Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
Business (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
September 24, 2017
During choir rehearsal last Wednesday evening, Ben commented on the unusual piano introduction to Rutter’s “To Everything There is a Season.” He said he was not sure what it meant, but that he was sure it meant something! What do you think it means? Listen again …
(Miah plays on the piano the first twenty-four measures of the piece.)… Continue reading ...
Short and hasty … and useless? (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Ecclesiastes 1:2-11
September 10, 2017
Useless, useless, said the Philosopher.
I used to be a philosopher. I was a student of philosophy at Yale University. There were few of us then and probably even fewer now. I was so thrilled when I found out that Cole Highnam was studying philosophy and loving it.… Continue reading ...
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Luke 15:1-10
September 11, 2016
(Play video: images from September 11-12, 2001, set to Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings; link = https://sermons.believersjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/adagio.mp4)
That brings back a host of feelings, doesn’t it?
Fifteen years ago today, our world changed. Fifteen years ago today, we changed. For the better? Did we change for the better? … Continue reading ...