Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
Parties, politics, and impertinent puzzles (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 20:27-40
November 6, 2016
In three days, it will be over. Except that it won’t be over, will it?
If the Democratic candidate prevails, the Republican candidate and many of his supporters have suggested they will not acknowledge the legitimacy of the result and, therefore, the legitimacy of the newly elected administration.… Continue reading ...
This is our chance! (Click on the sermon title for .pdf copy)
Luke 21:5-19
November 13, 2016
This is our chance.
There are many angry people out there right now, some angry about the outcome of this election, and others whose anger helped propel the outcome of this election.
This is our chance.
There are many frightened people out there right now, some frightened by what might be done to us, by extremists foreign-born or homegrown, and others frightened by what we might do, by the ways our own brand of extremism may make the world a more dangerous and inhospitable place.… Continue reading ...
This is the king (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 23:33-43
November 20, 2016
Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.
What did he want? He wanted to be remembered. He didn’t want to be forgotten. He had made a mess of his life and he knew it, but he didn’t want to be forgotten, disappear from this earth as if he never existed, remembered by nobody, mattering to nobody.… Continue reading ...
Love is not proud (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Matthew 5:1-10
January 15, 2017
The older I get, the less I know. Or maybe a better way of saying it is that the older I get, the more I realize I don’t know and the less sure I am about what I do know. But that’s not the whole story either, because there are things I am absolutely sure of.… Continue reading ...
Love is not irritable (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Matthew 5:21-24
January 22, 2017
I am irritated.
I am irritated by reckless drivers and TV commercials and Pittsburgh Steeler fans.
I am irritated by people full of themselves, by people who like to hear themselves talk.
I am irritated by bullies, by people who belittle and intimidate other people, who make people feel bad and don’t care.… Continue reading ...