and He Will Give What Is Good

10th Pentecost

July 28, 2013

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She Only Needs One Thing

9th Pentecost

July 21, 2013

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I Know, I'm Just a Drunk

8th Pentecost

July 14, 2013

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God Calling

7th Pentecost

July 7, 2013

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Jesus' Family Values

6th Pentecost

June 30, 2013

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Miracles on the Margin

5th Pentecost

June 23, 2013

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Falling Like David

4th Pentecost

June 16, 2013

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The Only Thing That Counts

3rd Pentecost

June 9, 2013

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Ricky Beauchamp's Sr. Sunday Homily

2nd Pentecost

June 2, 2013

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Three in One?

Trinity

May 26, 2013

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One in the Spirit

Pentecost

May 19, 2013

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Jewish Mothers and Jesus

7th Easter

May 12, 2013

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Nowhere to Run

6th Easter

May 5, 2013

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It Pays to Be a Daydreamer

5th Easter

April 28, 2013

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My Life as a Sheep

4th Easter

April 21, 2013

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Miracles Revealed

3rd Easter

April 14, 2013

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By His Wounds

2nd Easter

April 7, 2013

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New Clothes

Easter Sunday

Mar. 31, 2013

 

Shattered For Love

Good Friday

Mar. 29, 2013

 

We Did This

Palm Sunday

Mar. 24, 2013

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Extravagant Gifts

5th Lent

Mar. 17, 2013

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A Family Tale

4th Lent

Mar. 10, 2013

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Don't Call Me Blessed

3rd Lent

March 3, 2013

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The Problem with Chickens

2nd Lent

Feb. 24, 2013

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Schooled in Insatiability

1st Lent

Feb. 17, 2013

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Happy Ash Wednesday?

Ash Wednesday

Feb. 13, 2013

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My Light Is Yours

Last Epiphany

Feb. 10, 2013


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Qualifying the Called

4th Epiphany

Feb. 3, 2013

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Where You Find Mercy

3rd Epiphany

Jan. 27, 2013


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Our Vindication

2nd Epiphany

Jan. 20, 2013

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Get Me Jesus on the Line

1st Epiphany

Jan. 13, 2013

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Your Inner Herod

Epiphany Sunday

Jan. 6, 2013

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Power to Become Children of God

1st Christmas

Dec. 30, 2012

 

Peace Beyond Pain

3rd Advent

Dec. 16, 2012

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Losing Barbie

2nd Advent

Dec. 9, 2012

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Signs and Portents

1st Advent 

Dec. 2, 2012

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Testifying to the Truth

Christ The King

Nov. 25, 2012

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Creative Destruction

25th Pentecost

Nov. 18, 2012

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A Grandfather's Sacrifice

24th Pentecost

Nov. 11, 2012

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It Takes a Community of Saints

All Saints Sunday

Nov. 4, 2012

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Following on the Way

22nd Pentecost

Oct. 28, 2012


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A Priest in the Order of Melchizedek

21st Pentecost

Oct. 21, 2012


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The Power of Invitation

20th Pentecost

Oct. 14, 2012

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The Wolf Lie Down with the Lamb?

St. Francis Day

Oct. 7, 2012

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The Pride of Wholeness

18th Pentecost

Sept. 30, 2012

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Standing Power on its Head

17th Pentecost

Sept. 23, 2012

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Take Up Your Electric Chair

16th Pentecost

Sept. 16, 2012

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Doers of the Word

15th Pentecost

Sept. 9, 2012

 

Enlarging the Heart

14th Pentecost

Sept. 2, 2012

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Whom You Choose to Serve

13th Pentecost

Aug. 26, 2012

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We Are What We Eat...Together

12th Pentecost

Aug. 19, 2012

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Taste and See 

11th Pentecost 

Aug. 12, 2012 

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Manna That Satisfies

10th Pentecost 

Aug. 5, 2012 

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Glorying in the Bread of Life

9th Pentecost

July 29, 2012

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The Glory of the Over-Awed Ape

7th Pentecost 

July 15, 2012 

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Joy in the Cross

6th Pentecost 

July 8, 2012 

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The Fingers Just Let Go 

5th Pentecost 

July 1, 2012 

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Things Too Wonderful for Me

4th Pentecost

June 24, 2012 

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As My Father Has Loved Me 

3rd Pentecost 

June 17, 2012 

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He Is Out of His Mind!

2nd Pentecost

June 10, 2012

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Wm Pearson's Sr. Sunday Homily

Trinity Sunday

June 3, 2012

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Possessed by the Spirit

Pentecost

May 27, 2012

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The First to Lay Life Down

7th Easter

May 20, 2012

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Mom's Gift

6th Easter

May 13, 2012

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Learning Love

5th Easter

May 6, 2012

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God's Relentless Pursuit

4th Easter

April 29, 2012

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The Dawning of the Son

3rd Easter

April 22, 2012

 

Broken, Beautiful Bodies

2nd Easter

April 15, 2012

 

He's Gone Ahead of Us

Easter Sunday

April 8, 2012

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Keeping Watch

Maundy Thurs.

April 5, 2012

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It's the Dead Who Are Raised

5th Lent

Mar. 25, 2012

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When Sacrifice Is Sacrilege

4th Lent

Mar. 18, 2012

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He's Not Good for the Bottom Line

3rd Lent

Mar. 11, 2012

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Great Expectations

2nd Lent

Mar. 4, 2012

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Finding Your Desert

1st Lent

Feb. 26, 2012

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When You Need A Beta Capsule

Last Epiphany

Feb. 19, 2012

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The Spiritual Athlete

6th Epiphany

Feb. 12, 2012

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Those Dark, Deserted Places

5th Epiphany

Feb. 5, 2012

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A New Kind of Teaching

4th Epiphany

Jan. 29, 2012

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If Your Faith Matters...

3rd Epiphany

Jan. 22, 2012

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The Lamp of God

2nd Epiphany

Jan. 15, 2012

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You Are the Epiphany

Bapt. of Our Lord

Jan. 8, 2012

 

What's in a Name?

Holy Name

Jan. 1, 2012

 

God Loves the Muck

Christmas Day

Dec. 25, 2012

 

What Mary Knew

Christmas Eve

Dec. 24, 2012

 

Way Down Low

4th Advent

Dec. 18, 2011

 

Embracing the Light

3rd Advent

Dec. 11, 2011

 

Sgt. John's Boot Camp

1st Advent

Nov. 27, 2011

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... and a sampling from the summer of 2011:

     

"Who do you say that I am?"

10th Pentecost

Aug. 21, 2011

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What Defiles the Heart

9th Pentecost

Aug. 14, 2011

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Look At Me

8th Pentecost

Aug. 7, 2011

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"You give them something to eat."

7th Pentecost

July 31, 2011

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The Pearl That Fell Out of the Sky      

6th Pentecost

July 24, 2011

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Finding Abba

5th Pentecost

July 17, 2011

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Belonging to Him

4th Pentecost

July 10, 2011

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Everything I Need to Know

3rd Pentecost

July 3, 2011

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God at the Brink

2nd Pentecost

June 26, 2011

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In God's Image

Trinity Sunday

June 19, 2011

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