Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
Only one thing to say (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Ecclesiastes 11:9 – 12:14
November 26, 2017
There is only one thing to say …
After all this, there is only one thing to say …
Useless, useless … It is all useless …
“Hebel,” הבל. The Hebrew word is הבל. We translate it “useless” or “vanity” (“vanity of vanities, all is vanity”) or “emptiness.” … Continue reading ...
Awe (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
October 8, 2017
Alleluia.
You sing it quietly and confidently. You sing it loudly and joyfully. You sing it urgently. You sing it plaintively. You sing it gratefully.
You sing it, you say it — “alleluia” — in so many different ways. There is no one right way to say it. … Continue reading ...
Let us stand in awe (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 5:1-11, Philippians 2:1-13
September 28, 2014
He was calling them. He is calling you. To what?
What do you see?
Look again! Look closer! What do you see? Do you see evidence of what you cannot see, intimations of what you cannot comprehend? Do you see things that hint at a kind of wonder and beauty so extraordinary, so sublime, that your eyes simply cannot bear the sight?… Continue reading ...