Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
Be the church: share earthly and spiritual resources (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Acts 4:32-35
April 12, 2015
[Play music video: “People Help the People” (Birdy)]
www.believersjournal.org/Movies/PeopleHelpthePeople.mov
and if I had a brain, oh and if I had a brain
I’d be cold as a stone and rich as the fool
that turned all those good hearts away
Lord, have mercy!… Continue reading ...
Be the church: forgive often (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Acts 3:12-19
April 19, 2015
(Strike gavel on pulpit)
All rise! Court is now in session. And the presiding judge is … you!
You are the judge. You are the judge empowered to pass sentence on every person who has hurt you. You have the power to condemn or to show mercy, to exact punishment — by taking vengeance or by exiling the offender — to exact punishment in one way or another or to forgive. … Continue reading ...
Be the church: fight for the powerless (Click in the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Acts 4:5-12
April 26, 2015
Sometimes, if I just feel like “vegging out” and watching some TV, one of my favorite shows to watch is “Leverage.” It was cancelled three years ago, but you can still find reruns on cable. Anybody else know that show?… Continue reading ...
Be the church: reject racism (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Acts 8:26-40
May 3, 2015
Here on Mount Zion the Lord Almighty will prepare a banquet for all the nations of the world — a banquet of the richest food and the finest wine. Here he will suddenly remove the cloud of sorrow that has been hanging over all the nations. … Continue reading ...
Be the church: enjoy this life (Click on the sermon title for a pdf copy)
Ecclesiastes 9:7-10
May 17, 2015
Be the church …
Protect the environment
Because it is God’s handiwork and because it is precious to God.
Care for the poor
Because they are God’s handiwork and because they are precious, especially precious to God.
Forgive often
Because God has forgiven you.… Continue reading ...
What about you? (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Mark 8:27-30
September 13, 2015
Hope is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all
(Emily Dickinson)
The wings of hope carry us, soaring high above the driving winds of life.
(Ana Jacob)
Meanwhile, these three remain: faith, hope, and love.… Continue reading ...
How Christianity has changed (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Acts 5:27-32, Revelation 1:4-8
April 3, 2016
“How Christianity has changed”
First, I must tell you, the sermon title is not mine. None of the sermon titles for the four Sundays in April come from me. Two weeks ago, I asked the members of our confirmation class and their high school mentors — Katy and Japhy and Maria and Zoe and Leah and Laura and Lauren and Katherine — I asked them to suggest topics they would like addressed in a sermon. … Continue reading ...