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A carol of joy

A carol of joy (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 1:46-55
December 24, 2017

You just heard “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” arranged and played by Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy.  I heard Natalie and Donnell in concert last Sunday afternoon at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.  They were joined by four other amazing musicians from Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Cuba, and Ireland, and by five of their six children: Mary Frances, Michael, Clare, Julia, and Alec. … Continue reading ...

A carol of hope

A carol of hope (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 64:1-12
December 3, 2017

(Choir sings: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, arr. Dan Forrest)

Did you like that song?  Did it pump you up?  What is it about that song that gets you excited, that lifts your spirits, that makes an emotional connection with you?

It’s the style of the music, isn’t it, bright and joyful and full of energy? … Continue reading ...

For whether we live or whether we die

For whether we live or whether we die (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Psalm 90:1-12
November 16, 2014

Teach us how short our life is,
so that we may become wise.

How short is our life?

We last no longer than a dream …

We are like a dream … vivid and real, while it lasts … full of wonders and marvels, while it lasts … but when the dawn comes, when we are awakened, the dream is gone, remembered maybe for a short while, but soon forgotten.… Continue reading ...

Welcome home

Welcome home (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 15
March 6, 2016

“The United States of America.”  It is a name we speak with pride, a name that reflects our sense of history and identity as the union of distinct and distinctive states, diverse in ethnic and religious origins, diverse in culture and in economic life, but united for a common purpose, united by a common set of values, united for the good of the whole.… Continue reading ...