Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
The God who does (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Exodus 15:1-11
September 14, 2014
What begins with a sacred sign and ends with a glass of wine? This Shabbat service!
It begins with a sacred sign. The sign is Shabbat itself, the Sabbath, a day set apart from all the rest each and every week as a sign between God and us. … Continue reading ...
My servant (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 52:13
February 22, 2015
I am angry, and I am frightened.
I am frightened by ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. You know about the horrible scene on the beach in Libya, where members of ISIS beheaded twenty-one Egyptian Christians. It is appalling, revolting, unbearable, unwatchable. I refuse to watch the video and I quickly swipe past every time a story or photo of the event comes up on the news apps on my phone. … 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 ...