Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
A carol of love (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 60:1-3, 19-20
December 17, 2017
Next Sunday evening, Christmas Eve, at about 11:57 pm, I will be standing in the front of the sanctuary holding a lighted candle and many of you will be sitting there in the pews holding lighted candles and we will be singing together “silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright.” … Continue reading ...
A carol of peace (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 40:1-11
December 10, 2017
God is coming!
That’s the good news. These are the tidings of comfort and joy announced by the prophet Isaiah to people weary and beaten down and tired of suffering: God is coming. What is God coming to do? God is coming to rule and to rescue and to tend.… Continue reading ...
Peace is … believing (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 7:10-16
December 18, 2016
This is what disturbs me …
We talk about peace. We sing about peace. We pray for peace. We tell the stories of the birth of the Prince of Peace, and we repeat the promise sung by the angels to herald his birth: “Glory to God in the highest heaven and peace on earth.”… Continue reading ...
Peace is … healing (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 35:1-10
December 11, 2016
Dry, barren, infertile, exhausted. Sick, discouraged, broken, afraid. Sorrowing, grieving, empty, homeless. These are the wastelands — wastelands of the soul, wastelands of the body, wastelands of the earth.
We have all been in wastelands, some of us just to visit for just a short while, but some of us for long stretches of our lives, so long we thought we might never leave. … Continue reading ...
Peace is … defending (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 11:1-10
December 4, 2016
What does peace on earth look like?
Wolves and sheep will live together in peace,
and leopards will lie down with young goats.
Calves and lion cubs will feed together,
and little children will take care of them.
That is peace! But where, on earth, can you find a scene like this one?… Continue reading ...
Peace is … walking (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 2:1-5
November 27, 2016
What does peace on earth look like?
I can conjure a scene … (And I’ll bet you can, too!) I am sitting on a huge block of granite jumbled among other huge blocks of granite, looking out over waters stretching as far as I can see. … Continue reading ...