Moses

Moses (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Exodus 1:8 – 2:10
August 27, 2017

I pulled him out of the water, and so I name him Moses …

Moses.  His name was Moses, which means “pulled out,” because he was pulled out of the water, pulled out of the place among the reeds at the edge of the river where his mother has hidden him, pulled out by the slave of an Egyptian princess.… Continue reading ...

I am nobody

I am nobody (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Exodus 3:1-15
August 31, 2014

I am nobody …

Have you ever said it?  Have you ever felt it?

Sometimes, it’s a sigh of despair: I am nobody.  I feel like my life doesn’t amount to anything.  I feel like if I just disappeared off the face of the earth, I wouldn’t be missed, at least not for long. … Continue reading ...

The God who does

The God who does (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Exodus 15:1-11
September 14, 2014

What begins with a sacred sign and ends with a glass of wine?  This Shabbat service!

It begins with a sacred sign.  The sign is Shabbat itself, the Sabbath, a day set apart from all the rest each and every week as a sign between God and us. … Continue reading ...