Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
Murderers (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Matthew 23:29-39
March 23, 2014
Sure, I’ll admit to being a hypocrite, but a murderer?
In the two hundred years between 1095 and 1291, Christians went to war to reclaim access to important religious sites in Palestine, the Holy Land, in a series of military campaigns, known collectively as the Crusades. … Continue reading ...
He is coming (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Jeremiah 33:14-16
November 29, 2015
Once upon a time …
That’s how all the good stories begin! Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived …
… a dragon, a big bad wolf, a jealous queen, a wicked step-mother,
… a pale-skinned princess, a boy made of wood, a homely duckling, a girl with a red cape,
… a woodsman with a axe, a puppeteer, a jester playing a flute, an old man spinning straw, a fairy godmother with a wand, a half-dozen or so dwarves with pickaxes and shovels,
… and you! … Continue reading ...
Familiarity breeds contempt (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 4:20-30
January 31, 2016
I can talk about fear, because I have been afraid. I can talk about doubt, because I have doubted. I can talk about depression, because I have been depressed and know what it feels like from the inside. I understand depression. And even though I have not known despair, I can talk about despair because I think I understand it. … Continue reading ...