Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
Shalom (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 2:2-5
June 24, 2018
Shalom aleichem.
Peace to you.
Shalom is a greeting. It’s a greeting you might offer as you open the door of your house to a friend — shalom — or a greeting you might offer with a nod of your head as you pass a stranger on the street — shalom. … Continue reading ...
Finding your own way (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Matthew 23:1-12
November 2, 2014
Tuesday is election day. Did you know that? How did you know? You haven’t received any flyers in the mail or seen any political ads on TV, have you?
$60,000,000 has been spent on a single race in Iowa, the contest between Bruce Braley and Joni Ernst for the senate seat vacated by Tom Harkin. … Continue reading ...
They will see and understand something they had never known (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 52:14-15
March 1, 2015
There are people in our world right now, rightly or wrongly, drawing inspiration from their holy texts to do unspeakable violence to fellow human beings and to the fabric of human civilization itself. Rightly or wrongly, they are drawing inspiration from their holy texts. … Continue reading ...
Who could have seen the Lord’s hand in this? (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 53:1-3
March 8, 2015
We limit not the truth of God to our poor reach of mind,
to notions of our day and place, crude, partial, and confined;
No, let a new and better hope within our hearts be stirred:
O God, grant yet more light and truth to break forth from your Word.… Continue reading ...
What is left unsaid Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 53:7-9
March 29, 2015
Words. Lots of words.
Praise God!
God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord!
God bless the king of Israel!
Look! The whole world is following him!
There’s no stopping him.
What are you going to do?
Crucify him! Crucify him!… Continue reading ...
You don’t know what you are asking for (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Mark 10:32-45
October 18, 2015
Trust in the promise …
When you don’t, you need security fences, safety nets, back-up plans, reinforcements.
When you don’t, you need to build walls. high and thick, and you need to keep a close eye on your enemies and carefully screen your friends.… 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 ...