Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
Creation (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Genesis 1:1 – 2:4
Revelation 21:1-5
April 22, 2018
It would have been easier to do nothing.
It would have been easier if God made nothing: no heavens, no earth, no universe, no us. If God made nothing, no thing, if there were no human beings, no human history, God would surely be spared so much anguish, so much heartbreak, so much bitter disappointment. … Continue reading ...
Humility (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Job 42:1-6
April 15, 2018
When I look at the sky which you have made,
the moon and stars that you set in place:
Where do human beings fit in the picture?
What are we?
What are we?
Are we evolution’s crowning achievement? Are we the unquestioned masters of this planet, beings of unmatched power and ambition, eager to fulfill our self-proclaimed destiny to become masters of the universe? … Continue reading ...
Fear not! (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 1:26-33
December 14, 2014
Welcome to First Congregational … playhouse!
What do you see? “Props” are tools for telling a story, a gateway for the imagination. Theater invites us to embark on a journey of the imagination, leaving behind where we are, how we are, what we are, to inhabit for a time, by imagination, another space, another time, another person’s experience.… Continue reading ...
Love is eternal (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
1 Corinthians 13:8-10
February 19, 2017
Love is eternal …
This next Saturday afternoon, Erin Brock and Josh Medhus will be married in our sanctuary. Bob and Pat, Erin’s parents, will be there. Terry and Lorna, Josh’s parents will be there. Lynne and I will be there. But Erin so wishes that her grandpa, Harold Brock, was still living and could be there, too, to share this special moment with her. … Continue reading ...