Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
In common (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Proverbs 22:2
September 6, 2015
It doesn’t take many words to make a telling point. How about ten?
Come down off the cross,
we can use the wood.
Did you hear John sing those words? One of my favorite musicians, Sarah Jarosz, recorded this song, and from the first time I heard it, I have been struck by these two lines:
Come down off the cross,
we can use the wood.… Continue reading ...
Look (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Revelation 1:4-8
November 22, 2015
Look! What do you see?
You see a choir loft, filled with choir members, and over their heads the gleaming pipes of our pipe organ and you see tables covered with soft black cushions for our bells and bell players, emblems of the importance of music to us, to our ears and to our hearts.… Continue reading ...
The Lord will take delight in you (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Zephaniah 3:14-20
December 13, 2015
You can’t see his face. Oh, yes, you can see his face, the face he presents to you, and it is a pleasant enough face: smooth skin and kind eyes and a ready smile. He smiles whenever he sees you and asks how you are doing and keeps his focus on you as you answer.… 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 ...